2014–15 Watford F.C. season

Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played the 2014–15 season in the Football League Championship, for the eighth consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07, securing promotion following a 2–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion on 25 April 2015, after spending eight consecutive seasons in the Championship. The team's manager was Slaviša Jokanović.

Watford F.C.
2014–15 season
ChairmanRaffaele Riva
Head coachBeppe Sannino
(until 31 August)
Óscar García
(from 2–29 September)
Billy McKinlay
(from 29 September-7 October)
Slaviša Jokanović
(from 7 October)
StadiumVicarage Road
Championship2nd (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Troy Deeney (21)

All:
Troy Deeney (21)

Competitions

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Pre-season matches

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8 July 2014   SV Feldkirchen 0–7 Watford Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST Report Abdi   16'
  20' (o.g.)
Vydra   25'
Murray   42'
McGugan   58'
Forestieri   59'
Ranégie   85'
Stadium: TBA
12 July 2014 Watford 0–0 Rubin Kazan   Bad Bleiberg, Austria
18:00 BST Report Stadium: TBA
13 July 2014 Watford 0–0 Chemnitzer FC   Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST Report Stadium: TBA
19 July 2014 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Watford New Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Vernon   83', 90+1' Report Battocchio   18'
Hoban   48'
30 July 2014 Coventry City 1–0 Watford Borehamwood, England
19:30 BST Tudgay   8' Report Stadium: Meadow Park
2 August 2014 Watford 2–2 Udinese   Watford, England
15:00 BST McGugan   59'
Ranégie   81'
Report Widmer   23'
Théréau   76'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 11,085

Championship

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bournemouth (C, P) 46 26 12 8 98 45 +53 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 8 11 91 50 +41 89
3 Norwich City (O, P) 46 25 11 10 88 48 +40 86 Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4 Middlesbrough 46 25 10 11 68 37 +31 85
5 Brentford 46 23 9 14 78 59 +19 78
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 27 8 11 91 50  +41 89 14 4 5 48 22  +26 13 4 6 43 28  +15

Last updated: 6 April 2015.
Source: Football League

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Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2015. Source: bbc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[1]

9 August 2014 1 Watford 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Deeney   17'
Vydra   23'
Forestieri   80'
Report Attendance: 15,546
Referee: Carl Boyeson
16 August 2014 2 Norwich City 3–0 Watford Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00 Johnson   32'
Grabban   59'
Tettey   61'
Report Ekstrand   3' Attendance: 26,375 (1,470 Hornets)
Referee: Paul Tierney
19 August 2014 3 Rotherham United 0–2 Watford New York Stadium, Rotherham
19:45 Morgan   58'
Smallwood   83'
Report Andrews   60'
Tamaș   71'
Dyer   74'
Munari   87'
Attendance: 9,361
Referee: David Webb
23 August 2014 4 Watford 4–1 Leeds United Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Forestieri   20', 67'
Deeney   58' (pen.)
Tőzsér   90+1'
Report Tamaș   32' (o.g.)
Bellusci   57'
Byram   90+3'
Attendance: 15,674 (1,975 away fans)
Referee: James Linington
30 August 2014 5 Watford 4–2 Huddersfield Town Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Deeney   12'
Abdi   54', 90+4'
Tamaș   60'   65'
Andrews   68'
Report Bunn   48'
Wallace   63'
Attendance: 14,409 (897 away fans)
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
13 September 2014 6 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Watford The Valley, London
15:00 Buyens   3' (pen.) Report Attendance: 17,628 (3,199 Hornets)
Referee: Andrew Madley
16 September 2014 7 Blackpool 0–1 Watford Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45 Report Vydra   68' (pen.) Attendance: 9,695
Referee: Scott Duncan
20 September 2014 8 Watford 1–1 AFC Bournemouth Vicarage Road
12:15 Tőzsér   68'
Cathcart   83'
Forestieri   85'
Report Arter   63',   70'
Cook   67'
Surman   68'
Elphick   90+1'
Attendance: 14,320
Referee: Oliver Langford
27 September 2014 9 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Watford Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00 Gestede   46'
Cairney   73'
Tunnicliffe   77'
Report Vydra   30',   61'
Tőzsér   41'
Gomes   57'
Angella   90+6'
Attendance: 14,084
Referee: Darren Drysdale
30 September 2014 10 Watford 2–1 Brentford Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Pudil   26'   90+3'
Ighalo   42',   43'
Fabbrini   51'
Vydra   70'
Paredes   90+2'
Report Tarkowski   43'
Douglas   57'
McCormack   90+5'
Attendance: 15,502 (1,931 Brentford fans)
Referee: Graham Salisbury
4 October 2014 11 Watford 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Doyley   30'
Tőzsér   53'
Vydra   58'
Paredes   65'
Munari   71'
Report Gardner   51'
Bruno   52'
Dunk   77'
Attendance: 16,531 (1,886 Brighton fans)
Referee: Simon Hooper
18 October 2014 12 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Watford Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 Drenthe   88' Report Ighalo   21'
Abdi   38'
Ekstrand   44'
Pudil   55'
Vydra   69'
Attendance: 20,909
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
21 October 2014 13 Watford 2–2 Nottingham Forest Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Ighalo   29'
Vydra   52' (pen.)
Report Antonio   31', 67'
Mancienne   42'
Attendance: 16,095
Referee: Dean Whitestone
25 October 2014 14 Middlesbrough 1–1 Watford Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00 Ayala   34'
Bamford   46'
Kike   49'
Whitehead   51'
Fredericks   90+2'
Report Forestieri   39'
Deeney   61'
Attendance: 17,491
Referee: James Adcock
1 November 2014 15 Watford 3–1 Millwall Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Vydra   36'
Tőzsér   45+4'
Hoban   62'
Munari   64'
Report Woolford   12'
Forde   22'
Briggs   35'
Fuller   41'
Dunne   45+3'
Williams   90+4'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Robert Madley
4 November 2014 16 Birmingham City 2–1 Watford St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45 Donaldson   2', 85'
Davis   51'
Report Forestieri   7'
Andrews   81'
Deeney   89'
Attendance: 18,309
Referee: Mark Heywood
8 November 2014 17 Ipswich Town 1–0 Watford Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00 McGoldrick   43'
Smith   83'
Report Paredes   33'
Ekstrand   58'
Munari   75'
Attendance: 22,490
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
22 November 2014 18 Watford 1–2 Derby County Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Munari   67',   90+3'
Doyley   84'
Deeney   90+3'
Tőzsér   90+4'
Report Keogh   13'
Ibe   39'
Bryson   81'
Attendance: 17,421
Referee: Keith Stroud
29 November 2014 19 Watford 0–1 Cardiff City Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Report Le Fondre   12',   71'
Noone   88'
Attendance: 15,668
Referee: Phil Gibbs
5 December 2014 20 Fulham 0–5 Watford Craven Cottage, London
19:45 Bettinelli   18' Report Abdi   15', 51'
Deeney   20' (pen.), 37', 90+3'
Bassong   77'
Attendance: 16,772
Referee: Paul Tierney
13 December 2014 21 Watford 2–1 Wigan Athletic Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Deeney   20', 82'
Abdi   54'
Tőzsér   78'
Report McMananman   20'
McCann   45'
Attendance: 15,297
Referee: Mark Haywood
20 December 2014 22 Reading 0–1 Watford Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00 Williams   72'
Murray   90+2'
Report Abdi   29',   70'
Angella   38'   45+1'
Attendance: 18,522
Referee: Gavin Ward
26 December 2014 23 Watford 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Deeney   43'
Tőzsér   71'
Report Dicko   57'
Stearman   64'
Price   90+3'
Attendance: 17,443
Referee: Graham Scott
28 December 2014 24 Cardiff City 2–4 Watford Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
15:00 Le Fondre   20'
Jones   90+1'
Report Guedioura   42', 63'
Ighalo   45+1'
Angella   83'
Attendance: 22,208
Referee: Stuart Attwell
10 January 2015 25 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Watford John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00 Hudson   46'
Wells   52'
Robinson   65'
Vaughan   77'
Lynch   83'
Report Hoban   16'
Ighalo   65'
Layún   90+5'
Attendance: 13,843
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
17 January 2015 26 Watford 5–0 Charlton Athletic Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Cathcart   15'
Deeney   25'
Ighalo   44', 58'
Tőzsér   90+3'
Report Solly   5'
Bikey   90+2'
Attendance: 17,703
Referee: Darren Bond
24 January 2015 27 Watford 7–2 Blackpool Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Ighalo   47', 54', 73', 81'
Deeney   53'
Vydra   59'
Angella   66'
Report Orlandi   8'
Davies   39',   42'
Attendance: 17,015
Referee: Fred Graham
30 January 2015 28 AFC Bournemouth 2–0 Watford Dean Court, Bournemouth
19:45 GMT Cook   28'
Kermorgant   35' (pen.)
Arter   39'
Ritchie   57'
Elphick   87'
Report Angella   1' Attendance: 10,904
Referee: Lee Probert
7 February 2015 29 Watford 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Paredes   20'
Cathcart   28'
Munari   45+1'
Ighalo   83'
Report Spearing   19'
Kilgallon   55'
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Andy Madley
10 February 2015 30 Brentford 1–2 Watford Griffin Park, Brentford, London
19:45 Bidwell   38'
Gray   53'
Dean   56'
Smith   82'
Report Ighalo   68', 90+1'
Paredes   90+2'
Attendance: 10.524
Referee: Keith Stroud
14 February 2015 31 Bolton Wanderers 3–4 Watford Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00 Bannan   32'
Clough   37', 85'
Le Fondre   41'
Report Cathcart   7'
Ighalo   25',   90+1'
Abdi   69'
Ekstrand   74'
Deeney   90'
Attendance: 14,230
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32 Watford 0–3 Norwich City Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Cathcart   53'
Watson   67'
Report Tettey   38'
Johnson   38'
Grabban   65' (pen.), 85'
Jerome   70'
Attendance: 18,602
Referee: Carl Berry
24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33 Watford 3–0 Rotherham United Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Ighalo   18', 56'
Deeney   54'
Report Árnason   53'
Smallwood   76'
Attendance: 13,468
Referee: Andy Davies
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34 Leeds United 2–3 Watford Elland Road, Leeds
15:00 Sharp   6'
Austin   19'
Cook   21'
Report Deeney   39'
Vydra   56', 80'
Watson   48'
Abdi   87'
Attendance: 24,705
Referee: Andy Haines
3 March 2015 35 Watford 1–0 Fulham Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Deeney   9'
Guedioura   83'
Report Fofana   53'
Richards   59'
Attendance: 15,809
Referee: Trevor Kettle
7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 36 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Watford Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00 Afobe   14'
Price   51'   90'
Report Vydra   30'
Deeney   65'
Hoban   82'   90'
Forestieri   90'
Attendance: 23,146
Referee: Brendan Malone
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37 Watford 4–1 Reading Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Abdi   1'
Vydra   39'
Deeney   48'
Forestieri   85'
Report Karacan   70' Attendance: 16,660
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Watford DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45 Perch   74' Report Guedioura   18'
Forestieri   53'
Deeney   54', 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,684
Referee: David Coote
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 39 Watford 0–1 Ipswich Town Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Angella   37' Report Murphy   28'
Mings   52'
Tabb   90'
Chaplow   90'
Attendance: 19,038
Referee: Andy D'Urso
3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) 40 Derby County 2–2 Watford Pride Park, Derby
19:45 Bent   45' (pen.)
Bryson   56'
Ince   57'
Keogh   90'
Report Watson   7'
Vydra   23'
Motta   45'
Deeney   65'
Ighalo   75'
Connolly   90'
Catchart   90'
Attendance: 31,748
Referee: Kevin Friend
6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) 41 Watford 2–0 Middlesbrough Vicarage Road, Watford
12:30 Deeney   37'
Ighalo   65'
Guedioura   70'
Layún   90'
Report Reach   26'
Leadbitter   90'
Attendance: 19,656
Referee: Mike Jones
11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) 42 Millwall 0–2 Watford The Den, Bermondsey, London
15:00 Harding   54'
Nelson   76'
Beevers   79'
Report Vydra   26'
Guedioura   56'
Attendance: 12,075
Referee: Simon Hooper
15 April 2015 43 Nottingham Forest 1–3 Watford City Ground, Nottingham
19:45 Wilson   60'
Gardner   72'
Report Ighalo   4'
Connolly   41'
Deeney   52'
Abdi   55',   87'
Motta   65'
Cathcart   71'
Attendance: 20,723
Referee: Paul Tierney
18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 44 Watford 1–0 Birmingham City Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 Cathcart   56',   61' Report Grounds   58' Attendance: 19,156
Referee: Mark Haywood
25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Watford Brighton
12:15 Kayal   43'
Stephens   90'
Greer   90'
Report Deeney   29',   87'
Cathcart   61'
Angella   66'
Guedioura   90'
Vydra   90'
Stadium: Falmer Stadium, Brighton
Attendance: 28,841
Referee: Keith Stroud
2 May 2015 46 Watford 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Vicarage Road, Watford
12:15 Vydra   25' Report Semedo   73'
Nuhiu   90'
Attendance: 20,250
Referee: Lee Probert

FA Cup

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4 January 2015 Third round Chelsea 3–0 Watford Stamford Bridge, London
14:00 Willian   58'
Rémy   70'
Zouma   72'
Report Paredes   26'
Tőzsér   66'
Attendance: 41,010
Referee: Kevin Friend

League Cup

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The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Watford were drawn away to Stevenage.[2]

12 August 2014 Round One Stevenage 0–1 Watford Broadhall Way, Stevenage
19:45 Report Dyer   52' Attendance: 3,969 (1,860 Hornets fans)
Referee: Carl Berry
26 August 2014 Round Two Watford 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45 Dyer   31' Report Tyson   12' (pen.)
Wakefield   52'
Attendance: 7,318 (270 Rovers fans)
Referee: Andy Woolmer

Squad statistics

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Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.[3]

2014–15 Watford player details[c]
No. Pos Name P G P G P G P G     Age Joined club Yth Notes
Championship FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
1 GK Heurelho Gomes 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 34 2014 No
2 MF Luke O'Nien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2013 Yes
3 MF Gianni Munari 21+7 3 1 0 1+1 0 31 3 2 0 31 2014 No
4 DF Gabriele Angella 32+3 2 1 0 0 0 36 2 1 0 26 2013 No
5 MF Keith Andrews 4+5 1 0 0 2 0 11 1 2 0 34 2014 No
5 MF Adlène Guedioura 13+4 3 0 0 0 0 17 3 1 0 29 2014 No
6 DF Joel Ekstrand 23+1 1 0 0 0+1 0 25 1 0 1 26 2012 No
7 MF Cristian Battocchio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2012 No
7 MF Miguel Layún 14+3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 26 2015 No
8 MF Dániel Tőzsér 34+11 5 1 0 0 0 46 5 2 0 29 2014 No
9 FW Troy Deeney 37+5 21 1 0 0 0 43 21 1 0 26 2010 No
10 MF Lewis McGugan 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 26 2013 No
11 FW Fernando Forestieri 10+14 5 1 0 1 0 26 5 0 0 25 2012 No
12 DF Lloyd Doyley 5+1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 32 2001 Yes
13 FW Mathias Ranégie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 2014 No
14 DF Juan Carlos Paredes 32+7 0 1 0 0 0 40 0 2 0 27 2014 No
15 DF Craig Cathcart 28+1 3 1 0 0 0 30 3 3 0 26 2014 No
16 MF Sean Murray 2+4 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 9 0 0 0 21 2010 Yes
17 DF Vujadin Savić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2015 No
17 DF Gabriel Tamaș 6+1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 1 31 2014 No
18 DF Daniel Pudil 19+4 0 1 0 1+1 0 26 0 1 0 29 2012 No
19 FW Diego Fabbrini 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 4 0 0 0 24 2013 No
20 FW Matěj Vydra 31+11 16 0+1 0 1+1 0 45 16 0 0 23 2014 No
21 MF Ikechi Anya 27+8 0 0 0 1 0 36 0 0 0 27 2012 No
22 MF Almen Abdi 28+4 9 0+1 0 0 0 33 9 1 0 28 2012 No
23 MF Lloyd Dyer 4+10 1 0 0 2 2 16 3 0 0 32 2014 No
23 MF Ben Watson 19+1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2 0 29 2015 No
24 FW Odion Ighalo 22+13 20 1 0 2 0 38 20 1 0 25 2014 No
25 FW Uche Ikpeazu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2013 No
26 FW Bernard Mensah 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 2011 Yes
27 DF Josh Doherty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2014 Yes
28 MF Connor Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2011 Yes
29 FW Alex Jakubiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2014 Yes
30 GK Jonathan Bond 2+1 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 2010 Yes
31 DF Tommie Hoban 20+7 0 1 0 2 0 30 0 0 0 21 2011 Yes
32 MF George Byers 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 2014 Yes
33 DF Jorell Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2014 Yes
34 GK Rene Gilmartin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 2014 No
39 DF Sébastien Bassong 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 28 2014 No
39 DF Matthew Connolly 4+2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 27 2015 No
47 MF Marco Motta 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 28 2014 Yes
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2014–15 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
  3. ^ All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed

Staff

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Non-playing staff

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  • Head-coach: Slaviša Jokanović (from 7 October)[4]
  • Assistant coach: Dean Austin (from 15 January)[5]
  • Assistant coach: Ruben Martinez (from 11 September; joint caretaker head coach 15–29 September)[6][7][8]
  • Assistant coach: Javier Pereira (from 11 September; joint caretaker head coach 15–29 September)[6][7][8]
  • Goalkeeping coach: Alec Chamberlain
  • Goalkeeping coach: Paolo De Toffol
  • Technical director: Luke Dowling (from 3 September)[9]
  • Academy manager: Chris McGuane[10]
  • Lead professional development coach: David Horseman (from 1 December)[11]
  • Academy Head of Coaching: Barry Quin (acting youth-team coach between Hughes' departure and appointment of Horseman)[10]
  • Chief scout: Filippo Giraldi
  • Head of medical: Richard Collinge (from 9 February)[12]
  • Head of sports science: Gianni Brignardello
  • Sport Scientist: Ben Dixon
  • Kit manager: Will Jones
  • Assistant kit manager: Craig Charles

Information correct as of 13 May 2015.[13]

Former non-playing staff

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Transfers

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Date Player From Fee Ref
23 May 2014   Heurelho Gomes   Tottenham Hotspur Free [19]
27 May 2014   Gabriel Tamaș   Doncaster Rovers Free [20]
12 June 2014   Lloyd Dyer   Leicester City Free [21]
24 June 2014   Craig Cathcart   Blackpool Free [22]
16 July 2014   Juan Carlos Paredes   Granada Undisclosed [23]
25 August 2014   Rene Gilmartin   St Patrick's Athletic Free [24]
24 October 2014   Odion Ighalo   Udinese Undisclosed [25]
9 January 2015   Miguel Layún   Granada Undisclosed [26]
23 January 2015   Ben Watson   Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [27]
23 January 2015   Vujadin Savić   Bordeaux Free [28]
26 February 2015   Marco Motta   Juventus Free [29]
Date[a] Player To[b] Fee Ref
4 June 2014   Manuel Almunia Retired Released [30]
4 June 2014   Marco Cassetti Retired Released [30]
4 June 2014   Fitz Hall Free Agent Released [30]
4 June 2014   Ross Jenkins Free agent Released [30]
4 June 2014   Lucas Neill Free Agent Released [30]
4 June 2014   Nyron Nosworthy   Blackpool Released [30][31]
4 June 2014   Albert Riera   Udinese Released [30]
2 July 2014   Marco Faraoni   Udinese Undisclosed [32]
17 July 2014   Gary Woods   Leyton Orient Free [33]
31 July 2014   Reece Brown   Barnsley Undisclosed [34]
1 August 2014   Javier Acuña   Club Olimpia Undisclosed [35]
14 January 2015   Gabriel Tamaș   Steaua București Free [36]
  1. ^ Where a player has been released, the date given is when their release was announced by Watford, not when their contract expired or when the joined their next club.
  2. ^ Where a player has been released, the club they subsequently joined is listed, provided it is professional and occurred during the 2014–15 season.

Loans in

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Start Player Parent club End Ref
26 June 2014   Matěj Vydra   Udinese 30 June 2015 [37]
7 July 2014   Dániel Tőzsér   Parma 30 June 2015 [38]
24 July 2014   Keith Andrews   Bolton Wanderers 2 February 2015 [39][40]
30 July 2014   Odion Ighalo   Udinese 24 October 2014 [41]
4 August 2014   Gianni Munari   Parma 30 June 2015 [42]
8 October 2014   Sébastien Bassong   Norwich City 9 January 2015 [43]
26 November 2014   Adlène Guedioura   Crystal Palace 1 January 2015 [44]
27 February 2015   Adlène Guedioura   Crystal Palace 25 April 2015 [45]
19 March 2015   Matthew Connolly   Cardiff City 30 June 2015 [46]

Loans outs

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Start Player To Level End Ref
5 August 2014   Essaïd Belkalem   Trabzonspor Turkish Süper Lig 30 June 2015 [47]
13 August 2014   Alex Jakubiak   Oxford United League Two 4 November 2014 [48][49]
14 August 2014   Jorell Johnson   Hemel Hempstead Town Conference South 30 June 2015 [50][51]
22 August 2014   Luke O'Nien   Wealdstone Conference South 30 June 2015 [52]
26 August 2014   Cristian Battocchio   Virtus Entella Italian Serie B 30 June 2015 [53]
28 August 2014   Mathias Ranégie   Millwall Championship 15 January 2015 [54]
19 November 2014   Lewis McGugan   Sheffield Wednesday Championship 1 January 2015 [55]
26 November 2014   Uche Ikpeazu   Crewe Alexandra League One 25 January 2015 [56]
27 November 2014   Alex Jakubiak   Dagenham & Redbridge League Two 30 June 2015 [57][51][58]
16 January 2015   Diego Fabbrini   Millwall Championship 16 March 2015 [59][60]
19 January 2015   Lloyd Dyer   Birmingham City Championship 30 June 2015 [61]
28 January 2015   Uche Ikpeazu   Doncaster Rovers League One 10 March 2015 [62][63]
2 February 2015   Lewis McGugan   Sheffield Wednesday Championship 30 June 2015 [64]
5 February 2015   Mathias Ranégie   Dalian Aerbin China League One 31 December 2015 [65]
11 February 2015   Bernard Mensah   Braintree Town Conference 30 June 2015 [66]
13 March 2015   Uche Ikpeazu   Crewe Alexandra League One 30 June 2015 [67]
26 March 2015   Diego Fabbrini   Birmingham City Championship 30 June 2015 [60]

Reserves and academy

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In 2014–15, Watford's under-21 side competed in the Under-21 Premier League Cup, progressing through four rounds before losing 3–2 away at Southampton in the quarter-finals. They also played in the Herts Senior Cup, progressing through one round before losing to Hemel Hempstead in the quarter-finals.[68] The under-18s finished 5th in the South-East Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance, subsequently qualifying for Merit League One. In the FA Youth Cup they entered in the third round, losing 3–1 away at Swansea.[10]

Watford's academy in 2014–15 consisted of 17 scholars:

Panos Armenakas was announced as joining the first-year in April 2014, but in June he signed for Italian club Udinese, who are also owned by the Pozzo family.[72] On 1 September the club announced second-year midfielder Tom Rosenthal had left to join Belgian side S.V. Zulte Waregem in order for him to be closer to an ill family member.[73] On 15 September striker Ogo Obi signed a two-year scholarship deal with the club, with a one-year professional deal from its expiration in 2016.[74] Obi had been with the club since the under-11 age-group, but had spent time on trial with Manchester United over the pre-season.[75] Goalkeeper Shaun Rowley, a scholar with Shrewsbury Town, joined the academy on a youth loan for the early part of the reason, returning to his parent club in October.[76] Stewart transferred to Udinese in January.[77] In February Folivi signed a deal that would see him become professional at the end of his scholarship in 2016, with the club holding the option of adding a further year.[78]

On 1 May, Watford announced that Lewis, Martin and Young would be offered professional contracts of an unspecified length, while Hall would have his scholarship extended after he suffered from an injury in 2014–15. Ammann, Choi, Otudeko and Kyprianou, who was an unused substitute for the first-team's FA Cup game away at Bristol City on 4 January 2014, were released.[70][79]

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