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)
League Cup2nd round
(knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)

Competitions

Pre-season matches

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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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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ResultWLWWWLWDDWDWDDWLLLLWWWLWLWWLWWWLWWWDWWLDWWWWWD
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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

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 Falmer Stadium, Brighton
12:15 Kayal  43'
Stephens  90'
Greer  90'
Report Deeney  29',  87'
Cathcart  61'
Angella  66'
Guedioura  90'
Vydra  90'
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

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

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

Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.[3]

2014–15 Watford player details[lower-alpha 3]
No. Pos Name P G P G P G P G Age Joined club Yth Notes
Championship FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
1GKHeurelho Gomes 440000044000342014No
2MFLuke O'Nien 0000000000202013Yes
3MFGianni Munari 21+73101+1031320312014No
4DFGabriele Angella 32+32100036210262013No
5MFKeith Andrews 4+51002011120342014No
5MFAdlène Guedioura 13+43000017310292014No
6DFJoel Ekstrand 23+11000+1025101262012No
7MFCristian Battocchio 0000000000232012No
7MFMiguel Layún 14+30000017000262015No
8MFDániel Tőzsér 34+115100046520292014No
9FWTroy Deeney 37+5211000432110262010No
10MFLewis McGugan 5+1000107000262013No
11FWFernando Forestieri 10+145101026500252012No
12DFLloyd Doyley 5+1000208000322001Yes
13FWMathias Ranégie 0000000000302014No
14DFJuan Carlos Paredes 32+70100040020272014No
15DFCraig Cathcart 28+13100030330262014No
16MFSean Murray 2+400+101+109000212010Yes
17DFVujadin Savić 0000000000242015No
17DFGabriel Tamaș 6+1000209011312014No
18DFDaniel Pudil 19+40101+1026010292012No
19FWDiego Fabbrini 20001+104000242013No
20FWMatěj Vydra 31+11160+101+10451600232014No
21MFIkechi Anya 27+80001036000272012No
22MFAlmen Abdi 28+490+100033910282012No
23MFLloyd Dyer 4+101002216300322014No
23MFBen Watson 19+10000020020292015No
24FWOdion Ighalo 22+13201020382010252014No
25FWUche Ikpeazu 0000000000202013No
26FWBernard Mensah 0+1000001000202011Yes
27DFJosh Doherty 0000000000192014Yes
28MFConnor Smith 0000000000222011Yes
29FWAlex Jakubiak 0000000000182014Yes
30GKJonathan Bond 2+1010206000212010Yes
31DFTommie Hoban 20+70102030000212011Yes
32MFGeorge Byers 0+1000001000182014Yes
33DFJorell Johnson 0000000000182014Yes
34GKRene Gilmartin 0000000000272014No
39DFSébastien Bassong 110000011000282014No
39DFMatthew Connolly 4+2100006100272015No
47MFMarco Motta 7+2000009000282014Yes
  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

Non-playing staff

  • 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

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Ref
23 May 2014 Heurelho Gomes Tottenham HotspurFree[19]
27 May 2014 Gabriel Tamaș Doncaster RoversFree[20]
12 June 2014 Lloyd Dyer Leicester CityFree[21]
24 June 2014 Craig Cathcart BlackpoolFree[22]
16 July 2014 Juan Carlos Paredes GranadaUndisclosed[23]
25 August 2014 Rene Gilmartin St Patrick's AthleticFree[24]
24 October 2014 Odion Ighalo UdineseUndisclosed[25]
9 January 2015 Miguel Layún GranadaUndisclosed[26]
23 January 2015 Ben Watson Wigan AthleticUndisclosed[27]
23 January 2015 Vujadin Savić BordeauxFree[28]
26 February 2015 Marco Motta JuventusFree[29]

Out

Date[lower-alpha 1] Player To[lower-alpha 2] Fee Ref
4 June 2014 Manuel AlmuniaRetiredReleased[30]
4 June 2014 Marco CassettiRetiredReleased[30]
4 June 2014 Fitz HallFree AgentReleased[30]
4 June 2014 Ross JenkinsFree agentReleased[30]
4 June 2014 Lucas NeillFree AgentReleased[30]
4 June 2014 Nyron Nosworthy BlackpoolReleased[30][31]
4 June 2014 Albert Riera UdineseReleased[30]
2 July 2014 Marco Faraoni UdineseUndisclosed[32]
17 July 2014 Gary Woods Leyton OrientFree[33]
31 July 2014 Reece Brown BarnsleyUndisclosed[34]
1 August 2014 Javier Acuña Club OlimpiaUndisclosed[35]
14 January 2015 Gabriel Tamaș Steaua BucureștiFree[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

Start Player Parent club End Ref
26 June 2014 Matěj Vydra Udinese30 June 2015[37]
7 July 2014 Dániel Tőzsér Parma30 June 2015[38]
24 July 2014 Keith Andrews Bolton Wanderers2 February 2015[39][40]
30 July 2014 Odion Ighalo Udinese24 October 2014[41]
4 August 2014 Gianni Munari Parma30 June 2015[42]
8 October 2014 Sébastien Bassong Norwich City9 January 2015[43]
26 November 2014 Adlène Guedioura Crystal Palace1 January 2015[44]
27 February 2015 Adlène Guedioura Crystal Palace25 April 2015[45]
19 March 2015 Matthew Connolly Cardiff City30 June 2015[46]

Loans outs

Start Player To Level End Ref
5 August 2014 Essaïd Belkalem TrabzonsporTurkish Süper Lig30 June 2015[47]
13 August 2014 Alex Jakubiak Oxford UnitedLeague Two4 November 2014[48][49]
14 August 2014 Jorell Johnson Hemel Hempstead TownConference South30 June 2015[50][51]
22 August 2014 Luke O'Nien WealdstoneConference South30 June 2015[52]
26 August 2014 Cristian Battocchio Virtus EntellaItalian Serie B30 June 2015[53]
28 August 2014 Mathias Ranégie MillwallChampionship15 January 2015[54]
19 November 2014 Lewis McGugan Sheffield WednesdayChampionship1 January 2015[55]
26 November 2014 Uche Ikpeazu Crewe AlexandraLeague One25 January 2015[56]
27 November 2014 Alex Jakubiak Dagenham & RedbridgeLeague Two30 June 2015[57][51][58]
16 January 2015 Diego Fabbrini MillwallChampionship16 March 2015[59][60]
19 January 2015 Lloyd Dyer Birmingham CityChampionship30 June 2015[61]
28 January 2015 Uche Ikpeazu Doncaster RoversLeague One10 March 2015[62][63]
2 February 2015 Lewis McGugan Sheffield WednesdayChampionship30 June 2015[64]
5 February 2015 Mathias Ranégie Dalian AerbinChina League One31 December 2015[65]
11 February 2015 Bernard Mensah Braintree TownConference30 June 2015[66]
13 March 2015 Uche Ikpeazu Crewe AlexandraLeague One30 June 2015[67]
26 March 2015 Diego Fabbrini Birmingham CityChampionship30 June 2015[60]

Reserves and academy

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:

  • In the second year: Arie Ammann, Matthew Hall, Harry Kyprianou, Dennon Lewis, Mahlondo Martin, Il Myeong Choi, Kunle Otudeko, Carl Stewart and Alfie Young.[69][70]
  • In the first year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Max Makaka, Brandon Mason, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens.[71]

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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