List of Watford F.C. managers

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Graham Taylor led Watford to their highest ever league position in 1983.

Watford Football Club are an English association football club, based in Watford, Hertfordshire. As of 2016, the team competes in the Premier League, the highest level of the English football league system.

Three managers, Len Goulden, Neil McBain and Malky Mackay, have taken charge of the club on two separate occasions, while Graham Taylor had three stints as manager of the club. The statistics in the following table account for the league games of each manager.

Correct as of 7 April 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Honours and achievements	Notes
Goodall, JohnJohn Goodall	May 1903	May 1910	246	90	63	93	36.59	Southern League Second Division champions, 1903–04 United League Champions, 1905–06
Kent, HarryHarry Kent	May 1910	May 1926	484	187	121	176	38.64	Southern League First Division champions, 1914–15 Southern League First Division runners-up, 1919–20
Pagnam, FredFred Pagnam	May 1926	May 1929	126	45	28	53	35.71	—
McBain, NeilNeil McBain	May 1929	August 1937	336	137	71	128	40.77	—
Findlay, BillBill Findlay	August 1937	February 1947	114	50	25	39	43.86	Football League Third Division South Cup, 1937
Jack Bray	March 1947	January 1948	35	11	7	17	31.42	—
Hapgood, EddieEddie Hapgood	February 1948	March 1950	88	29	27	32	32.95	—
Gray, RonRon Gray	March 1950	August 1951	56	13	15	28	23.21	—
Green, HaydnHaydn Green	August 1951	October 1952	54	16	11	27	29.63	—
Goulden, LenLen Goulden	November 1952	October 1955	136	52	39	45	38.24	—
Paton, JohnnyJohnny Paton	October 1955	February 1956	15	2	6	7	13.34	—
Goulden, LenLen Goulden	February 1956	July 1956	16	6	3	7	37.50	—
McBain, NeilNeil McBain	August 1956	February 1959	122	42	33	47	34.43	—
Burgess, RonRon Burgess	February 1959	May 1963	200	80	45	75	40.00	Football League Fourth Division promotion, 1959–60
McGarry, BillBill McGarry	July 1963	October 1964	57	26	17	14	45.61	—
Furphy, KenKen Furphy	November 1964	July 1971	295	115	79	101	38.98	Football League Third Division champions, 1968–69
Kirby, GeorgeGeorge Kirby	August 1971	May 1973	88	17	26	45	19.32	—
Keen, MikeMike Keen	June 1973	April 1977	178	67	48	63	37.64	—
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	June 1977	May 1987	428	191	105	132	44.63	Football League Fourth Division champions, 1977–78 Football League Third Division runners-up, 1978–79 Football League Second Division runners-up, 1981–82 Football League First Division runners-up, 1982–83 FA Cup runners-up, 1983–84
Bassett, DaveDave Bassett	May 1987	January 1988	23	4	6	13	17.39	—
Harrison, SteveSteve Harrison	January 1988	March 1990	98	36	27	35	36.73	—
Lee, ColinColin Lee	March 1990	November 1990	28	5	9	14	17.86	—
Perryman, SteveSteve Perryman	November 1990	July 1993	121	42	35	44	34.71	—
Roeder, GlennGlenn Roeder	July 1993	February 1996	120	39	32	49	32.50	—
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	February 1996	June 1996	18	5	8	5	27.78	—
Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett	June 1996	June 1997	46	16	19	11	34.78	—
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	June 1997	May 2001	176	71	45	60	40.34	Football League Second Division champions, 1997–98 Football League First Division play-off winners, 1998–99
Vialli, GianlucaGianluca Vialli	May 2001	June 2002	46	16	11	19	34.78	—
Lewington, RayRay Lewington	June 2002	March 2005	131	42	36	53	32.06	—
Boothroyd, AidyAidy Boothroyd	March 2005	November 2008	152	51	48	53	33.55	Football League Championship play-off winners, 2005–06	[1]
Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	November 2008	November 2008	5	2	1	2	40.00	—
Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers	November 2008	June 2009	27	11	6	10	40.74	—
Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	June 2009	June 2011	92	30	25	37	32.61	—
Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	June 2011	July 2012	46	16	16	14	34.78	—	—
Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola	July 2012	December 2013	66	29	15	22	43.94	—	—
Sannino, GiuseppeGiuseppe Sannino	December 2013	August 2014	31	13	8	10	38.46	—	—
García Junyent, ÓscarÓscar García Junyent	September 2014	September 2014	4	1	2	1	25.00	—	—
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay	September 2014	October 2014	2	1	1	0	50.00	—	—
Jokanović, SlavišaSlaviša Jokanović	October 2014	June 2015	35	21	4	10	60.00	Runner up in the 2014–15 Football League Championship	—
Flores, QuiqueQuique Flores	June 2015	May 2016	31	10	7	14	38.10	Took Watford to the semi-final of the 2015-16 FA Cup	—
Mazzarri, WalterWalter Mazzarri	July 2016

Playing records

Kenny Jackett spent his entire playing career at Watford

Fourteen Watford managers played for Watford before or whilst managing them.

Name	Position	Years	Apps	Goals	National team	Notes
Goodall, JohnJohn Goodall	FW	1903–1907	69	17	England	Player-manager
Kent, HarryHarry Kent	DF	1909–1913	69	9	None	Player-manager from 1910
Pagnam, FredFred Pagnam	FW	1921–1927	157	74	None	Player-manager between 1926 and 1927
McBain, NeilNeil McBain	DF	1928–1931	94	5	Scotland	Player-manager between 1929 and 1931
Findlay, BillBill Findlay	DF	1932–1944	137	6	Scotland junior	Player-manager between 1937 and 1944
Gray, RonRon Gray	DF	1942–1946	29	4	None	—
Paton, JohnnyJohnny Paton	MF	1952–1955	91	17	Scotland schoolboys	—
Furphy, KenKen Furphy	DF	1964–1968	111	1	None	Player-manager until 1968
Keen, MikeMike Keen	DF	1972–1975	136	6	None	Player-manager between 1973 and 1975
Harrison, SteveSteve Harrison	DF	1978–1981	102	0	None	—
Roeder, GlennGlenn Roeder	DF	1989–1991	86	3	England B	—
Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett	MF	1980–1990	428	34	Wales	—
Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	DF	2005–2008	61	5	Scotland	—
Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	DF	2002–2005	78	0	None	—

References

General

Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.

Specific

1. Adrian Boothroyd's managerial career soccerbase.com