Watford 2013–14 football season
Watford 2013–14 season Chairman Raffaele Riva[1] Head coach Gianfranco Zola (until 16 December 2013)Giuseppe Sannino (from 18 December 2013)Stadium Vicarage Road Football League Championship 13th (60 points)FA Cup Fourth Round (eliminated by Manchester City ) League Cup Third Round (eliminated by Norwich City ) Top goalscorer League: Troy Deeney (24) All: Troy Deeney (25) Highest home attendance 16,625 v Queens Park Rangers , 29 December 2013 Lowest home attendance 9,824 v Bournemouth , League Cup 2nd Round, 28 August 2013 Average home league attendance 15,512[2]
Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford , Hertfordshire . They played in the 2013–14 Football League Championship , for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07 .[3] The manager was Giuseppe Sannino .
Background [ ]
Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal.[4] Following the takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada .[5] The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from fellow managers,[6] who argued that a large number of loan players from a few clubs should not be allowed. However, despite the number of loanees at the club, Watford used the second-most academy players after Middlesbrough, using eight different academy players throughout the season.[7]
Pre-season [ ]
Watford attended a pre-season training camp in northern Italy and played friendly fixtures before playing more fixtures in the UK[8] [9]
Val Venosta XI v Watford
7 July 2013 Val Venosta XI 0–5 Watford show Malser Sportzone 16:00
Report
Forestieri Pudil Deeney Stewart Assombalonga
South Tyrol XI v Watford
10 July 2013 South Tyrol XI 0–8 Watford show Malser Sportzone 17:00
Faraoni Murray Assombalonga Mensah Anya
Peterborough United v Watford
24 July 2013 Peterborough United 1–1 Watford show London Road 19.30
Swanson 58'
Deeney 60'
[ ]
See also: 2013-14 Football League Championship
Birmingham City v Watford
Watford v Bournemouth
10 August 2013 2 Watford 6–1 Bournemouth show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Angella 13' , 53' Deeney 56' , 88' , 90' (pen. ) McGugan 66'
Report
Grabban 30'
Attendance: 16,295
Reading v Watford
17 August 2013 3 Reading 3–3 Watford show Madejski Stadium , Reading 15:00
Le Fondre 8' Karacan 42' , 70'
Report
Faraoni 66' Deeney 76' (pen. ) Fabbrini 90'
Attendance: 20,875
Watford v Nottingham Forest
25 August 2013 4 Watford 1–1 Nottingham Forest show Vicarage Road, Watford 13:15
McGugan 54'
Report
Reid 6'
Attendance: 16,242
Blackpool v Watford
31 August 2013 5 Blackpool 1–0 Watford show Bloomfield Road , Blackpool 15:00
Ince 83'
Report
Attendance: 13,345
Watford v Charlton Athletic
14 September 2013 6 Watford 1–1 Charlton Athletic show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Pudil 71'
Report
Kermorgant 47' (pen. )
Attendance: 16,431
Barnsley v Watford
21 September 2013 8 Barnsley 1–5 Watford show Oakwell , Barnsley 15:00
Scotland 14'
Report
Deeney 7' Faraoni 18' Forestieri 43' Murray 69' Anya 79'
Attendance: 9,850
Watford v Wigan Athletic
28 September 2013 9 Watford 1–0 Wigan Athletic show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Battocchio 82'
Report
Attendance: 14,999
Blackburn Rovers v Watford
1 October 2013 10 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Watford show Ewood Park , Blackburn 19:45
Rhodes 65'
Report
Attendance: 12,981
Huddersfield Town v Watford
5 October 2013 11 Huddersfield Town 1–2 Watford show John Smith's Stadium , Huddersfield 15:00
Ward 17'
Report
Forestieri 18' Pudil 43'
Attendance: 14,311
Watford v Derby County
19 October 2013 12 Watford 2-3 Derby County show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Forestieri 12' McGugan 68'
Report
Ward 8' Ward 45' Sammon 8'
Attendance: 16,180
Watford v Leicester City
2 November 2013 14 Watford 0–3 Leicester City show Vicarage Road, Watford 12:15
Forestieri 36' Ekstrand 77'
Report
Wood 10' Knockaert 53' , 53' Dyer 86'
Attendance: 16,011 (1,561 away)
Middlesbrough v Watford
9 November 2013 15 Middlesbrough 2–2 Watford show Riverside Stadium , Middlesbrough 15:00
Adomah 23' Ayala 90+2'
Report
Deeney 32' Forestieri 73'
Attendance: 14,344
Watford v Bolton Wanderers
23 November 2013 16 Watford 0–1 Bolton Wanderers show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Report
Beckford 27'
Attendance: 15,247
Burnley v Watford
3 December 2013 18 Burnley 0–0 Watford show Turf Moor , Burnley 19:45
Report
Leeds United v Watford
7 December 2013 19 Leeds United 3–3 Watford show Elland Road , Leeds 15:00
Pugh 50' Smith 56' McCormack 78'
Report
Deeney 14' , 86' Battocchio 45+1'
Attendance: 23,445
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday
14 December 2013 20 Watford 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Report
Wickham 24' , 70' Roger Johnson 32' Lee 67' Hélan 83'
Attendance: 15,476
Watford v Millwall
26 December 2013 22 Watford 4–0 Millwall show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Deeney 10' (pen. ) Forestieri 26' Anya 48' McGugan 60' (pen. )
Report
Attendance: 15,471
Watford v Queens Park Rangers
29 December 2013 23 Watford 0–0 Queens Park Rangers show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Angella 39' Acuña 81'
Report
Phillips 62' Barton 66'
Attendance: 16,625 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Yeovil Town v Watford
1 January 2014 Yeovil Town P–P Watford show Huish Park , Yeovil 15:00
Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
Watford v Reading
11 January 2014 24 Watford 0–1 Reading show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Report
Gorkšs 5'
Bournemouth v Watford
18 January 2014 25 Bournemouth 1–1 Watford show Dean Court , Bournemouth 15:00
Ritchie 12' Grabban 62' (pen. ) Pitman 81'
Report
Angella 45+2' , 61' Almunia 72'
Attendance: 10,353
Watford v Birmingham City
25 January 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup) Watford P–P Birmingham City show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Nottingham Forest v Watford
30 January 2014 26 Nottingham Forest 4–2 Watford show City Ground , Nottingham 19:45
Cox 58' , 90' , 90+1' Henderson 73' Mackie 82'
Report
33' , 47' , 42' , Angella 36' Ekstrand 80' Cassetti
Attendance: 18,510
Leicester City v Watford
8 February 2014 28 Leicester City 2–2 Watford show King Power Stadium , Leicester 15:00
Konchesky 24' James 43' Drinkwater 90+4'
Report
Forestieri 9' , 84' Tőzsér 22' Murray 41' Cassetti 74'
Attendance: 23,635
Watford v Birmingham City
11 February 2014 29 Watford 1–0 Birmingham City show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Deeney 33' Bellerín 84' Forestieri 90+4'
Report
Attendance: 13,904
Watford v Middlesbrough
15 February 2014 30 Watford 1–0 Middlesbrough show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Cassetti 37' Deeney 50' (pen. ) Diakité 52' Forestieri 58'
Report
Gibson 35' 57' Chalobah 58'
Attendance: 15,391
Yeovil Town v Watford
18 February 2014 31 Yeovil Town 0–0 Watford show Huish Park , Yeovil 15:00
Webster 71' Miller 90'
Report
Cassetti 83'
Attendance: 6,042
Bolton Wanderers v Watford
22 February 2014 32 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Watford show Reebok Stadium , Bolton 15:00
Medo 26' Jutkiewicz 35' Mason 45'
Report
Ekstrand 56' Angella 90+2' Faraoni 90+6'
Attendance: 15,179
Charlton Athletic v Watford
8 March 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup) Charlton Athletic P–P Watford show The Valley , Charlton, London 15:00
Watford v Barnsley
15 March 2014 35 Watford 3–0 Barnsley show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Battocchio 5' Deeney 16' Pudil 36' Merkel 74'
Report
Dawson 28' Mellis 55'
Attendance: 14,531
Watford v Blackburn Rovers
25 March 2014 37 Watford 3–3 Blackburn Rovers show Vicarage Road, Watford 19:45
Cassetti 4' Deeney 71' (pen. ) Battocchio 88' Angella 76'
Report
Dunn 27' Conway 64' Gestede 90+3' Evans 78' Kane 85' Kilgallon 90'
Attendance: 13,921
Sheffield Wednesday v Watford
29 March 2014 38 Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Watford show Hillsborough , Sheffield 15:00
Afobe 54' Lee 71'
Report
Angella 5' , 38' McGugan 23' Pudil 42' Deeney 49' , 51' Tőzsér 56'
Attendance: 22,057
Watford v Burnley
5 April 2014 39 Watford 1–1 Burnley show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Deeney 8' Faraoni 88'
Report
Arfield 86'
Attendance: 16,182
Watford v Leeds United
8 April 2014 40 Watford 3–0 Leeds United show Vicarage Road, Watford 19:45
Abdi 9' Cassetti 28' Anya 32' Deeney 66'
Report
Wootton 49' Hunt 61'
Attendance: 16,212
Watford v Ipswich Town
19 April 2014 42 Watford 3–1 Ipswich Town show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Riera 21' Angella 60' , 63' McGugan 65' , 70' Tőzsér 83'
Report
Wordsworth 50'
Attendance: 16,615
Queens Park Rangers v Watford
Charlton Athletic v Watford
Watford v Huddersfield Town
3 May 2014 46 Watford 1–4 Huddersfield Town show Vicarage Road, Watford 15:00
Hoban 42' Tőzsér 64' Angella 83' Deeney 90+3' (pen. )
Report
Deeney 5' Ranégie 70'
Attendance: 15,370
[ ]
Bristol Rovers v Watford
6 August 2013 Round 1 Bristol Rovers 1–3 Watford show Memorial Ground 19:45
Richards 41'
Report
Murray 19' , 35' Angella 30'
Attendance: 4,875
Watford v Bournemouth
28 August 2013 Round 2 Watford 2-0 Bournemouth show Vicarage Road 19:45
Ward 15' (o.g. ) Battocchio 66'
Report
Attendance: 9,824
Watford v Norwich
Round 3 Watford 2-3 after extra time Norwich show Vicarage Road 19:45
Acuna 23' Faraoni 55'
Report
Murphy 77' Hooper 90' , 115'
Attendance: 11,178
FA Cup [ ]
Bristol City v Watford
4 January 2013 Round 3 Bristol City 1-1 Watford show Ashton Gate , Bristol 15:00
Emmanuel-Thomas 84'
Report
Murray 83'
Attendance: 10,165
Watford v Bristol City
14 January 2013 Round 3 Replay Watford 2-0 Bristol City show Vicarage Road, Watford 19:45
Faraoni 29' McGugan 64'
Report
Attendance: 7,302
Manchester City v Watford
25 January 2013 Round 4 Manchester City 4-2 Watford show City of Manchester Stadium , Manchester 15:00
Džeko 10' Agüero 60' , 79' , 90+2' Kolarov 87'
Report
Forestieri 21' Deeney 30' Pudil 48' Cassetti 82'
Attendance: 46,514
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
11
Nottingham Forest
46
16
17
13
67
64
+3
65
12
Middlesbrough
46
16
16
14
62
50
+12
64
13
Watford
46
15
15
16
74
64
+10
60
14
Bolton Wanderers
46
14
17
15
59
60
−1
59
15
Leeds United
46
16
9
21
59
67
−8
57
Source:
BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Summary [ ]
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H H A H A A H Result W W D D L D W W W L W L D L D L L D D L D W D L D L W D W W D L W L W L D W D W D W L L L L Position 9 1 2 5 7 8 6 5 4 7 5 7 7 7 7 10 10 12 12 13 14 12 13 15 15 16 13 14 13 12 11 12 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 13 12 12 13 13 13
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source:
BBC Sport A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Players [ ]
Statistics [ ]
No. = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played
G = Number of goals scored
= Yellow cards
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Red cards
Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system
Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player[a]
Age = Current age
Left club during 2013–14
Loan player
Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014 .[10]
Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances
2013–14 Watford player details[b]
Notes
Championship
FA Cup
League Cup
Total
Discipline
1
GK
Manuel Almunia
37
0
1
0
0
0
38
0
1
0
36
2012
No
—
2
DF
Reece Brown
0 (1)
0
0
0
2
0
2 (1)
0
0
0
22
2013
No
—
3
DF
Héctor Bellerín
6 (2)
0
0
0
0
0
6 (2)
0
1
0
19
2013
No
4
DF
Gabriele Angella
39 (1)
7
3
0
1 (1)
1
43 (2)
8
11
1
25
2013
No
—
5
DF
Essaïd Belkalem
5 (3)
0
0
0
2
0
7 (3)
0
4
0
25
2013
No
6
DF
Joel Ekstrand
31 (2)
0
3
0
3
0
37 (2)
0
11
0
25
2012
No
—
7
MF
Cristian Battocchio
21 (14)
4
3
0
3
1
27 (14)
5
2
0
22
2012
No
—
8
MF
Josh McEachran
5 (2)
0
0
0
1
0
6 (2)
0
0
0
21
2013
No
8
MF
Alexander Merkel
7 (4)
1
0
0
0
0
7 (4)
1
1
1
21
2014
No
9
FW
Troy Deeney
44
24
3
1
0 (1)
0
47 (1)
25
4
0
25
2010
No
—
10
MF
Lewis McGugan
31 (3)
10
2
0
0 (1)
0
33 (4)
11
7
0
25
2013
No
—
11
FW
Fernando Forestieri
19 (9)
7
2
1
1 (1)
0
22 (10)
8
8
0
24
2012
No
—
12
DF
Lloyd Doyley
23 (1)
0
1
0
0 (1)
0
24 (2)
0
1
0
31
2001
Yes
—
13
FW
Mathias Ranégie
8 (2)
4
0
0
0
0
8 (2)
4
2
1
29
2014
No
—
15
FW
Javier Acuña
3 (6)
0
0
0
3
1
6 (6)
1
2
0
25
2013
No
—
15
MF
Albert Riera
6 (2)
1
0
0
0
0
6 (2)
1
3
1
32
2014
No
—
16
MF
Sean Murray
22 (12)
3
2
1
3
2
27 (12)
6
2
0
19
2010
Yes
—
17
DF
Fitz Hall
3 (2)
0
1
0
0
0
4 (2)
0
0
0
33
2013
No
—
18
DF
Daniel Pudil
29 (8)
2
1 (1)
0
3
0
33 (9)
2
7
0
28
2012
No
—
19
DF
Marco Faraoni
26 (12)
2
1
0
3
1
31 (12)
4
9
0
22
2013
No
—
20
FW
Diego Fabbrini
8 (13)
1
1 (1)
0
2
0
11 (14)
1
2
0
23
2013
No
—
20
FW
Park Chu-young
1 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
1 (1)
0
0
0
26
2014
No
21
MF
Ikechi Anya
29 (6)
5
2
0
0 (1)
0
31 (7)
5
0
0
26
2012
No
—
22
MF
Almen Abdi
9 (4)
2
0 (2)
0
0 (1)
0
9 (7)
2
2
0
27
2012
No
—
23
MF
Iriney
12 (3)
0
2
0
0
0
14 (3)
0
4
0
33
2013
No
—
23
MF
Samba Diakité
1 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
1 (5)
0
1
1
25
2014
No
25
FW
Uche Ikpeazu
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
2013
No
—
26
FW
Bernard Mensah
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
2011
Yes
—
27
DF
Marco Cassetti
32 (3)
1
1 (1)
0
1 (1)
0
34 (5)
1
10
1
36
2012
No
—
28
MF
Connor Smith
1
0
0 (1)
0
2 (1)
0
3 (2)
0
1
0
21
2011
Yes
—
28
MF
Dániel Tőzsér
20
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
8
0
28
2014
Yes
29
MF
George Thorne
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
1
0
21
2013
No
29
DF
Lucas Neill
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
36
2014
No
-
30
GK
Jonathan Bond
9 (1)
0
2
0
3
0
14 (1)
0
0
0
20
2010
Yes
—
31
DF
Tommie Hoban
5 (2)
0
0
0
0
0
5 (2)
0
1
0
20
2011
Yes
—
32
MF
Luke O'Nien
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
19
2013
Yes
—
33
DF
Nyron Nosworthy
5
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
33
2011
No
—
36
FW
Alex Jakubiak
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
17
2010
Yes
—
37
DF
Josh Doherty
0 (1)
0
0
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
18
2012
Yes
—
—
MF
Ross Jenkins
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
2008
Yes
—
—
DF
Adam Thompson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
2010
Yes
—
Transfers [ ]
updates as 20 September 2013
In [ ]
Out [ ]
At the end of the 2012–13 season, the club announced that seven players would be released at the end of their contracts, alongside Chris Iwelumo, who had already agreed to join Scunthorpe United.[18] After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford,[19] Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United[20] and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City.[21]
Loans [ ]
updates as 20 September 2013
In [ ]
Out [ ]
Start
Player
To
Loan End Date
9 August 2013
Adam Thompson
Southend United
4 January 2014[38]
International [ ]
On 14 August 2013, Cristian Battocchio made his Italian Under-21 debut in a 4–1 friendly win over Slovakia.[39]
Coaching staff [ ]
Role
Name
Head Coach
Giuseppe Sannino
Assistant Coach
Adolfo Sormani
Assistant Coach
Bastiano Porcu
Goalkeeping Coach
Alec Chamberlain
Youth (U-18) Coach
David Hughes
Chief Scout
Filippo Giraldi
Scouting Co-Ordinator
Luke Warrington
Head of Medical
Marco Cesarini
Kit Manager
Will Jones
Head of Sports Science
Gianni Brignardello
Sports Scientist
Ben Dixon
References [ ]
^ For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
^ All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2013–14 season are listed
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