Hornets & Whites

Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Watford A-H 964) Wayne Brown PNE 6 apps; 0 goals Watford 36 apps; 4 goals PNE debut 28/10/08 v Watford (H) - Won 2-0 920) Chris Day PNE 6 apps; 0 goals Watford 11 apps; 0 goals PNE debut 23/02/2005 v Nottingham Forest (A) - Lost 0-2 516) Alec Farrell PNE 27 apps; 9 goals Watford 48 apps; 8 goals PNE debut 19/10/1957 v Sunderland (A) - Drawn 0-0 409) Len Gallimore PNE 9 apps; 0 goals Watford 64 apps; 0 goals PNE debut 07/ 03/1934 v Bradford City (H) - Lost 0-1 455) Jimmy Gooch PNE 135 apps; 0 goals Watford 43 apps; 0 goals PNE debut 23/11/1946 v Wolves (H) - Drawn 2-2 557) Brian Greenalgh PNE 19 apps; 9 goals Watford 18 apps; 1 goal PNE debut 18/12/1965 v Bristol City (H) - Drawn 1-1 417) Arthur Hetherington PNE 15 apps; 3 goals Watford 8 apps; 1 goal PNE debut 12/01/1935 v Barnsley (H) - Drawn 0-0 Player Profile - Alec Farrall Alec Farrall was born in West Kirby on 3 March 1936. Farrall was a Wing-Half and came through the juniors at Everton. He signed professional forms in March 1953 and made one appearance in the 1952/53 season for the Second Division club. He made one appearance in each of the next four seasons as Everton got promoted to Division One in 1953/54. In May 1957 Farrall joined Preston and made his debut in a 0-0 draw at Sunderland on 19 October. AS Jim Baxter continued in the number ten shirt he had to wait until 11 January 1958 for his second appearance and scored on his home debut as the Lilywhites beat West Brom 3-1. Farrall made a further four appearances during the season as PNE finished runners-up to Wolves. The following season Farrall scored 4 league goals in 11 appearances although he did score three goals in a week as he scored in three consecutive matches including 2 in the FA Cup. The 1959/60 season Farrall scored a brace in a 4-3 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday and only the woodwork stopped him getting a hat-trick. His last appearance was in a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City on 23 April1960. Farrall had netted 9 goals from 27 league appearances for Preston. In July 1960 Farrall joined Fourth Division Gillingham for a fee of £2,000 and scored 6 goals from 41 appearances, he netted a further 5 goals from 37 appearances in 1961/62 as the Gills continued to struggle as they finished in twentieth position. The 1962/63 season the Gills climb up the table and just miss out on promotion via goal difference with Farral scoring 3 times from 41 appearances. The 1963/64 season saw Farrall become captain, he scored once but only miss one match as they won the Division Four title. The following season was Farrall's last with Gillingham as they finished seventh in Division Three and had netted 19 goals in 202 league appearances for the club. June 1965 saw Farrall join Lincoln but only stayed for one season scoring twice in 20 appearances as the club had to seek re-election. July 1996 saw Farrall join Third Division Watford and equalled his season best scoring 6 goals from 35 league appearances, finishing just one point behing second place Middlesbrough. His last season in league football was in 1967/68 as he netted twice in 13 appearances as Watford finished sixth. In total Farrall had scored 8 goals from 48 appearances for Watford.