John GRIEVE ( ) Wing-half

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1 John GRIEVE ( ) Wing-half Born Edinburgh, 1883/84 Southern League: 62 appearances (1 goal) FA Cup: 6 appearances Southern Charity Cup: 5 appearances Début: 3-4 away defeat v Queens Park Rangers, Southern League Div 1, 1 Sep 1909 Final game: 0-0 away draw v Portsmouth, Southern League Div 1, 14 Apr 1911 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 19; all competitions 24 Belfast Distillery (1904/05); Hibernian (May 1905); WATFORD (July 1909); Stoke ( 200 April 1911, of which 100 was paid to Hibernian); South Shields (July 1912) Scottish League & Southern League Career 1905/06 Hibernian 24 Scottish League Division 1 11th of /07 Hibernian 27 2 Scottish League Division 1 12th of /08 Hibernian 29 3 Scottish League Division 1 5th of /09 Hibernian 11 Scottish League Division 1 6th of /10 WATFORD 34 1 Southern League Division 1 19th of /11 WATFORD 28 Southern League Division 1 14th of /11 Stoke?? Southern League Division 2 2nd of 12 (Promoted) 1911/12 Stoke 23 1 Southern League Division 1 10th of 20 Having captained Hibernian in 1908/09, he became Watford s regular left-half for two seasons. Together with Frank Cotterill and Peter Kyle he was suspended sine die by the club in February 1910, for what a local paper described as utterly disgraceful and demoralising conduct, but unlike the others Jock Grieve was reinstated a week later. On his departure one journalist dubbed him probably the best wing-half the club has ever had.

2 Thomas GRIEVE (1904) Winger Born Leith, Edinburgh, 7 July 1875 Died Wishaw, Lanarkshire, 28 November 1948 Southern League: 1 appearance Sole appearance: 2 1 home win v Fulham, Southern League Div 1, 22 Oct 1904 Northfleet United (amateur close season 1895, professional February 1896); New Brompton (May 1898); Gravesend United (May 1899); Woolwich Arsenal (May 1900); Brentford (November 1901 until close season 1902); WATFORD (a month s trial October 1904); Brighton & Hove Albion (briefly November 1904); Northfleet United (October 1905) Southern League & Football League Career 1896/97 Northfleet United 20 4 Southern League Division 1 9th of /98 Northfleet United 23 4 Southern League Division 1 11th of 12 (Resigned) 1898/99 New Brompton 18 6 Southern League Division 1 6th of /00 Gravesend United 28 6 Southern League Division 1 12th of /01 Woolwich Arsenal 6 Football League Division 2 7th of /02 Brentford 22 3 Southern League Division 1 15th of /05 WATFORD 1 Southern League Division 1 9th of 18 As a trialist at Cassio Road he played on the right wing in a 2 1 Southern League win over Fulham, but wasn t offered an engagement. A clever, energetic little footballer, Tom Grieve had been serving in The Royal Scots since 1892 and was stationed at Chatham and Gravesend when he played for Northfleet United as an amateur, and he turned professional after being discharged from the army by purchase.

3 Daniel Leonard GRIEVES (1997) Midfielder Born Watford, Hertfordshire, 21 September 1978 Associate Members Cup: 1 appearance Sole appearance: 0-1 away defeat v Fulham, Associate Members Cup 1st Round, 9 Dec 1997 WATFORD (schoolboy May 1993, trainee 1995, professional February 1997); Maccabi Herzilya (Israel) (free August 1999, cancelled November 1999); Swindon Town trial (January 2000); Cambridge United (non-contract March 2000); Queens Park Rangers (monthly contracts from August 2000 to March 2001); Thame United (August 2002); Aylesbury United (close season 2003); Hemel Hempstead Town (September 2003); Cheshunt (October 2004); Dover Athletic (November 2004); Folkestone Invicta (2006) A grandson of former Watford player Reg Williams junior, and great-grandson of Reg s father, the legendary Skilly Williams, Daniel Grieves was unable to break into the first team, although he played in that one first-team fixture, in which the club fielded nine reserve-team players.

4 William John GRIMES ( ) Forward Born Ickleford, Hertfordshire, 27 March 1886 Died Arlesey, Bedfordshire, 6 January 1936 Southern League: 15 appearances (3 goals) FA Cup: 1 appearance (1 goal) United League: 6 appearances Début: 0 2 away defeat v Luton Town, United League, 10 Sep 1906 Final game: 1 2 away defeat v Norwich City, Southern League Div 1, 27 Apr 1907 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 7; all competitions 11 St John s, Hitchin; Hitchin Town (by 1904); Hertfordshire; WATFORD (professional May 1906); Glossop (May 1907); Bradford City (December 1908); Derby County (March 1910 Watford received 25); Tottenham Hotspur guest player during First World War; Luton Town (July 1919 until retirement in 1920) Southern League & Football League Career 1906/07 WATFORD 15 3 Southern League Division 1 9th of /08 Glossop 33 9 Football League Division 2 17th of /09 Glossop 12 1 Football League Division 2 8th of /09 Bradford City 15 1 Football League Division 1 18th of /10 Bradford City 2 Football League Division 1 7th of /10 Derby County 10 Football League Division 2 4th of /11 Derby County 22 Football League Division 2 6th of /12 Derby County 35 4 Football League Division 2 1st of 20 (Promoted) 1912/13 Derby County 32 3 Football League Division 1 7th of /14 Derby County 34 1 Football League Division 1 20th of 20 (Relegated) 1914/15 Derby County 28 3 Football League Division 2 1st of 20 (Promoted) 1919/20 Luton Town 11 Southern League Division 1 20th of 22 After representing Hertfordshire as a Hitchin Town amateur, he scored on both his Southern League and FA Cup débuts for Watford, for whom he turned out in all five forward positions. On the right wing he helped Derby County to win the Football League Second Division championship twice in four seasons, and was partnered at inside right by Steve Bloomer for the last few years of that great player s career. Billy Grimes was married in 1907 to a sister of George and Vic Furr, and their son Harold signed amateur forms for Watford in 1929.

5 Arthur GRIMSDELL ( ) Half-back Born Watford, Hertfordshire, 23 March 1894 Died Watford, Hertfordshire, 13 March 1963 Representative Honours England Schools and Full Football League Southern League: 36 appearances (3 goals) FA Cup: 5 appearances (1 goal) Southern Charity Cup: 1 appearance First World War competitions: 1 appearance Début: 2-0 home win v Queens Park Rangers, Southern League Div 1, 22 Apr 1911 Final game in peacetime competitions: 1-2 away defeat v Southampton, Southern League Div 1, 13 Apr 1912 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 26; all competitions 31 St Stephens; St Albans City (1910/11); Hertfordshire; WATFORD (amateur, professional October 1911); Tottenham Hotspur ( 500 for Grimsdell & W.S.Tattersall April 1912); Clapton Orient player-manager (free August 1929 until June 1930); WATFORD director (October 1945, resigned August 1951) Southern League & Football League Career 1910/11 WATFORD 2 Southern League Division 1 14th of /12 WATFORD 34 3 Southern League Division 1 9th of /12 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Football League Division 1 12th of /13 Tottenham Hotspur 25 Football League Division 1 17th of /14 Tottenham Hotspur 37 1 Football League Division 1 17th of /15 Tottenham Hotspur 8 Football League Division 1 20th of 20 (Relegated) 1919/20 Tottenham Hotspur Football League Division 2 1st of 22 (Promoted) 1920/21 Tottenham Hotspur 38 3 Football League Division 1 6th of /22 Tottenham Hotspur 35 3 Football League Division 1 2nd of /23 Tottenham Hotspur 40 2 Football League Division 1 12th of /24 Tottenham Hotspur 27 1 Football League Division 1 15th of /25 Tottenham Hotspur 14 Football League Division 1 12th of /26 Tottenham Hotspur 13 Football League Division 1 15th of /27 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Football League Division 1 13th of /28 Tottenham Hotspur 35 2 Football League Division 1 21st of 22 (Relegated) 1928/29 Tottenham Hotspur 11 Football League Division 2 10th of /30 Clapton Orient 11 Football League Division 3 (South) 12th of 22 Having won his first international cap when a pupil at Watford Field School, he went on to captain England at senior level, and also led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the 1921 FA Cup Final, in which Val Gregory skippered the opposition. A great wing-half, Arthur Grimsdell first appeared in Watford s first team just after his 17th birthday, and his transfer and that of Wally Tattersall at the end of the following season was forced by the club s parlous financial state, no money being available for summer wages. In the middle of the 1947/48 season, as a director of the club he took charge of team affairs between Jack Bray s resignation as manager and the appointment of Eddie Hapgood, and was responsible with fellow-directors for the simultaneous signing of five Leicester City players. His brother Ernie also played for Watford. As a wicketkeeper Arthur played first-class cricket, and his Hertfordshire CCC career, which included a spell as captain, spanned 26 years. For many years he ran the newsagent/tobacconist business in Watford High Street which had previously been owned by another Watford player and director, Johnny Hill.

6 Ernest Frederick GRIMSDELL ( ) Full-back Born Watford, Hertfordshire, 18 August 1892 Died Bushey, Hertfordshire, 20 September 1947 Representative Honours England Amateur Southern League: 15 appearances First World War competitions: 30 appearances Début: 0-2 away defeat v Cardiff City, Southern League Div 1, 11 Oct 1913 Final game: 3-0 home win v Southampton, Southern League Div 1, 1 May 1920 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 4; all peacetime competitions 4 St Stephens; WATFORD (amateur September 1909); Hertfordshire; St Albans City (1910/11 to 1913/14); also Watford Orient; also Reading (amateur February 1913); Fulham guest player during First World War; Queens Park Rangers (professional August 1920); Guildford United (August 1921); Queens Park Rangers (June 1922); Chatham (August 1923); Dartford (by March 1927) Southern League & Football League Career 1912/13 Reading 1 Southern League Division 1 8th of /14 WATFORD 9 Southern League Division 1 18th of /15 WATFORD 1 Southern League Division 1 1st of /20 WATFORD 5 Southern League Division 1 2nd of /21 Queens Park Rangers 20 Football League Division 3 3rd of /23 Queens Park Rangers 2 Football League Division 3 (South) 11th of 22 His brother Arthur was a great player who captained England, but full-back Ernie Grimsdell was an accomplished footballer in his own right, as his two Amateur international caps testify. The two Grimsdells and George Edmonds, all three of whom went to Watford Field School, all played in the Watford Schoolboys Shield team which reached the Semi-final of the English Schools Cup in 1905/06. In August 1917 the tall Ernie represented the Army against the Royal Navy at Fulham, for which club he then went on to appear frequently as a guest player for two seasons. After a very late entry to the professional ranks in 1920, he subsequently took up refereeing and became a Football League linesman in 1932.

7 Joseph Phoenix George GROOME ( ) Centre-forward Born Apsley, Hertfordshire, 1 September 1901 Died Beckenham, Kent, 20 August 1956 Football League: 17 appearances (14 goals) Début: 2-3 away defeat v Newport County, Football League Div 3 (South), 3 Sep 1927 Final game: 0-1 away defeat v Torquay United, Football League Div 3 (South), 8 Sep 1928 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 4; all competitions 4 Apsley (1919); Northampton Town (amateur February 1927); WATFORD (professional July 1927); Queens Park Rangers (free May 1929); Dartford (free February 1930); House of Dickinson Book Department (April 1932); Apsley manager (by 1933/34 until October 1935) Football League Career 1926/27 Northampton Town 13 6 Football League Division 3 (South) 18th of /28 WATFORD Football League Division 3 (South) 15th of /29 WATFORD 1 Football League Division 3 (South) 8th of 22 Even that formidable scoring record didn t get him established in the first team, and he never played in more than four consecutive senior games for Watford before being released. A competitive sprinter, Joe Groome used his pace to good effect as a direct, dashing centre-forward, and he scored twice on his Football League débuts for both Northampton Town (as an amateur) and Watford. Before that he scored seven of Apsley s nine goals against Stevenage in the 1925/26 Herts Charity Shield Semi-final, and there was a five-goal performance for Watford Reserves against Swansea Town Reserves on 13 April 1929 (result 8-1), just before he was released.

8 Henry William GROVER ( ) Defender Born Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1865 Died Watford, Hertfordshire, 22 March 1949 Watford Rovers Career FA Cup: 2 appearances Herts County Cup: 3 appearances Hennessey Cup: 4 appearances Début: 0-1 home defeat v Swindon Town, FA Cup 1st Round, 23 Oct 1886 Final game: 3-2 home win v Uxbridge Caxtonians, Hennessey Cup 2nd Round, 28 Dec 1889 Longest run of consecutive appearances: all competitions 2 When a group of teenaged boys who had been given permission to kick a ball about in Cassiobury Park subscribed to form a club which they called Watford Rovers, it was one of their number, Henry Grover, who purchased the ball and was acknowledged as the founder. After playing at full-back and later half-back regularly for nearly a decade, he faded from the scene, and although he continued to live just a short walk from all the sites which have successively provided the club with its home grounds, when he died in old age his identity as Watford FC s founder had long gone completely unrecognized. The son of a prosperous wine-merchant and ex-farmer with many properties in the Watford area and elsewhere, he became the financial partner in a building firm. In addition to the cup games, he played in 63 friendlies, plus others for which the line-ups are unknown, and scored one goal. Henry Grover s badly weathered family-grave headstone

9 Jóhann Birnir GUDMUNDSSON ( ) Midfielder Born Reykjavik, Iceland, 5 December 1977 Representative Honours Iceland Youth, Under-21 & Full Football League & FA Premier League: 7+15 appearances (2 goals) FA Cup: 0+1 appearance Football League Cup: 1+2 appearances Début: (as sub) 2-1 away win v Bolton Wanderers, Football League Div 1, 20 Oct 1998 Final game: 0-2 home defeat v Notts County, Football League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg, 26 Sep 2000 (Aggregate score 3-3 won on away goals rule) Longest run of consecutive appearances: FA Premier League/Football League 5; all competitions 5 Keflavik (Iceland); WATFORD ( 85,000 March 1998); Cambridge United (loan November 2000); Keflavik (Iceland) (free January 2001); Lyn Oslo (Norway) (2001); Queens Park Rangers trial (January 2004); Őrgryte (Sweden) (March 2004); GAIS (Sweden) (2006); Keflavik IF (Iceland) (July 2008) Football League & FA Premier League Career 1998/99 WATFORD Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 5th of 24 (Promoted) 1999/00 WATFORD 1 8 FA Premier League 20th of 20 (Relegated) 2000/01 Cambridge United 3 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 19th of 24 He got off to a cracking start at Watford, scoring both goals in a 2-2 draw against Port Vale in his first senior start after only a few minutes of substitute action four days earlier, but Jóhann Gudmundsson never became more than a fringe player throughout his time at Vicarage Road. He was released after nearly three years to rejoin the Icelandic club which he had helped to win the national cup competition in He was capped at Under-17, Under-19, Under-21 and Full levels.

10 Adlène GUÉDIOURA ( ) Midfielder Born La Roche-sur-Yon, France, 12 November 1985 Representative Honours Algeria Full Football League and FA Premier League: appearances (3 goals) FA Cup: 4+2 appearances (1 goal) Football League Cup: 1 appearance Début: (as sub) 0-1 home defeat v Cardiff City, Football League Championship, 29 Nov 2014 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League & FA Premier League 6; all competitions 7 Racing 92 (France) (from age 7); CS Sedan Ardennes (France) (2004); Olympique Noisy-le-Sec (France) (2005); L Entente SSG (France) (2006); US Créteil-Lusitanos (France) (2007); KV Kortrijk (Belgium) (2008); Sporting de Charleroi (Belgium) (January 2009); Wolverhampton Wanderers ( 2 million January 2010); Nottingham Forest (loan January 2012, 1 million July 2012); Crystal Palace (undisclosed fee September 2013); WATFORD (loan November 2014 and February 2015, undisclosed fee September 2015); Middlesbrough ( 3.50 million, January 2017); Nottingham Forest (free January 2018) FA Premier League & Football League Career 2009/10 Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Premier League 15th of /11 Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Premier League 17th of /12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 8 FA Premier League 20th of 20 (Relegated) 2011/12 Nottingham Forest 19 1 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 19th of /13 Nottingham Forest Football League Championship (2nd tier) 8th of /14 Nottingham Forest 5 Football League Championship (2nd tier) -11th of /14 Crystal Palace 4 4 FA Premier League 11th of /15 Crystal Palace 7 FA Premier League 10th of /15 WATFORD Football League Championship (2nd tier) 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 2015/16 WATFORD 3 15 FA Premier League 13th of /17 WATFORD 9 3 FA Premier League 17th of /17 Middlesbrough 5 FA Premier League 19th of 20 (Relegated) In two loan spells Adlène Guédioura assisted Watford s successful bid for promotion to the top flight with some energetic and skilful midfield performances. In the 2011/12 season he achieved the very unusual status of having scored the selected Goal of the Season for both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest. Not just an international sportsman himself, he is a son of parents who were both similarly distinguished, his father representing Algeria at football and his mother Spain at basketball.

11 Brynjar Bjorn GUNNARSSON ( ) Midfielder Born Reykjavik, Iceland, 16 October 1975 Reperesentative Honours Iceland Youth, U-21 & Full Football League: 34+2 appearances (3 goals) FA Cup: 1+1 appearances Football League Cup: 5 appearances Début: 1-2 away defeat v Preston North End, Football League Championship, 7 Aug 2004 Final game: 1-0 away win v Rotherham United, Football League Championship, 16 Apr 2005 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 16; all competitions 22 KR (Iceland) (1995 until 1997); Vålerenga IF (Norway) (1998); Moss FK (Norway) (1998); Őrgryte IS (Sweden) (1999); Stoke City ( 600,000 January 2000); Nottingham Forest (free August 2003); Stoke City (loan March 2004, free March 2004); WATFORD (free July 2004); Reading ( 50,000 July 2005, plus 3 subsequent 25,000 increments); Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Iceland) (free March 2013); Stjarnan (Iceland) assistant-manager (close season 2014) Football League & FA Premier League Career 1999/00 Stoke City Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 6th of /01 Stoke City 48 5 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 5th of /02 Stoke City Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 5th of 24 (Promoted) 2002/03 Stoke City 40 5 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 21st of /04 Nottingham Forest 9 4 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 14th of /04 Stoke City 1 2 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 11th of /05 WATFORD Football League Championship (2nd tier) 18th of /06 Reading Football League Championship (2nd tier) 1st of 24 (Promoted) 2006/07 Reading FA Premier League 8th of /08 Reading 18 2 FA Premier League 18th of 20 (Relegated) 2008/09 Reading Football League Championship (2nd tier) 4th of /10 Reading 18 8 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 9th of /11 Reading 10 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 5th of /12 Reading 1 4 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 1st of 24 (Promoted) Owing his move to Watford to a recommendation by fellow Iceland international Heider Helguson, he spent a season at Vicarage Road as a tall, hardworking midfielder, strong in the tackle, but elsewhere has proved himself equally capable in defensive positions. Reading got good value for their modest layout, Bryn Gunnarsson s long service at the Madejski Stadium having started with participation in the club s record-breaking rise to the Premier League and an eighth-place finish in their first-ever top-flight campaign. Of his useful smattering of goals, his favourite will have been the header at Old Trafford which earned Reading an FA Cup replay.

12 Gordon HAIGH ( ) Inside-forward Born Barnsley, Yorkshire, 18 August 1921 Died Brierfield, Lancashire, 22 August 2011 Football League: 29 appearances (5 goals) FA Cup: 2 appearances (2 goals) Début: 3-2 away win v Shrewsbury Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 18 Aug 1951 Final game: 0-1 away defeat v Colchester United, Football League Div 3 (South), 3 May 1952 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 11; all competitions 12 RAF (during the Second World War); Ransom & Marles, Newark; Burnley (November 1945); Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (April 1950); WATFORD (August 1951); Rossendale United (close season 1952); Nelson (until retirement in 1953) Football League Career 1946/47 Burnley 6 1 Football League Division 2 2nd of 22 (Promoted) 1947/48 Burnley 4 1 Football League Division 1 3rd of /49 Burnley 6 1 Football League Division 1 15th of /50 Burnley 2 Football League Division 1 10th of /50 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3 Football League Division 3 (South) 12th of /51 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 14 3 Football League Division 3 (South) 9th of /52 WATFORD 29 5 Football League Division 3 (South) 21st of 24 He wore the first-team number 8 shirt for most of his only Vicarage Road season, after which he returned to the area in which he had first emerged as a professional footballer immediately after the Second World War, when already in his midtwenties. Although he scored for Burnley on his Football League début, he made only spasmodic first-team appearances but earned a championship medal when the Reserves won the Central League in 1948/49. Five of Gordon Haigh s Watford goals, including two against Aylesbury United in a FA Cup tie, came in a mid-season sequence of six games.

13 Richard HALE ( ) Midfield Born Waterford, 29 May 1935 Representative Honours League of Ireland Football League: 95+3 appearances (7 goals) FA Cup: 8+1 appearances (3 goals) Football League Cup: 6 appearances Début: 1 2 home defeat v Walsall, Football League Div 3, 19 Aug 1967 Final game: 1 1 away draw v Norwich City, Football League Div 2, 18 Apr 1970 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 43; all competitions 49 Waterford; Shamrock Rovers; Swansea Town (October 1959); Barrow (July 1961); Workington (August 1964); WATFORD ( 3,500 July 1967 until September 1970); King s Lynn (September 1970); Wealdstone (close season 1971); Pembroke Borough; Pontardawe manager (1981/82); Pembroke Borough manager; Milford United manager (by April 1988, and made several appearances 1987/88); manager of a Swansea club (1992/93) Football League Career 1959/60 Swansea Town 19 1 Football League Division 2 12th of /61 Swansea Town 15 2 Football League Division 2 7th of /62 Barrow 43 6 Football League Division 4 9th of /63 Barrow 40 8 Football League Division 4 9th of /64 Barrow 35 2 Football League Division 4 24th of /65 Workington 43 1 Football League Division 3 15th of /66 Workington 46 6 Football League Division 3 5th of /67 Workington 42 3 Football League Division 3 24th of 24 (Relegated) 1967/68 WATFORD 41 6 Football League Division 3 6th of /69 WATFORD Football League Division 3 1st of 24 (Promoted) 1969/70 WATFORD 15 2 Football League Division 2 19th of 22 An exceptionally busy little Irish midfield player who, at the age of 33, enjoyed what was the major triumph of his career as an influential and popular member of the Watford team with which Ken Furphy took the club into Division 2 for the first time in its history. Dixie Hale had once played in the League of Ireland for Waterford alongside his three brothers, of whom Alfie became a Full international. Dixie retired from full time football in September 1970 and took a job with AEC at Aldenham.

14 Fitz Benjamin HALL ( ) Defender Born Leytonstone, London, 20 December 1980 Football League: 22+5 appearances (1 goal) FA Cup: 1 appearance Début: (as sub) 2-2 home draw v Bristol City, Football League Championship, 22 Sep 2012 Final game: (as sub) 2-2 away draw v Leicester City, Football League Championship, 8 Feb 2014 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 8; all competitions 8 Senrab; West Ham United (until age 15); Barnet (trainee October 1998, non-contract February 2000); Chesham United (2001); Oldham Athletic ( 20,000 March 2002); Southampton ( 250,000 July 2003); Crystal Palace ( 1.5 million August 2004); Wigan Athletic ( 3 million June 2006); Queens Park Rangers ( 700,000 January 2008); Newcastle United (loan January 2010); WATFORD (free July 2012, released close season 2013, monthly contracts November 2013 & January 2014, contract January 2014); Percival (free September 2014, retired December 2014) Football League & FA Premier League Career 2001/02 Oldham Athletic 4 1 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 9th of /03 Oldham Athletic 42 4 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 5th of /04 Southampton 7 4 FA Premier League 12th of /05 Crystal Palace 36 2 FA Premier League 18th of 20 (Relegated) 2005/06 Crystal Palace 41 1 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 6th of /07 Wigan Athletic 22 2 FA Premier League 17th of /08 Wigan Athletic 1 FA Premier League 14th of /08 Queens Park Rangers 14 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 14th of /09 Queens Park Rangers Football League Championship (2nd tier) 11th of /10 Queens Park Rangers 12 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 13th of /10 Newcastle United 7 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 1st of 24 (Promoted) 2010/11 Queens Park Rangers Football League Championship (2nd tier) 1st of 24 (Promoted) 2011/12 Queens Park Rangers 11 3 FA Premier League 17th of /13 WATFORD Football League Championship (2nd tier) 3rd of /14 WATFORD 3 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 13th of 24 Signed as a tall (6 feet 3 inches) and experienced central defender, Fitz Hall had fitness problems both at the start of and during his Watford engagement, and wasn t able to make his club début as a substitute until the ninth game of the campaign. His first start came at Huddersfield Town, where he scored one of the goals which brought a 3-2 victory. The club s narrow failure to reach the top flight deprived him of the distinction of having participated in a third promotion to the FA Premier League in four years.

15 H.A.HALL (1897) Winger West Herts Career Southern League: 2 appearances FA Cup: 1 appearance Début: 4 7 home defeat v 3rd Grenadier Guards, FA Cup Preliminary Round, 18 Sep 1897 Final game: 0 8 away defeat v Dartford, Southern League Div 2, 16 Oct 1897 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 2; all competitions 3 Watford St Mary s; WEST HERTS (September 1897) Southern League Career 1897/98 WEST HERTS 2 Southern League Division 2 3rd of 12 Like many other locals in the mid 1890s, Harry Hall turned out for both of Watford s major clubs, and he switched his allegiance to Cassio Road just before professionalism was adopted. He started the 1897/98 season as the first team outsideright, but after three games (7 4, 2 0 and 8 0 defeats) he was muscled out by the influx of the paid men.

16 Edward Charles HALSEY ( ) Forward Born Watford, Hertfordshire, 4 January 1864 Died Watford, Hertfordshire, 17 January 1948 Watford Rovers Career FA Cup: 3 appearances (1 goal) Herts County Cup: 2 appearances (1 goal) Début: 0-1 home defeat v Swindon Town, FA Cup 1st Round, 23 Oct 1886 Final game: 1-3 home defeat v Old Carthusians, FA Cup 2nd Round, 5 Nov 1887 Longest run of consecutive appearances: all competitions 2 St Albans; WATFORD ROVERS Including friendlies, he made altogether 24 appearances (and possibly two others for which the line-ups are unknown) all in the mid-1880s and scored 12 goals. He was in the side which contested the club s first-ever FA Cup tie in fact it was the first game undertaken in any competition. His brother played in a couple of friendlies and later served on the committee.

17 Andrew HAMILTON ( ) Winger Born Falkirk, Stirlingshire, 18 December 1873 Died Wallasey, Cheshire, 20 March 1939 Southern League: 6 appearances (1 goal) Début: 0 1 away defeat v Reading, Southern League Div 1, 10 Nov 1900 Final game: 1 3 home defeat v Bristol City, Southern League Div 1, 17 Apr 1901 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 3; all competitions 3 Cambuslang; Falkirk (May 1894); Sunderland (May 1896); East Stirlingshire (May 1897); New Brighton Tower (August 1897); Warmley (May 1898); Ryde (September 1900); WATFORD (October 1900 until close season 1901) Football League & Southern League Career 1896/97 Sunderland 7 2 Football League Division 1 15th of /01 WATFORD 6 1 Southern League Division 1 14th of 15 He d arrived at Cassio Road a few weeks into the 1900/01 season but was unable to turn the club s fortunes in a dismal campaign. In fact, not a single point was gained from the six matches in which he played on the left wing. He d earlier appeared in the Football League First Division for Sunderland and scored twice in a 4 2 win against Liverpool. After leaving Watford he returned, not to Scotland, but to the Wirral, where he d met his wife when playing for New Brighton Tower, and remained there for the rest of his life.

18 John HAMILTON ( ) Half back Born St Quivox, Ayrshire, 31 July 1869 Died Saltford, Somerset, 30 October 1931 Southern League: 30 appearances (3 goals) FA Cup: 2 appearances Début: 1 0 away win v Queens Park Rangers, Southern League Div 1, 7 Sep 1901 Final game: 1 1 away draw v Northampton Town, Southern League Div 1, 19 Apr 1902 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 30; all competitions 32 Ayr (1891); Wolverhampton Wanderers (June 1894); Loughborough (August 1895); Bristol South End (name changed to Bristol City 1897) (May 1897); Leicester Fosse (September 1900); WATFORD (May 1901); Wellingborough Town (May 1902); Fulham (May 1903, assistant trainer August 1904, trainer October 1908); also CS Paulistano (Brazil) coach (briefly cs 1906); Bristol City (reserve team trainer 1910, manager May 1915 until August 1919); Heart of Midlothian coach; Airdrieonians coach Football League & Southern League Career 1894/95 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 Football League Division 1 11th of /96 Loughborough 30 2 Football League Division 2 12th of /97 Loughborough 29 Football League Division 2 13th of /98 Bristol City 21 1 Southern League Division 1 2nd of /99 Bristol City 22 1 Southern League Division 1 2nd of /00 Bristol City 27 Southern League Division 1 9th of /01 Leicester Fosse 28 Football League Division 2 11th of /02 WATFORD 30 3 Southern League Division 1 13th of /03 Wellingborough Town 26 1 Southern League Division 1 14th of /04 Fulham 11 Southern League Division 1 11th of 18 Reaching Cassio Road with a fair amount of football experience under his belt, he was appointed captain and was everpresent in his only season, firstly at left half and then as the defensive pivot. In 1911, six years after he retired, the FA refused him permission to turn out as an amateur. As well as Watford, he captained Ayr, Loughborough and Bristol City. At the start of his career Jock Hamilton had taken part in three Ayr Charity Cup victories. During his three years as a Bristol City player he met a local girl, married her there soon after leaving City, returned and became a Bristol newsagent, and maintained his links with the west country for the rest of his life. He died at home in Somerset, where his house was named Sao Paolo, commemorating his brief coaching stint in South America in 1906.

19 John HAMILTON (1967) Forward Born Larkhall, Lanarkshire, 22 January 1935 Died Edinburgh, 8 August 2013 Representative Honours Scotland Under-23 Scottish League Football League: 7+1 appearances (2 goals) Football League Cup: 3 appearances Début: 1-2 home defeat v Walsall, Football League Div 3, 19 Aug 1967 Final game: 0-2 home defeat v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Football League Div 3, 30 Dec 1967 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 5; all competitions 8 Larkhall Rangers Amateurs; Kirkmuirhill Juveniles; Birkenshaw Welfare Hearts; Lesmahagow (September 1954); Heart of Midlothian ( 100 April 1955); WATFORD (free May 1967); Berwick Rangers (free close season 1968 until 1973); Heart of Midlothian youth-team coach (1974 until 1979) Scottish League & Football League Career 1955/56 Heart of Midlothian 22 1 Scottish League Division 1 3rd of /57 Heart of Midlothian 26 4 Scottish League Division 1 2nd of /58 Heart of Midlothian 4 4 Scottish League Division 1 1st of /59 Heart of Midlothian 27 6 Scottish League Division 1 2nd of /60 Heart of Midlothian 27 7 Scottish League Division 1 1st of /61 Heart of Midlothian 20 4 Scottish League Division 1 8th of /62 Heart of Midlothian 27 7 Scottish League Division 1 6th of /63 Heart of Midlothian Scottish League Division 1 5th of /64 Heart of Midlothian Scottish League Division 1 4th of /65 Heart of Midlothian Scottish League Division 1 2nd of /66 Heart of Midlothian 26 4 Scottish League Division 1 7th of /67 Heart of Midlothian 15 Scottish League Division 1 11th of /68 WATFORD Football League Division 3 6th of /69 Berwick Rangers? 1 Scottish League Division 2 16th of /70 Berwick Rangers? 12 Scottish League Division 2 9th of /71 Berwick Rangers Scottish League Division 2 13th of 19 This lightweight Scottish forward s 12 seasons at Tynecastle included the best years in Heart of Midlothian s history. He scored in two of his four Scottish League Cup Finals, gaining winner s medals in three of them, and contributed to two Scottish League championship triumphs. John Hamilton s limited first-team experience at Watford was undistinguished his first and last games were both home defeats and he was sent off at Torquay United. His contract with the club was cancelled by mutual consent and he returned to Scotland.

20 John Eley HAMILTON (1921) Forward Born Marlpool, Derbyshire, 23 January 1902 Died Nottingham, 16 January 1980 Football League: 2 appearances Début: 0-0 home draw v Swansea Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 27 Aug 1921 Final game: 1-2 away defeat v Reading, Football League Div 3 (South), 27 Dec 1921 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 1; all competitions 1 Heanor Athletic; Welbeck Colliery (mid-1920/21); WATFORD (June 1921); Sutton Town (free July 1922); Blackpool (May 1924); Queens Park Rangers (June 1926); Sutton Town (April 1927); Loughborough Corinthians (May 1929); Heanor Town (September 1930) Football League Career 1921/22 WATFORD 2 Football League Division 3 (South) 7th of /25 Blackpool 1 Football League Division 2 17th of /26 Blackpool 1 Football League Division 2 6th of /27 Queens Park Rangers 10 Football League Division 3 (South) 14th of 22 After playing under a pseudonym ( Jones ) and scoring twice in a benefit match in March 1921, Jack Hamilton signed for the club (under his own name) in the summer. He was seen as a promising forward with good ball control, but made only two senior appearances and returned to non-league circles in the east Midlands before making a second attempt at a Football League career which brought him a dozen outings in three seasons.

21 Richard Whitecross HAMMETT ( ) Goalkeeper Born East Stonehouse, Devon, 1869 Died St Martin in the Fields, London, 4 September 1925 Southern League: 33 appearances FA Cup: 3 appearances Début: 1 6 away defeat v Bristol City, Southern League Div 1, 8 Sep 1900 Final game: 4 0 home win v Bristol Rovers, Southern League Div 1, 28 Sep 1901 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 33; all competitions 36 Royal Engineers (amateur 1894 until 1896); Ryde (professional May 1897); WATFORD (July 1900 until September 1901) Southern League Career 1898/99 Ryde? Southern League Division 2 (South West) 2nd of /01 WATFORD 29 Southern League Division 1 14th of /02 WATFORD 4 Southern League Division 1 13th of 16 The son of a senior warder at Dartmoor Prison, he was ever present in goal while on Watford s books, before being released to become caretaker at the newly opened Callowland Schools, a job for which there were 60 applicants and which carried a weekly wage of 2 10s 0d. He d been invalided out of the army, being unable to march owing to varicose veins and a leg ulcer which it was officially suspected had been deliberately self inflicted with a view to being discharged. He was still a school caretaker at the time of his death in Charing Cross Hospital, when his home address was in Surrey.

22 Jamie HAND ( ) Midfielder Born Uxbridge, London, 7 February 1984 Representative Honours England Youth Football League: appearances FA Cup: 1+2 appearances Football League Cup: 1+2 appearances Début: (as sub) 2-4 home defeat v Arsenal, FA Cup 3rd Round, 5 Jan 2002 Final game: 1-5 home defeat v Crystal Palace, Football League Div 1, 17 Jan 2004 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 11; all competitions 13 Ruislip Rangers (1996); WATFORD (Academy by September 1999, scholar July 2000, professional April 2002, contract cancelled February 2006); Oxford United (loan August 2004); Livingston (loan January 2005); Cambridge United trial (August 2005); Peterborough United (loan September 2005); Fisher Athletic (February 2006); Northampton Town (loan February 2006); Chester City (free July 2006); Lincoln City (August 2007, released close season 2008); Oxford United (loan February 2008); Ebbsfleet United (September 2008); Chelmsford City (February 2009); Woking (October 2009); Hemel Hempstead Town (loan March 2010); Hayes & Yeading United (August 2010, cancelled January 2012); Luton Town (loan October 2011); Mansfield Town (July 2012); Eastleigh (loan November 2012); Hayes & Yeading United (loan December 2012); Margate (loan March 2013); Stockport County (free July 2013, released close season 2014); Southport (loan November 2013); Wealdstone trial (October 2014); Farnborough (December 2014 until close season 2015); Northwood first-team coach (August 2015) Football League & Scottish Premier League Career 2001/02 WATFORD 4 6 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 14th of /03 WATFORD 20 3 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 13th of /04 WATFORD 16 6 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 16th of /05 Oxford United 11 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 15th of /05 Livingston 5 2 Scottish Premier League 10th of /06 Peterborough United 9 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 9th of /06 Northampton Town 8 3 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 2006/07 Chester City 43 2 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 18th of /08 Chester City 1 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 22nd of /08 Lincoln City 19 6 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 15th of 24 Jamie Hand s earliest first-team appearances were as a 17-year-old scholar, and he d already won international caps by representing the England Under-16 side, as he was later to do at Under-20 level. Not extravagantly skilled as a creative player, he compensated with a hardworking and determined approach to his midfield role. The day after signing for Fisher Athletic he was loaned to Northampton Town (transfer regulations prohibited such a move at that stage of the season direct from another Football League club), who had been steadily progressing up the 4th Division table right through the campaign. He proved a valuable acquisition, helping the club to move into third and then second spot with a few games to go, which they held on to and completed a perfectly timed promotion push.

23 Edris Anthony HAPGOOD (1953) Winger Born Kettering, Northamptonshire, 13 June 1930 Died Blackburn, Lancashire, 1 September 2011 Football League: 1 appearance Sole appearance: 0-1 away defeat v Millwall, Football League Div 3 (South), 24 Aug 1953 Blackburn Rovers youth team; Burnley (February 1948); WATFORD ( small fee July 1953); Ashford Town (August 1954); Chatham (1 season); Bushey United (permit to play as an amateur granted November 1957) Football League Career 1951/52 Burnley 7 2 Football League Division 1 14th of /54 WATFORD 1 Football League Division 3 (South) 4th of 24 His father was the Arsenal and England captain who became manager of Watford, but Tony Hapgood s arrival at Vicarage Road had nothing to do with nepotism, as Hapgood senior had departed more than three years earlier. At Blackburn Rovers, however, Tony had captained the youth team when his father was that club s manager. A right-winger, he was given a Football League outing at Millwall early in his only season with Watford, but thereafter his first-team action was limited to three friendlies. He was a talented all-round sportsman, and reached the final of the Under-21 Northern Tennis Championship.

24 A.HARDING ( ) Defender Southern League: 12 appearances FA Cup: 3 appearances South Eastern League: 1 appearance Début: 0 5 away defeat v Southampton, Southern League Div 1, 21 Sep 1901 Final game: 2 1 home win v Reading Reserves, Southern League Div 2, 17 Oct 1903 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 6; all competitions 7 Chesham Town (amateur by September 1898, professional August 1900); WATFORD (August 1901 until close season 1904); Leyton (November 1904) Southern League Career 1898/99 Chesham Town?? Southern League Division 2 7th of /00 Chesham Town?? Southern League Division 2 3rd of /01 Chesham Town?? Southern League Division 2 6th of /02 WATFORD 7 Southern League Division 1 13th of /03 WATFORD 4 Southern League Division 1 15th of 16 (Relegated) 1903/04 WATFORD 1 Southern League Division 1 1st of 11 (Promoted) A professional with Chesham Town when that club decided to revert to amateur status, he was thereupon given an engagement at Cassio Road, where he was used as a centre half and full back, and once at centre forward. In his first team début the club went down 5 0 at Southampton, and he also played in the corresponding fixture the following season, when the outcome was actually a great deal worse: Southampton 11, Watford 0.

25 Paul John HARDING (1993) Midfielder Born Mitcham, Surrey, 6 March 1964 Football League: 1+1 appearances Début: 0-2 away defeat v Southend United, Football League Div 1, 3 Nov 1993 Final game: (as sub) 1-3 home defeat v Stoke City, Football League Div 1, 6 Nov 1993 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 2; all competitions 2 Whyteleafe; Sutton United; Epsom & Ewell; Carshalton Athletic; Dulwich Hamlet (by 1985); Enfield; Barnet (February 1990); Notts County ( 60,000 September 1990); Southend United (loan August 1993); WATFORD (loan November 1993); Birmingham City (loan December 1993, 50,000 January 1994); Cardiff City (free August 1995); Kettering Town (loan August 1996); Worcester City (free October 1996); Halesowen Town player-coach ( 5,000 November 1997); Harrow Borough (loan February 1999); Dulwich Hamlet (August 1999, cancelled after 1 week) Football League Career 1990/91 Notts County Football League Division 2 4th of 24 (Promoted) 1991/92 Notts County Football League Division 1 21st of 22 (Relegated) 1992/93 Notts County 1 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 17th of /94 Southend United 2 3 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 15th of /94 WATFORD 1 1 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 19th of /94 Birmingham City 14 2 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 22nd of 24 (Relegated) 1994/95 Birmingham City 5 1 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 1st of 24 (Promoted) 1995/96 Cardiff City 36 Football League Division 3 (4th tier) 22nd of 24 Paul Harding was a midfielder who didn t play in the Football League until he was 25, but went on to become one of many players who were signed more than once by Barry Fry. He was involved in what was probably a unique coincidence when, within a few weeks, he played at Roots Hall both as a substitute against Watford while on loan to Southend, and as a substitute against Southend while on loan to Watford. He was a member of the Enfield side which won the FA Trophy in 1987/88.

26 Charles Boyd HARE ( ) Centre-forward Born Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 16 March 1870 Died Erdington, Warwickshire, 10 August 1947 Southern League: 43 appearances (23 goals, including 1 penalty) FA Cup: 12 appearances (12 goals) Bucks & Contiguous Counties League: 16 appearances (24 goals, including 1 penalty) Début: 15-0 home win v Wycombe Wanderers, Bucks & Contiguous Counties League Div 1, 14 Sep 1898 Final game: 2-4 away defeat v Gravesend United, Southern League Div 1, 24 Nov 1900 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 19; all competitions 30 Warwick County; Birmingham United; Aston Villa (March 1891); Woolwich Arsenal (February 1895); Small Heath (November 1896); WATFORD (June 1898 until close season 1901); Argyle (name changed to Plymouth Argyle in 1903) (October 1902); Green Waves player-coach (September 1904); application for reinstatement as an amateur for 1905/06 deferred for 12 months and granted for 1906/07 Football League & Southern League Career 1891/92 Aston Villa 8 4 Football League Division 1 4th of /93 Aston Villa 6 2 Football League Division 1 4th of /94 Aston Villa 10 7 Football League Division 1 1st of /95 Aston Villa 1 Football League Division 1 3rd of /95 Woolwich Arsenal 6 5 Football League Division 2 8th of /96 Woolwich Arsenal 13 2 Football League Division 2 7th of /97 Small Heath 20 8 Football League Division 2 4th of /98 Small Heath 23 6 Football League Division 2 6th of /99 WATFORD Southern League Division 2 3rd of /00 WATFORD Southern League Division 2 1st of 11 (Promoted) 1900/01 WATFORD 5 2 Southern League Division 1 14th of /04 Plymouth Argyle 4 Southern League Division 1 9th of 18 Good enough to have scored seven times in ten appearances when Aston Villa won the Football League championship in 1893/94, Charlie Hare was a centre-forward who started his Watford career with six goals in a friendly and continued to score freely, running up a total of 59 goals in 71 competitive first-team outings. He served with the Herts Yeomanry in the Boer War and was discharged in April 1902 as being medically unfit, but resumed his football career in Devon and later ran The Bell Hotel over the county border in Liskeard, in which small town eventually, after many years living back in Birmingham, he was buried.

27 Herbert Merrick HARFORD ( ) Full back Born Highbury, London, 16 January 1873 Died Bushey, Hertfordshire, 29 December 1916 West Herts Career FA Cup: 2 appearances FA Amateur Cup: 1 appearance Herts County Cup: 6 appearances Début: 0 2 away defeat v Ilford, FA Amateur Cup 3rd Round, 2 Dec 1893 Final game: 0 1 home defeat v Old St Stephens, FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round, 2 Nov 1895 Longest run of consecutive appearances: all competitions 6 St John s College, Hurstpierpoint (1888/89); Bushey Rovers (1891/92); WEST HERTS (1893 until 1895) His total of first team appearances, all of which were before the club s entry to the Southern League in 1896, was 47, including the cup ties. He was appointed captain for 1894/95, but sailed for India and didn t play until his return in January Reappointed for the following season, he was injured in November and didn t play again. He became captain of Hertfordshire County Cricket Club in 1905 and held the position for eight years.

28 Jon HARLEY ( ) Full-back / Midfielder Born Maidstone, Kent, 26 September 1979 Representative Honours England Youth & Under-21 Football League: appearances (2 goals) FA Cup: 2+1 appearances Football League Cup: 3+2 appearances Début: 0-0 away draw v Crystal Palace, Football League Championship, 9 Aug 2008 Final game: 4-0 away win v Coventry City, Football League Championship, 2 May 2010 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 14; all competitions 17 Chelsea (schoolboy November 1993, trainee May 1996, professional March 1997); Wimbledon (loan October 2000); Fulham ( 3.5 million August 2001); Sheffield United (loan October 2002 & September 2003); West Ham United (loan January 2004); Sheffield United (free August 2004); Burnley ( 75,000 August 2005); WATFORD (free July 2008); Notts County (free July 2010); Rotherham United (loan October 2011); Portsmouth (free August 2012, released January 2013); Maidstone United (non-contract March 2013); also Chelsea academy coaching staff FA Premier League & Football League Career 1997/98 Chelsea 3 FA Premier League 4th of /00 Chelsea FA Premier League 5th of /01 Chelsea 6 4 FA Premier League 6th of /01 Wimbledon 6 2 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 8th of /02 Fulham 5 5 FA Premier League 13th of /03 Sheffield United Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 3rd of /03 Fulham 11 1 FA Premier League 14th of /04 Sheffield United 5 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 8th of /04 Fulham 3 1 FA Premier League 9th of /04 West Ham United 15 1 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 4th of /05 Sheffield United 44 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 8th of /06 Sheffield United 4 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 2005/06 Burnley 41 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 17th of /07 Burnley Football League Championship (2nd tier) 15th of /08 Burnley 31 2 Football League Championship (2nd tier) 13th of /09 WATFORD Football League Championship (2nd tier) 13th of /10 WATFORD Football League Championship (2nd tier) 16th of /11 Notts County 39 Football League Division 1 (3rd tier) 19th of /12 Notts County 11 3 Football League Division 1 (3rd tier) 7th of /12 Rotherham United 11 1 Football League Division 2 (4th tier) 10th of /13 Portsmouth 23 Football League Division 1 (3rd tier) 24th of 24 (Relegated) Watford became Jon Harley s seventh club when he arrived more than a decade after his Premier League début for Chelsea, and he spent two seasons at Vicarage Road during which he was nearly always involved in first-team action. In fact the vast majority of his senior appearances have come in the latter half of his career. He was invariably conspicuous for his busy scampering up and down the left side of defence or midfield which sometimes sent him hurtling into an opponent at the expense of a booking (and once a dismissal) a consequence of his cheerful enthusiasm rather than any malice. His first involvement in a relegation season with any club came 15 years after his début in the FA Premier League at the age of 18.

29 Thomas Charles HARMER ( ) Inside forward Born Hackney, London, 2 February 1928 Died Edmonton, London, 25 December 2007 Representative Honours England B Football League: 63 appearances (6 goals) FA Cup: 7 appearances (1 goal, a penalty) Football League Cup: 4 appearances Début: 2 2 home draw v Colchester United, Football League Div 3, 29 Oct 1960 Final game: 3 5 away defeat v Grimsby Town, Football League Div 3, 28 Apr 1962 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 39; all competitions 45 London Fields School; The Army; Tottenham Hotspur (amateur August 1945, professional August 1948); also Finchley while still an amateur; WATFORD ( 6,000 October 1960); Chelsea ( 3,500 September 1962, released close season 1965, youthteam coach close season 1965); Hastings United (August 1967 for 1 season) Football League Career 1951/52 Tottenham Hotspur 13 3 Football League Division 1 2nd of /53 Tottenham Hotspur 17 4 Football League Division 1 10th of /54 Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 Football League Division 1 16th of /55 Tottenham Hotspur 5 Football League Division 1 16th of /56 Tottenham Hotspur 10 5 Football League Division 1 18th of /57 Tottenham Hotspur Football League Division 1 2nd of /58 Tottenham Hotspur 40 9 Football League Division 1 3rd of /59 Tottenham Hotspur 35 4 Football League Division 1 18th of /60 Tottenham Hotspur 37 3 Football League Division 1 3rd of /61 WATFORD 30 3 Football League Division 3 4th of /62 WATFORD 33 3 Football League Division 3 17th of /63 Chelsea 5 1 Football League Division 2 2nd of 22 (Promoted) 1963/64 Chelsea 3 Football League Division 1 5th of 22 Tommy Harmer was a tiny, frail looking figure weighing less than nine stones who looked anything but athletic: he couldn t tackle or head a ball, and had no pace, but there was footballing genius in his brain and feet, and in spite of the physical disadvantages he won England B caps as a ball playing inside forward. His former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ron Burgess brought him to Vicarage Road, and he was later signed by his Watford colleague Dave Underwood for Hastings United, where he ended his cereer. He was offered the managership of Torquay United, but declined and left the game altogether. In 1963, having been off loaded by Watford, he scored the goal at Sunderland which, in particularly dramatic circumstances, took Chelsea back up to Division 1.

30 HARPER (1906) Inside forward South Eastern League: 1 appearance Sole appearance: 0 0 home draw v Leyton, South Eastern League, 28 Mar 1906 Playing at inside left in that goalless draw against Leyton gave him his only experience of senior football. In South Eastern League matches the club often fielded almost a full first team and gave one or two reserve team players or local amateurs a taste of action. On this occasion player manager John Goodall stood down to accommodate Harper.

31 Ivor Roy HARPER (1952) Inside-forward Born Watford, Hertfordshire, 23 June 1933 Football League: 3 appearances Début: 1-4 away defeat v Reading, Football League Div 3 (South), 16 Feb 1952 Final game: 1-5 away defeat v Southend United, Football League Div 3 (South), 8 Mar 1952 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 2; all competitions 2 Victoria School; Whippendell Road Guild; WATFORD (amateur February 1949); Bushey United; Leyton Orient (amateur August 1949); Chelsea (amateur December 1949); Watford Boys Club B XI (early-1950/51); Hemel Hempstead Town (January 1951); WATFORD (amateur December 1951); Wolverhampton Wanderers (amateur May 1952); Knutsford (Watford) (September 1952); Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves (1952/53); Wealdstone; Aylesbury United (November 1953 until 1961); Chesham United; Berkhamsted Town player-manager (by September 1962); Knutsford (Watford) Football League Career 1951/52 WATFORD 3 Football League Division 3 (South) 21st of 24 Prolific as a goalscorer when he was a colleague of Peter Walker in schoolboy and youth football locally, Ivor Harper represented many clubs as an amateur, playing for Chelsea s youth team with the likes of future England centre-forward Bobby Smith, and spending several months in Wolverhampton Wanderers reserve team when he was doing his National Service. As well as his three Football League appearances at inside-right for Watford, he also played for no fewer than three different county sides Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and Berks & Bucks.

32 Joseph John HARPER ( ) Defender Born Garnkirk, Lanarkshire, 12 January 1920 Died Watford, Hertfordshire, 5 March 1987 Football League: 159 appearances (1 goal) FA Cup: 11 appearances Début: 4 3 away win v Bristol Rovers, Football League Div 3 (South), 9 Sep 1946 Final game: 0 1 away defeat v Gillingham, Football League Div 3 (South), 5 Apr 1952 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 80; all competitions 86 Heathfield Rovers; Twechar United (professional August 1936); WATFORD (May 1937); Darlington & Kirkintilloch Rob Roy guest player during Second World War; Snowdown Colliery (August 1952); Biggleswade Town Football League Career 1946/47 WATFORD 32 Football League Division 3 (South) 16th of /48 WATFORD 16 1 Football League Division 3 (South) 15th of /49 WATFORD 18 Football League Division 3 (South) 17th of /50 WATFORD 42 Football League Division 3 (South) 6th of /51 WATFORD 37 Football League Division 3 (South) 23rd of /52 WATFORD 14 Football League Division 3 (South) 21st of 24 An unusual feature of Joe Harper s Watford career is that he made his Football League début in his tenth season on the club s books, although much of this period was occupied by the Second World War. Once in the side, however, he had a good run at wing half and full back, and after retiring from football went on to represent Hertfordshire at bowls. During the war, in 1943, he scored with two penalty kicks at Hampden Park in helping Kirkintilloch Rob Roy to win the Scottish Junior Cup final in a second replay, having also scored from the spot in the first of the three games. His son Bobby was on Watford s books as an amateur, became an England Youth international, and played for Chesham United in the 1967/68 Amateur Cup final at Wembley Stadium.

33 George Alfred HARRIS ( ) Winger Born Lambeth, London, 10 June 1940 Football League: appearances (55 goals, including 4 penalties) FA Cup: 10 appearances (3 goals) Football League Cup: 5 appearances (2 goals, including 1 penalty) Début: 0-2 home defeat v Bradford (Park Avenue), Football League Div 3, 21 Apr 1962 Final game: 0-1 home defeat v Swansea Town, Football League Div 3, 13 May 1966 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 77; all competitions 83 Tottenham Hotspur (amateur May 1957); Woking; also Chelsea Reserves in midweek (amateur April 1961); Newport County (professional July 1961); WATFORD (April 1962); Reading ( 4,500 July 1966); Cambridge United ( 3,000 October 1969); Hillingdon Borough (free July 1972); Wokingham Town (player-coach June 1974, later manager); Maidenhead United manager (June 1975 for 2 years) Football League Career 1961/62 Newport County 31 8 Football League Division 3 24th of 24 (Relegated) 1961/62 WATFORD 1 Football League Division 3 17th of /63 WATFORD Football League Division 3 17th of /64 WATFORD Football League Division 3 3rd of /65 WATFORD Football League Division 3 9th of /66 WATFORD Football League Division 3 12th of /67 Reading Football League Division 3 4th of /68 Reading Football League Division 3 5th of /69 Reading Football League Division 3 14th of /70 Reading Football League Division 3 8th of /71 Cambridge United Football League Division 4 20th of /72 Cambridge United Football League Division 4 10th of 24 He constantly ran past full-backs and could deliver a good cross, his heading ability was outstanding, and his goalscoring consistency was far greater than could reasonably be expected from an outside-left. George Harris played in every game in the near-promotion season under Bill McGarry, and later at Reading continued and indeed improved his excellent scoring record. At the end of his Football League career he played for Hillingdon Borough under Colin Meldrum. The managership of Maidenhead United was his last involvement in the game he left to set up in business as a painter, which later developed into a shop-fitting firm.

34 John HARRIS ( ) Forward Born Dormanstown, Yorkshire, 3 September 1903 Died Dormanstown, Yorkshire, April 1997 Football League: 29 appearances (5 goals) FA Cup: 3 appearances Début: 2-0 home win v Aberdare Athletic, Football League Div 3 (South), 29 Aug 1925 Final game: 1-6 away defeat v Exeter City, Football League Div 3 (South), 1 May 1926 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 24; all competitions 25 Eston United; Middlesbrough (amateur February 1921, cancelled August 1923); Wolverhampton Wanderers (professional November 1923); WATFORD ( 100 July 1925 until close season 1926); Darlington (August 1927); Hartlepools United (free October 1927, cancelled November 1927); Barrow (February 1929); Spennymoor United (August 1931) Football League Career 1924/25 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 2 Football League Division 2 6th of /26 WATFORD 29 5 Football League Division 3 (South) 15th of /28 Darlington 1 1 Football League Division 3 (North) 7th of /28 Hartlepools United 1 Football League Division 3 (North) 15th of /29 Barrow 12 1 Football League Division 3 (North) 20th of 22 After two seasons at Molineux he joined Watford as a result of a recommendation by Val Gregory. A bustling forward, Jack Harris was tried at inside-left and centre-forward before being giving the left-wing role and keeping it to the end of the season. He didn t re-sign for the club, which retained his Football League registration and transfer-listed him in the 1926 close season at a valuation of 100, at which point he spent a season out of football. He also later spent fifteen months out of the game to concentrate on business, between his Hartlepools United and Barrow stints.

35 William Thomas HARRIS ( ) Winger / Full-back Born Aberbargoed, Monmouthshire, 30 June 1913 Died Kent, 27 January 1997 Football League: 94 appearances (6 goals) FA Cup: 8 appearances Second World War competitions: 68 appearances Début: 2-2 away draw v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Football League Div 3 (South), 22 Apr 1936 Final game: 1-2 away defeat v Leytonstone, FA Cup 1st Round, 4 Dec 1948 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 60; all competitions 63 New Tredegar; WATFORD (amateur March 1933, professional April 1933, released close season 1950); Ipswich Town & Leeds United guest player during Second World War; De Havilland, Leavesden (August 1951 until at least October 1952); Biggleswade Town Football League Career 1935/36 WATFORD 3 Football League Division 3 (South) 5th of /47 WATFORD 31 6 Football League Division 3 (South) 16th of /48 WATFORD 41 Football League Division 3 (South) 15th of /49 WATFORD 19 Football League Division 3 (South) 17th of 22 After becoming one of the strong Vicarage Road contingent from The Valleys, he played in three Division 3 (South) games in 1936, but then had to wait 10 years and 156 days for his fourth peacetime outing. This is a record gap between Football League appearances by a player on any club s books for an unbroken period. Tommy Harris could perform on the wing (his original role) and at full-back, in which position he had most of his League experience, and for a time was the club s captain.

36 A.HARRISON (1894) Forward West Herts Career FA Amateur Cup: 1 appearance Sole appearance: 2 4 away defeat v Maidenhead, FA Amateur Cup 3rd Qualifying Round replay, 8 Dec 1894 St John s; WEST HERTS His entire career consisted of that single FA Amateur Cup tie he didn t appear in any friendly matches.

37 Charles Henry HARRISON (1893) Forward Born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, 1871 Died Watford, Hertfordshire, 1929 West Herts Career FA Amateur Cup: 2 appearances (2 goals) Début: 6-2 away win v Norwich Thorpe, FA Amateur Cup 2nd Round, 11 Nov 1893 Final game: 0-2 away defeat v Ilford, FA Amateur Cup 3rd Round, 2 Dec 1893 Longest run of consecutive appearances: all competitions 2 Watford St Mary s (from formation in 1889 until disbandment in 1893, and when re-formed 1894 until at least 1897/98); Melrose; WEST HERTS; Hertfordshire Gloriously nicknamed Bangy, this forward also played in 30 friendly matches, in which he scored 11 goals. Essentially a centre-forward, he linked well with his wingers and was good with his head. He represented the county on several occasions, and later served on the Watford committee.

38 Gerald Randall HARRISON (1990) Midfielder Born Lambeth, London, 15 April 1972 Representative Honours England Schools Football League: 6+3 appearances Full Members Cup: 1 appearance Début: 3-3 home draw v Ipswich Town, Football League Div 2, 7 Apr 1990 Final game: (as sub) 0-0 home draw v Barnsley, Football League Div 2, 1 Dec 1990 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 5; all competitions 6 South London Schools; West Norwood; WATFORD (schoolboy February 1987, trainee July 1989, professional December 1989); Bristol City (free June 1991); Cardiff City (loan January 1992); Hereford United (loan November 1993); Bath City (loan February 1994); Huddersfield Town (free March 1994); Burnley (free August 1994); Sunderland (free July 1998); Luton Town (loan December 1998); Hull City (loan March 1999 and October 1999); Burnley (loan March 2000); Halifax Town (free, August 2000 until October 2000); Prestwich Heys; Leigh RMI (November 2001); York City (July 2004); Northwich Victoria (September 2004, released November 2004); Hyde United (February 2005 until 2010); Burnley College Academy of Sport football coach (by November 2012); Vintage Clarets (by September 2010) Football League Career 1989/90 WATFORD 2 1 Football League Division 2 15th of /91 WATFORD 4 2 Football League Division 2 20th or /92 Bristol City 4 Football League Division 2 17th of /92 Cardiff City 10 1 Football League Division 4 9th of /93 Bristol City Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 15th of /94 Bristol City 1 Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 13th of /94 Hereford United 6 Football League Division 3 (4th tier) 20th of /95 Burnley Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) 22nd of 24 (Relegated) 1995/96 Burnley 35 1 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 17th of /97 Burnley 32 3 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 9th of /98 Burnley 33 2 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 20th of /99 Luton Town 14 Football League Division 2 (3rd tier) 12th of /99 Hull City 8 Football League Division 3 (4th tier) 21st of /00 Hull City 3 Football League Division 3 (4th tier) 14th of /01 Halifax Town Football League Division 3 (4th tier) 23rd of 24 Gerry Harrison was a Football League débutant at 17, but his career became a bitty affair, except for that settled period at Burnley. Although a midfielder, he had played twice in goal in representative schoolboy matches, filling in on the first occasion when he was present as an outfield reserve and the selected keeper didn t turn up. His sporting talent extended well beyond football as a schoolboy he played cricket and hockey to county standard, and was the England Schools and also Great Britain Schools javelin champion.

39 H.HARRISON ( ) Half back / Forward West Herts Career Southern League: 8 appearances (1 goal) Herts Senior Cup: 2 appearances (1 goal) Début: 0 1 away defeat v Royal Engineers Training Battalion (Chatham), Southern League Div 2, 14 Nov 1896 Final game: 3 3 draw v 1st Coldstream Guards (an away fixture, but played at Watford), Southern League Div 2, 17 Apr 1897 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Southern League 5; all competitions 6 WEST HERTS (1896/97); Leighton Cee Springs (close season 1897 until at least November 1900) Southern League Career 1896/97 WEST HERTS 8 1 Southern League Division 2 9th of 13 There were some colourful nicknames about at Cassio Road in the 1890s, one of them worn by the versatile Harrison, who was known as Dabber. He turned out in a variety of half back and forward positions in 1896/97, and four seasons later was on the receiving end of ten Watford goals in an FA Cup tie when playing for Leighton Cee Springs. In March 1897 he and Busby both incurred the committee s censure for the frequency with which they strayed offside.

40 Steven John HARRISON ( ) Full-back Born Blackpool, Lancashire, 26 December 1952 Football League: 82+1 appearances FA Cup: 9 appearances Football League Cup: 10 appearances Début: 4-2 home win v Oxford United, Football League Div 3, 23 Sep 1978 Final game: 2-1 away win v Notts County, Football League Div 2, 25 Apr 1981 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 31; all competitions 35 Blackpool (schoolboy September 1967, apprentice August 1968, professional December 1970); Vancouver Whitecaps (Canada) ( 20,000 March 1978); WATFORD ( 25,000 September 1978); Charlton Athletic (free July 1981 until April 1982); WATFORD (coaching staff June 1982, reserve-team coach July 1985); Aston Villa coach (May 1987); WATFORD manager (January 1988 until March 1990); Millwall coach (July 1990 until October 1991); also England coach (match-to-match basis August 1990 until October 1991); also White Lion, Watford (occasional player by January 1991); Crystal Palace (reserve-team coach October 1991, first-team coach May 1993); Wolverhampton Wanderers first-team coach (close season 1994 until December 1995); Preston North End assistant-manager (February 1996); Aston Villa coach (March 1998); Middlesbrough (first-team coach July 2001, later a more general role until July 2008); Coventry City (assistant-manager May 2009 until June 2012, briefly caretaker-manager May 2010, briefly joint caretaker-manager March 2011) Football League Career 1971/72 Blackpool 6 1 Football League Division 2 6th of /74 Blackpool 14 1 Football League Division 2 5th of /75 Blackpool 34 Football League Division 2 7th of /76 Blackpool 30 2 Football League Division 2 10th of /77 Blackpool 33 1 Football League Division 2 5th of /78 Blackpool 24 Football League Division 2 20th of 22 (Relegated) 1978/79 WATFORD 23 Football League Division 3 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 1979/80 WATFORD 35 Football League Division 2 18th of /81 WATFORD 24 1 Football League Division 2 9th of /82 Charlton Athletic 3 Football League Division 2 13th of 22 At various times Watford s left-back, coach and manager, he admitted to being unhappy in the third role, but his aptitude for coaching, particularly of defensive players, led Graham Taylor to employ him four times. In his first full season in charge Steve Harrison did get Watford into the Second Division Play-offs, but soon reverted to coaching appointments, which offered freer reign to his extrovert personality and encompassed a wide range of clubs. Perhaps as a consequence of the pressures of management was his tendency to discard players (Bamber, Holden, Kuhl, Redfearn, Rimmer, Robson) not long after bringing them to the club. Much given to jocularity, he left his Millwall and England posts following a prank which was deemed well beyond the bounds of decency. The multi-capped Republic of Ireland international Kevin Kilbane married his daughter. (See under Managers for details of Harrison s record in that role.)