Antonio Conte Press Conference – Pre Watford

Full press Conference With Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte – Watford vs Chelsea

Opponent History

Watford F.C.
Nickname	The Hornets
Founded	1881 as Watford Rovers
Ground	Vicarage Road Watford

Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. The club was founded in 1881, and played at several grounds before moving to a permanent location at Vicarage Road in 1922, where they remain to this day. The club is best known for two spells under the management of former England manager Graham Taylor. The first lasted from 1977 to 1987, when the club rose to the old First Division from the Fourth Division. Once in the highest division of English football, Watford finished second in the league in 1983, reached the FA Cup final in 1984, and competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1983-84 season. The second period spanned from 1997 to 2001, when Taylor took the club from the third tier to the Premier League in successive seasons.

The first match between Chelsea and Watford didn't occur until 1970, but it was a significant one; an FA Cup semi-final. Chelsea were convincing winners, running out 5-1 victors at White Hart Lane. The Blues would go on to lift the FA Cup for the first time in the replayed final. The clubs would meet regularly over the following decades, as Watford entered a period of sustained success, with regular matches in both the first and second tiers in addition to four further meetings in the FA Cup.

Websites

• Official club website

Matches

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1969-70	Sat	14	Mar	1970	FAC	Watford	Neutral*	Won	5-1	*White Hart Lane (Tottenham Hotspur)
1979-80	Sat	22	Sep	1979	DIV2	Watford	Home	Won	2-0
1979-80	Sat	9	Feb	1980	DIV2	Watford	Away	Won	3-2
1980-81	Sat	27	Sep	1980	DIV2	Watford	Away	Won	3-2
1980-81	Sat	21	Feb	1981	DIV2	Watford	Home	Lost	0-1
1981-82	Sat	12	Sep	1981	DIV2	Watford	Home	Lost	1-3
1981-82	Sat	6	Feb	1982	DIV2	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1984-85	Sat	13	Oct	1984	DIV1	Watford	Home	Lost	2-3
1984-85	Sat	16	Mar	1985	DIV1	Watford	Away	Won	3-1
1985-86	Sat	28	Sep	1985	DIV1	Watford	Away	Lost	1-3
1985-86	Mon	5	May	1986	DIV1	Watford	Home	Lost	1-5
1986-87	Sat	1	Nov	1986	DIV1	Watford	Home	Drew	0-0
1986-87	Sun	1	Feb	1987	FAC	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1986-87	Tue	14	Apr	1987	DIV1	Watford	Away	Lost	1-3
1987-88	Sat	26	Sep	1987	DIV1	Watford	Away	Won	3-0
1987-88	Tue	29	Mar	1988	DIV1	Watford	Home	Drew	1-1
1988-89	Sat	5	Nov	1988	DIV2	Watford	Away	Won	2-1
1988-89	Sat	11	Mar	1989	DIV2	Watford	Home	Drew	2-2
1999-00	Sat	18	Sep	1999	PREM	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1999-00	Sat	26	Feb	2000	PREM	Watford	Home	Won	2-1
2003-04	Sat	3	Jan	2004	FAC	Watford	Away	Drew	2-2
2003-04	Wed	14	Jan	2004	FAC	Watford	Home	Won	4-0
2006-07	Sat	11	Nov	2006	PREM	Watford	Home	Won	4-0
2006-07	Sat	31	Mar	2007	PREM	Watford	Away	Won	1-0
2008-09	Sat	14	Feb	2009	FAC	Watford	Away	Won	3-1
2009-10	Sun	3	Jan	2010	FAC	Watford	Home	Won	5-0
2014-15	Sun	4	Jan	2015	FAC	Watford	Home	Won	3-0
2015-16	Sat	26	Dec	2015	PREM	Watford	Home	Drew	2-2
2015-16	Wed	3	Feb	2015	PREM	Watford	Away	Drew	0-0
2016-17	Sat	20	Aug	2016	PREM	Watford	Away	Won	2-1

Statistics

Comp	Home							Away							Neutral							Total
	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
League	11	3	4	4	17	18	-1	12	7	1	4	20	15	+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	10	5	8	37	33	+4
FA Cup	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	7	5	1	1	21	5	+16
All	14	6	4	4	29	18	+11	15	8	2	5	24	19	+5	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	30	15	6	9	58	38	+20

Statistics correct as of 22 August 2016

Opposition (Domestic)

1st Grenadier Guards • Accrington Stanley • Arsenal • Aston Villa • Barnet • Barnsley • Barrow • Birmingham City • Blackburn • Blackpool Bolton • Bournemouth • Bradford City • Bradford Park Avenue • Brentford • Brighton • Bristol City • Bristol Rovers • Burnley • Burton Utd Bury • Cambridge Utd • Cardiff City • Carlisle Utd • Charlton Athletic • Chester City • Chesterfield • Colchester Utd • Coventry City Crewe Alexandra • Crystal Palace • Darlington • Derby County • Doncaster Rovers • Everton • Exeter City • Fulham • Gainsborough Trinity Gillingham • Glossop • Grimsby Town • Hartlepool Utd • Hereford Utd • Huddersfield Town • Hull • Ipswich • Leeds City • Leeds Utd Leicester City • Leyton • Leyton Orient • Lincoln City • Liverpool • Luton Town • Macclesfield Town • Manchester City • Manchester Utd Mansfield Town • Middlesbrough • Millwall • MK Dons • Newcastle Utd • Newport County • Northampton Town • Norwich City • Nottingham Forest Notts County • Oldham • Oxford Utd • Peterborough Utd • Plymouth Argyle • Port Vale • Portsmouth • Preston • Q.P.R. • Reading • Rochdale Rotherham Utd • Scarborough • Scunthorpe • Sheffield Utd • Sheffield Weds • Shrewsbury Town • South Shields • Southampton • Southend Utd Southern Utd • Stockport County • Stoke City • Sunderland • Swansea City • Swindon Town • Tottenham Hotspur • Tranmere Rovers • Walsall Watford • West Brom • West Ham • Wigan • Wimbledon • Wolves • Workington • Worksop Town • Wrexham • Wycombe Wanderers • York City