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Round 1

  1. Elton John became chairman of Watford in which year?
  2. Watford reached their first FA Cup final in 1984, losing at Wembley to which club?
  3. Graham Taylor was managing which club when Watford appointed him in 1977?
  4. The winning side's second goal in the 1984 FA Cup final was hotly disputed, the scorer appearing to head the ball out of Steve Sherwood's hands. Who scored it?
  5. Watford finished runners-up in the First Division in 1982-83. Which club took the title ahead of them?
  6. By what score did Watford lose the 1984 FA Cup final?
  7. Watford signed the young Scottish striker Mo Johnston in November 1983 from which club?
  8. Watford's 1983-84 UEFA Cup run ended in the third round, beaten 7-2 on aggregate by which club?
  9. Graham Taylor's first season at Watford, 1977-78, ended with the club winning which division?
  10. Watford have played their home matches at Vicarage Road since which year?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1976 — The club were still a Fourth Division side at the time. It was the year before Graham Taylor arrived as manager.
  2. Everton — Howard Kendall's side ended a 14-year wait for a trophy that afternoon, and went on to win the league title the following season.
  3. Lincoln City — He had become the Football League's youngest manager there in 1972 and won a divisional title with them in 1976. Grimsby was where he played, not where he managed.
  4. Andy Gray — A Scotland centre-forward who had joined the winners earlier that season. His strike partner had already opened the scoring before half-time.
  5. Liverpool — The champions that season were managed by Bob Paisley, in what proved to be his final campaign in charge.
  6. 2-0 — Graeme Sharp scored before half-time and the contested second followed just after it. Watford never replied.
  7. Partick Thistle — Graham Taylor went north for a forward who had scored 41 goals in 85 games in Scotland. Johnston then hit 20 league goals in 29 games in his first season at Vicarage Road.
  8. Sparta Prague — The Czechoslovak side won 3-2 at Vicarage Road and then 4-0 at home in December 1983. Watford had already beaten Kaiserslautern and Levski Spartak to get there.
  9. The Fourth Division — They were in the bottom tier of the Football League when he arrived, and finished eleven points clear of Southend United.
  10. 1922 — They moved there from Cassio Road, where they had spent 24 years. The other date on this list is the year the club itself was formed by a merger.

Round 2

  1. Watford reached the 1984 FA Cup final by winning a semi-final at Villa Park against which club?
  2. Which Watford player was sent off at Luton Town in April 1984 and suspended, ruling him out of the FA Cup final?
  3. John Barnes left Watford in 1987 to join which club?
  4. Graham Taylor left Watford in May 1987 to manage which club?
  5. In October 1978, Third Division Watford won a League Cup third-round tie away from home with two Luther Blissett headers. Which club did they knock out?
  6. Luther Blissett was sold in 1983, after topping the First Division scoring charts, to which Italian club?
  7. Mo Johnston left Watford in October 1984 to join which club?
  8. Watford were relegated from the First Division, ending the top-flight run that began with promotion in 1982, in which season?
  9. Who scored the only goal of Watford's 1984 FA Cup semi-final win?
  10. Watford, the club that plays at Vicarage Road, are known by which nickname?
Answers — round 2
  1. Plymouth Argyle — Their opponents were a Third Division side, and it remains the only time that club has reached an FA Cup semi-final.
  2. Wilf Rostron — The left-back was dismissed by referee Roger Milford after a tangle with Luton's Paul Elliott. Les Taylor captained the side at Wembley in his absence.
  3. Liverpool — The £900,000 move took him to Anfield, where he won two league titles. He had cost Watford next to nothing from non-league Sudbury Court six years earlier.
  4. Aston Villa — He took his new club straight back to the top flight in 1987-88, then to First Division runners-up in 1989-90, before becoming England manager in 1990.
  5. Manchester United — Watford trailed at half-time at Old Trafford before Blissett's two second-half goals turned it around. It was their first ever win over that opponent.
  6. AC Milan — The £1 million move followed his 27-goal league season. He managed only five league goals in Italy and was back at Vicarage Road a year later.
  7. Celtic — He returned to Glasgow for around £400,000 and won the Scottish Cup in 1985 and the league in 1986. His notorious move to that club's city rivals came five years later.
  8. 1987-88 — It was the season straight after Graham Taylor left. Dave Bassett was sacked in January and Steve Harrison could not save them.
  9. George Reilly — The 6ft 4in centre-forward headed in a John Barnes cross after eleven minutes. Blissett was in Italy for the whole of that season.
  10. The Hornets — The name was adopted alongside the switch to gold and black. Think of the insect those colours belong to.

Round 3

  1. Which club did Watford beat 2-0 in the 1999 First Division play-off final at Wembley?
  2. Watford reached the 1999 play-off final by beating Birmingham City on penalties in the semi-final. What was the shootout score?
  3. Who scored Watford's opening goal in the 1999 play-off final, an overhead kick just before half-time?
  4. Who managed Watford in the 1999 play-off final and through the Premier League season that followed?
  5. Who scored the only goal as Watford won 1-0 away at Anfield in August 1999?
  6. How many points did Watford finish with in the 1999-2000 Premier League season?
  7. In which year did Aidy Boothroyd lead Watford to promotion to the Premier League?
  8. Ben Foster spent two loan seasons at Watford in the mid-2000s, including the promotion campaign. Which club did he belong to at the time?
  9. Which Watford defender scored the opening goal in the 2006 Championship play-off final against Leeds United?
  10. In which year did the Pozzo family buy Watford?
Answers — round 3
  1. Bolton Wanderers — The beaten finalists came through their semi-final on away goals and played their home games at the Reebok Stadium.
  2. 7-6 — The tie finished 1-1 on aggregate after extra time and the shootout ran deep into sudden death.
  3. Nick Wright — A different forward added the second goal in the closing minute, so it was not the man who sealed it.
  4. Graham Taylor — He had managed England before returning to the club he first took up the divisions in the 1980s.
  5. Tommy Mooney — He struck inside the opening quarter of an hour at Anfield, past goalkeeper Sander Westerveld.
  6. 24 — They won six of their 38 matches and finished bottom of the table.
  7. 2006 — They went up via the play-offs, beating Leeds United 3-0 in the final.
  8. Manchester United — He had moved to Old Trafford from Stoke City in 2005, and years later returned to Watford permanently.
  9. Jay DeMerit — The American centre-back had been playing non-league football in England only a few years before, and was named man of the match.
  10. 2012 — The takeover was completed in June, a few weeks after that season's Championship campaign ended.

Round 4

  1. Which Italian club did the Pozzo family already own when they bought Watford?
  2. Who was the first head coach appointed by Watford after the Pozzo family takeover in 2012?
  3. Who scored the stoppage-time goal that sent Watford to the 2013 play-off final, seconds after Leicester had a penalty saved at the other end?
  4. Which goalkeeper saved Anthony Knockaert's stoppage-time penalty in Watford's 2013 Championship play-off semi-final against Leicester?
  5. Who was Watford's head coach when they won promotion to the Premier League in April 2015?
  6. Which club did Watford beat 2-1 away in the 2016 FA Cup quarter-finals?
  7. Which club beat Watford 6-0 in the 2019 FA Cup final at Wembley?
  8. How many Premier League goals did Odion Ighalo score for Watford in the 2015-16 season?
  9. Watford came from two goals down to win the 2019 FA Cup semi-final 3-2 after extra time. Who were their opponents?
Answers — round 4
  1. Udinese — The club from Friuli supplied Watford with a wave of loan signings in 2012-13, including Matěj Vydra and Almen Abdi.
  2. Gianfranco Zola — The former Chelsea and Italy forward took them all the way to the 2013 play-off final in his first season.
  3. Troy Deeney — The striker who finished the counter-attack went on to captain the club to promotion two years later.
  4. Manuel Almunia — The Spaniard, a former Premier League number one, had to keep the ball out twice in the same passage of play.
  5. Slaviša Jokanović — The Serb was the last of several men in the dugout that season, taking over in early October.
  6. Arsenal — Odion Ighalo and Adlène Guédioura scored at the Emirates Stadium to knock out the holders.
  7. Manchester City — The scoreline equalled the record margin of victory in an FA Cup final, first set back in 1903.
  8. 15 — He was comfortably the club's top scorer that season, finishing with 17 across all competitions.
  9. Wolverhampton Wanderers — Gerard Deulofeu scored twice and a 94th-minute penalty forced extra time.

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