2013–14 Watford F.C. season

English football team season October 2020 December 2012 Watford 2013–14 Raffaele Riva Gianfranco Zola(until 16 December 2013)Giuseppe Sannino(from 18 December 2013) Head coach Vicarage Road Football League Championship 13th (60 points) FA Cup Fourth round(eliminated by Manchester City) League Cup Third round(eliminated by Norwich City) 16,625 v Queens Park Rangers, 29 December 2013 Troy Deeney (24) Troy Deeney (25) 9,824 v Bournemouth, League Cup second round, 28 August 2013 15,512http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/11208866.Watford_s_season_in_30_numbers/?ref=var_0 Watford's season in 30 numbers 2012–13 2014–15 _watford1314h _yellow_thinstripe_color _black_midband_color 000000 F1EF00 000000 000000 F1EF00 _ _watford1314a 6D242D 6D242D 6D242D 6D242D Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The manager was Giuseppe Sannino. Background Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal. Following the takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada. The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from fellow managers, who argued that a large number of loan players from a few clubs should not be allowed. However, despite the number of loanees at the club, Watford used the second-most academy players after Middlesbrough, using eight different academy players throughout the season. Pre-season Watford attended a pre-season training camp in northern Italy and played friendly fixtures before playing more fixtures in the UK 7 July 2013 16:00 Val Venosta XI 0–5 Watford Forestieri Pudil Deeney Stewart Assombalonga Malser Sportzone W Report 10 July 2013 17:00 South Tyrol XI 0–8 Watford Faraoni Murray Assombalonga Mensah Anya Malser Sportzone W 20 July 2013 15:00 Stevenage 0–2 Watford Acuña 52Troy Deeney 58 Broadhall Way W Report 24 July 2013 19.30 Peterborough United 1–1 Watford Swanson 58 Deeney 60 London Road D 27 July 2013 15.00 Watford 2–0 Granada Fabbrini 38Anya 77 Vicarage Road 4,963 W Report 30 July 2013 19.30 Boreham Wood 1–6 Watford Simmonds 4 Mensah 9Ikpeazu 24 34Battocchio 55Geijo 58 88 Meadow Park 718 W Report Football League Championship 2013-14 Football League Championship 3 August 2013 1 15:00 Birmingham City 0–1 Watford Deeney 11 St Andrew's, Birmingham 18,830 W Report 10 August 2013 2 15:00 Watford 6–1 Bournemouth Angella 13 53Deeney 56 88 90 pen.McGugan 66 Grabban 30 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,295 W Report 17 August 2013 3 15:00 Reading 3–3 Watford Le Fondre 8Karacan 42 70 Faraoni 66Deeney 76 pen.Fabbrini 90 Madejski Stadium, Reading 20,875 D Report 25 August 2013 4 13:15 Watford 1–1 Nottingham Forest McGugan 54 Reid 6 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,242 D Report 31 August 2013 5 15:00 Blackpool 1–0 Watford Ince 83 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 13,345 L Report 14 September 2013 6 15:00 Watford 1–1 Charlton Athletic Pudil 71 Kermorgant 47 pen. Vicarage Road, Watford 16,431 D Report 17 September 2013 7 19:45 Watford 2–1 Doncaster Rovers McGugan 13 87 pen. Brown 16 Vicarage Road, Watford 13,998 W Report 21 September 2013 8 15:00 Barnsley 1–5 Watford Scotland 14 Deeney 7Faraoni 18Forestieri 43Murray 69Anya 79 Oakwell, Barnsley 9,850 W Report 28 September 2013 9 15:00 Watford 1–0 Wigan Athletic Battocchio 82 Vicarage Road, Watford 14,999 W Report 1 October 2013 10 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Watford Rhodes 65 Ewood Park, Blackburn 12,981 L Report 5 October 2013 11 15:00 Huddersfield Town 1–2 Watford Ward 17 Forestieri 18Pudil 43 John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield 14,311 W Report 19 October 2013 12 15:00 Watford 2-3 Derby County Forestieri 12McGugan 68 Ward 8Ward 45Sammon 8 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,180 L Report 28 October 2013 13 20:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Watford Crofts 54 4 Murray Falmer Stadium, Brighton 27,657 D Report 2 November 2013 14 12:15 Watford 0–3 Leicester City Forestieri 36 Ekstrand 77 Wood 10Knockaert 53, 53Dyer 86 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,011 (1,561 away) L Report 9 November 2013 15 15:00 Middlesbrough 2–2 Watford Adomah 23 Ayala 90+2 Deeney 32 Forestieri 73 Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 14,344 D Report 23 November 2013 16 15:00 Watford 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Beckford 27 Vicarage Road, Watford 15,247 L Report 30 November 2013 17 15:00 Watford 0–3 Yeovil Town Webster 45Miller 53Edwards 90 Vicarage Road, Watford 15,263 L Report 3 December 2013 18 19:45 Burnley 0–0 Watford Turf Moor, Burnley D Report 7 December 2013 19 15:00 Leeds United 3–3 Watford Pugh 50 Smith 56 McCormack 78 Deeney 14 86 Battocchio 45+1 Elland Road, Leeds 23,445 D Report 14 December 2013 20 15:00 Watford 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Wickham 24, 70 Roger Johnson 32 Lee 67 Hélan 83 Vicarage Road, Watford 15,476 L Report 21 December 2013 21 15:00 Ipswich Town 1–1 Watford Smith 12 McGoldrick 73 pen Pudil 60 Ekstrand 72 Thorne 77 Deeney 81 Portman Road, Ipswich 16,385 D Report 26 December 2013 22 15:00 Watford 4–0 Millwall Deeney 10 pen.Forestieri 26Anya 48McGugan 60 pen. Vicarage Road, Watford 15,471 W Report 29 December 2013 23 15:00 Watford 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Angella 39Acuña 81 Phillips 62Barton 66 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,625 D Report Neil Swarbrick 1 January 2014 15:00 Yeovil Town P–P Watford Huish Park, Yeovil V Postponed due to waterlogged pitch 11 January 2014 24 15:00 Watford 0–1 Reading Gorkšs 5 Vicarage Road, Watford L Report 18 January 2014 25 15:00 Bournemouth 1–1 Watford Ritchie 12Grabban 62 pen.Pitman 81 Angella 45+2, 0 61Almunia 72 Dean Court, Bournemouth 10,353 D Report 25 January 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup) 15:00 Watford P–P Birmingham City Vicarage Road, Watford V 30 January 2014 26 19:45 Nottingham Forest 4–2 Watford Cox 58 90, 90+1 Henderson 73 Mackie 82 33 47, 42, Angella 36 Ekstrand 80 Cassetti City Ground, Nottingham 18,510 L Report 1 February 2014 27 15:00 Watford 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Anya 13Forestieri 60Tőzsér 70Ekstrand 90+5 Greer 79 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,096 W Report 8 February 2014 28 15:00 Leicester City 2–2 Watford Konchesky 24James 43Drinkwater 90+4 Forestieri 9, 84Tőzsér 22Murray 41Cassetti 74 King Power Stadium, Leicester 23,635 D Report 11 February 2014 29 15:00 Watford 1–0 Birmingham City Deeney 33Bellerín 84Forestieri 90+4 Vicarage Road, Watford 13,904 W Report 15 February 2014 30 15:00 Watford 1–0 Middlesbrough Cassetti 37Deeney 50 pen.Diakité 0 52Forestieri 58 Gibson 2 35 57Chalobah 58 Vicarage Road, Watford 15,391 W Report 18 February 2014 31 15:00 Yeovil Town 0–0 Watford Webster 71Miller 90 Cassetti 83 Huish Park, Yeovil 6,042 D Report 22 February 2014 32 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Watford Medo 26Jutkiewicz 35Mason 45 Ekstrand 56Angella 90+2Faraoni 90+6 Reebok Stadium, Bolton 15,179 L Report 1 March 2014 33 15:00 Watford 4–0 Blackpool Ranégie 15 39Deeney 35 74Belkalem 79 Basham 45 Vicarage Road, Watford 14,586 W Report 8 March 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup) 15:00 Charlton Athletic P–P Watford The Valley, Charlton, London V 11 March 2014 34 19:45 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Watford Brown 24Keegan 71Coppinger 90Sharp 90+3Wellens 90+4 Ranégie 0 19Angella 30Cassetti 49Tőzsér 62Anya 68Faraoni 90+5 Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster 6,581 L Report 15 March 2014 35 15:00 Watford 3–0 Barnsley Battocchio 5Deeney 16Pudil 36Merkel 74 Dawson 28Mellis 55 Vicarage Road, Watford 14,531 W Report 22 March 2014 36 15:00 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Watford Beausejour 40Waghorn 57, 60 McGugan 36Tőzsér 58Diakité 83 Ekstrand 89 DW Stadium, Wigan 14,556 L Report 25 March 2014 37 19:45 Watford 3–3 Blackburn Rovers Cassetti 4Deeney 71 pen.Battocchio 88Angella 76 Dunn 27Conway 64Gestede 90+3Evans 78Kane 85Kilgallon 90 Vicarage Road, Watford 13,921 D Report 29 March 2014 38 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Watford Afobe 54 Lee 71 Angella 5, 38 McGugan 23 Pudil 42 Deeney 49 51 Tőzsér 56 Hillsborough, Sheffield 22,057 W Report 5 April 2014 39 15:00 Watford 1–1 Burnley Deeney 8 Faraoni 88 Arfield 86 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,182 D Report 8 April 2014 40 19:45 Watford 3–0 Leeds United Abdi 9 Cassetti 28 Anya 32 Deeney 66 Wootton 49 Hunt 61 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,212 W Report 12 April 2014 41 15:07 Millwall 2–2 Watford Martin 26 Morison 64 Woolford 90, 90 Riera 4 McGugan 17, 37 Abdi 86 Murray 84 The Den, South Bermondsey, London 10,851 D Report 19 April 2014 42 15:00 Watford 3–1 Ipswich Town Riera 21 Angella 60, 63 McGugan 65, 70 Tőzsér 83 Wordsworth 50 Vicarage Road, Watford 16,615 W Report 21 April 2014 43 15:00 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Watford Barton 76Austin 86, 90 Ranégie 51, 58 Riera 55 Abdi 60 Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, London 16,951 L Report 26 April 2014 44 15:00 Derby County 4–2 Watford Hendrick 28 81Forsyth 60Martin 86 Cassetti 2 4 68Deeney 5, 90Riera 22Tőzsér 51Ranégie 70 Pride Park, Derby 25,922 L Report 29 April 2014 45 19:45 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Watford Harriott 22 77 Jackson 69 Hughes 90 Belkalem 45 Deeney 60 Riera 2 65 79 Ranégie 84 The Valley, Charlton, London 15,815 L Report 3 May 2014 46 15:00 Watford 1–4 Huddersfield Town Hoban 42 Tőzsér 64 Angella 83 Deeney 90+3 pen. Deeney 5Ranégie 70 Vicarage Road, Watford 15,370 L Report Football League Cup 2013–14 Football League Cup 6 August 2013 19:45 Round 1 Bristol Rovers 1–3 Watford Richards 41 Murray 19 35 Angella 30 Memorial Ground W 4,875 Report 28 August 2013 19:45 Round 2 Watford 2–0 Bournemouth Ward 15 o.g. Battocchio 66 Vicarage Road W 9,824 Report 24 September 2013 19:45 Round 3 Watford 2–3 y Norwich City Acuna 23 Faraoni 55 Murphy 77 Hooper 90 115 Vicarage Road L 11,178 Report FA Cup 2013–14 FA Cup 4 January 2014 15:00 Round 3 Bristol City 1–1 Watford Emmanuel-Thomas 84 Murray 83 Ashton Gate, Bristol D 10,165 Report 14 January 2014 19:45 Round 3 replay Watford 2–0 Bristol City Faraoni 29 McGugan 64 Vicarage Road, Watford W 7,302 Report 25 January 2014 15:00 Round 4 Manchester City 4–2 Watford Džeko 10 Agüero 60 79 90+2 Kolarov 87 Forestieri 21 Deeney 30 Pudil 48 Cassetti 82 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester L 46,514 Report League table WAT Summary table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H Result W/W/D/D/L/D/W/W/W/L/W/L/D/L/D/L/L/D/D/L/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/L/W/L/D/W/D/W/D/W/L/L/L/L Position 9/1/2/5/7/8/6/5/4/7/5/7/7/7/7/10/10/12/12/13/14/12/13/15/15/16/13/14/13/12/11/12/11/11/11/12/12/11/12/12/13/12/12/13/13/13 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 3 May 2014 https://archive.today/20130420053114/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/watford/results BBC Sport August 2013 Players Statistics No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored 12px|alt=|Yellow cards = Yellow cards GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward 12px|alt=|Red cards = Red cards Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team playerFor 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. lower-alpha Age = Current age #FFCCCC Left club during 2013–14 1px solid #AAAAAA Loan player Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014."Watford FC player appearances 2013/14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances +2013–14 Watford player detailsAll players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2013–14 season are listed lower-alphaNo.PosNamePGPGPGPG12px|alt=|Yellow cards12px|alt=|Red cardsAgeJoined clubYthNotesChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline1GKManuel Almunia3701000380101977 05 19 2014 5 42012No—2DFReece Brown Reece Brown (footballer, born 1991)0.5 0 (1)000202 (1)0001991 11 01 2014 5 42013No—3DFHéctor Bellerín6 (2)000006 (2)0101995 03 19 2014 5 42013No4DFGabriele Angella39 (1)7301 (1)143 (2)81111989 04 28 2014 5 42013No—5DFEssaïd Belkalem5 (3)000207 (3)0401989 01 01 2014 5 42013No6DFJoel Ekstrand31 (2)0303037 (2)01101989 02 04 2014 5 42012No—7MFCristian Battocchio21 (14)430312.5 27 (14)5201992 02 10 2014 5 42012No—8MFJosh McEachran5 (2)000106 (2)0001993 03 01 2014 5 42013No8MFAlexander Merkel7 (4)100007 (4)1111993 03 01 2014 5 42014No9FWTroy Deeney4424310 (1)047 (1)25401988 06 29 2014 5 42010No—10MFLewis McGugan31 (3)10200 (1)033 (4)11701988 10 25 2014 5 42013No—11FWFernando Forestieri19 (9)7211 (1)022 (10)8801990 01 15 2014 5 42012No—12DFLloyd Doyley23 (1)0100.5 0 (1)03.5 24 (2)0101982 12 01 2014 5 42001Yes—13FWMathias Ranégie8 (2)400008 (2)4211984 06 14 2014 5 42014No—15FWJavier Acuña3 (6)000311.5 6 (6)1201988 06 23 2014 5 42013No—15MFAlbert Riera6 (2)100006 (2)1311982 04 15 2014 5 42014No—16MFSean Murray Sean Murray (association footballer)22 (12)3213227 (12)6201993 10 11 2013 05 27 2014 5 42010Yes—17DFFitz Hall3 (2)010004 (2)0001980 12 20 2014 5 42013No—18DFDaniel Pudil29 (8)21 (1)0302.5 33 (9)2701985 09 27 2014 5 42012No—19DFMarco Faraoni26 (12)2103131 (12)4901991 10 25 2014 5 42013No—20FWDiego Fabbrini8 (13)11 (1)0203.5 11 (14)1201990 07 31 2014 5 42013No—20FWPark Chu-young1 (1)000001 (1)0001988 01 03 2014 5 42014No21MFIkechi Anya29 (6)5200 (1)031 (7)5001988 01 03 2014 5 42012No—22MFAlmen Abdi9 (4)20 (2)00.5 0 (1)03.5 9 (7)2201986 10 21 2014 5 42012No—23MFIriney12 (3)0200014 (3)0401981 04 23 2014 5 42013No—23MFSamba Diakité1 (5)000001 (5)0111989 01 24 2014 5 42014No25FWUche Ikpeazu 100000000001995 02 28 2014 5 42013No—26FWBernard Mensah 10 (1)0000000001994 12 29 2014 5 42011Yes—27DFMarco Cassetti32 (3)11 (1)00.5 1 (1)02.5 34 (5)11011977 05 29 2014 5 42012No—28MFConnor Smith Connor Smith (footballer, born 1993)100 (1)02 (1)03 (2)0101993 02 18 2014 5 42011Yes—28MFDániel Tőzsér2000000200801985 05 12 2014 5 42014Yes29MFGeorge Thorne80000080101993 01 04 2014 5 42013No29DFLucas Neill0 (1)000000 (1)0001978 03 09 2014 5 42014No-30GKJonathan Bond9 (1)0203014 (1)0001993 05 19 2014 5 42010Yes—31DFTommie Hoban5 (2)000005 (2)0101994 01 24 2014 5 42011Yes—32MFLuke O'Nien 10 (1)000000 (1)0001994 11 21 2014 5 42013Yes—33DFNyron Nosworthy50100060101980 10 11 2014 5 42011No—36FWAlex Jakubiak10000010001996 8 27 2014 5 42010Yes—37DFJosh Doherty0 (1)000000 (1)0001996 3 15 2014 5 42012Yes——MFRoss Jenkins Ross Jenkins (footballer, born 1990)00000000001990 11 9 2013 05 27 2014 5 42008Yes——DFAdam Thompson footballer00000000001992 09 28 2013 05 27 2014 5 42010Yes— Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee1 July 2013Uche IkpeazuReadingFree2 July 2013Lewis McGuganNottingham ForestFree19 July 2013Daniel PudilGranadaFree19 July 2013Marco CassettiUdineseFree19 July 2013Cristian BattocchioUdineseFree19 July 2013Almen AbdiUdineseFree19 July 2013Diego FabbriniUdineseFree19 July 2013Gabriele AngellaUdineseFree19 July 2013Javier AcuñaUdineseFree19 July 2013Marco FaraoniUdineseFree22 July 2013Ikechi AnyaGranadaFree22 July 2013Reece BrownManchester UnitedFree24 July 2013Joel EkstrandUdineseFree25 July 2013IrineyGranadaFree3 January 2014Mathias RanegieUdineseFree24 February 2014Lucas NeillUnattachedFree Out At the end of the 2012–13 season, the club announced that seven players would be released at the end of their contracts, alongside Chris Iwelumo, who had already agreed to join Scunthorpe United. After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford, Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City. DatePlayerToFee3 June 2013Chris IwelumoScunthorpe UnitedFree7 June 2013Jack BonhamBrentfordFree7 June 2013Mark YeatesBradford CityReleased7 June 2013Prince Buaben-Released7 June 2013Stephen McGinnSheffield UnitedFree7 June 2013Piero MingoiaAccrington StanleyReleased7 June 2013Aaron Tumwa-Released7 June 2013Stephan Hamilton-Forbes-Released1 July 2013Craig ForsythDerby CountyUndisclosed2 July 2013John EustaceDerby CountyFree20 July 2013Lee HodsonMilton Keynes DonsFree24 July 2013Carl DickinsonPort ValeMutual Termination29 July 2013Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town£400k31 July 2013Britt AssombalongaPeterborough United£1.3M9 January 2014Adam ThompsonSouthend UnitedUndisclosed Loans In StartPlayerParent clubEnd12 August 2013Essaïd BelkalemGranada 30 June 201420 September 2013Josh McEachranChelsea 2 January 20146 November 2013George ThorneWest Bromwich Albion 2 January 201422 November 2013Héctor BellerínArsenal 18 February 20143 January 2014Alexander MerkelUdinese 30 June 201429 January 2014Dániel TőzsérGenoa 30 June 201431 January 2014Samba DiakitéQPR 30 June 201431 January 2014Park Chu-youngArsenal 30 June 2014 Out StartPlayerToLoan End Date9 August 2013Adam ThompsonSouthend United4 January 20148 January 2014Connor SmithGillinghamEnd of season2014-01-08 Transfer window: Gillingham sign Watford's Connor Smith on loan https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25658490 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB11 January 2014Javier AcuñaOsasunaEnd of season2014-01-11 Transfer window: Watford's Javier Acuna joins Osasuna on loan https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25697147 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB13 January 2014Uche IkpeazuCrewe AlexandraEnd of season2014-01-13 Transfer window: Watford's Uche Ikpeazu joins Crewe Alexandra https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25714875 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB31 January 2014Diego FabbriniSienaEnd of season2014-01-31 Fabbrini joins Siena on loan https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/10980538.watford-forward-diego-fabbrini-has-joined-siena-on-loan/ 2025-09-09 Watford Observer en31 January 2014IrineyMallorcaEnd of season2014-01-31 Hornets confirm Iriney departure https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/10980466.watford-have-confirmed-midfielder-iriney-has-joined-real-mallorca-on-loan-until-the-end-of-the-season/ 2025-09-09 Watford Observer en14 March 2014Nyron NosworthyBristol CityEnd of season2014-03-14 Nyron Nosworthy: Watford defender joins Bristol City on loan https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26576818 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB2014-04-11 Nyron Nosworthy: Bristol City keep Watford defender on loan https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26991377 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB26 March 2014Lucas NeillDoncaster RoversEnd of season2014-03-26 Lucas Neill signs for Doncaster on loan from Watford https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26755894 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB2014-04-23 Watford defender's loan extended https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/11167227.doncaster-rovers-extend-the-loan-spell-of-watford-and-australia-defender-lucas-neill/ 2025-09-09 Watford Observer en11 March 2014Reece BrownCarlisle UnitedEnd of season11 March 2014 LOAN: Hornets defender joins United https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2014/march/loan-hornets-defender-joins-united 2025-09-09 Carlisle United F.C. en2014-04-15 Carlisle extend loan of Watford's Reece Brown until end of season https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27036709 2025-09-09 BBC Sport en-GB International On 14 August 2013, Cristian Battocchio made his Italian Under-21 debut in a 4–1 friendly win over Slovakia. 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"OFFICIAL: Bellerin Recalled" https://web.archive.org/web/20141106205007/http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/140218-bellerin-recalled-by-arsenal-1366633.aspx 6 November 2014 . Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014. Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Samba Signs" https://web.archive.org/web/20141106204233/http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/140131-diakite-signs-on-loan-1331193.aspx 6 November 2014 . Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014. Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Midfielder Signs" https://web.archive.org/web/20141106204702/http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/140129-daniel-tozser-signs-1326775.aspx 6 November 2014 . Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014. Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Park Arrives On Loan" https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204032/http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/140131-park-signs-1332274.aspx 2 February 2014 . Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014. Club Website. 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