Founded in 1881, Watford Football Club first entered the FA Cup in 1886, joined the Southern League ten years later, has been in the Football League since 1920, and during the 1980s spent six seasons at the highest level of English club football. Compiled by the author of "The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who", this is a detailed record of more than 4000 first-team matches undertaken by the club in its first 117 years. The season-by-season format incorporates dates, results, attendances, league tables and seasonal highlights. Tabulated team line-ups and goalscorers are provided for every competitive game in peacetime, and other sections of the book cover friendlies, wartime games, players' career records and a summary of results against each opposing club.