First FA Cup Semi Final

The Table	The Fixtures	The Squad
Ken Furphy architect of this Watford Golden Era	The Programme from the Semi Final price 1 shilling.	The Watford Home Kit 1969-70

News  An extension to the Main Stand is undertaken at a cost of £50,000 and this opened in November 1969.
The Greyhound racing consortium were brought out and Speedway racing was proposed, bringing much protest from the Hospital (probably looking at the amount of riders coming through the doors) and local residents.

Alec White was sacked from the board after falling out with Jim Bonsor. It is discovered the pitch is not quite right, Instead of a rectangle it was more of a parallelogram. Talking of pitches, Watford moved training grounds from Croxley Green to the Crematorium at Garston.

The season is one long struggle in Division 2 as Jim Bonsor attempts to stay there ‘on the cheap’. It does not work and Watford struggle only just avoiding relegation.

However it was not all doom and gloom as Watford beat Bill Shankley’s Liverpool to earn Watford’s first ever FA Cup Semi-Final against Chelsea. Shankley was not a fan, stating that he would not have gone to watch Watford had he lived in the town and was given a free ticket.

55,209 saw a 5-1 defeat and they then Lost to Manchester United in the first ever 3^rd-4^th place play off.

In the League We finish 19th out of 22 in Division 2.
We Won 9 Drew 13 Lost 20
We Scored 44 Goals and conceded 57.

In the FA Cup 4th Place
3rd Rnd Bolton Wanderers (A) 2-1
4th Rnd Stoke City (H) 1-0
5th Rnd Gillingham (H) 2-1
6th Rnd Liverpool (H) 1-0
Semi-Final Chelsea (at Tottenham) 1-5
3rd-4th Place play-off  Man Utd (at Arsenal) 0-2

In the Football League Cup  2nd Round
 1st Rnd Lincoln City (H) 2-1
 2nd Rnd Liverpool (H) 1-2

Highest Scorer Barry Endean 14

Manager: Ken Furphy

IN for this season came

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road