Image source, Getty ImagesIt's been a xxx in the Premier League for Watford this season but how much do you remember of the 2021-22 campaign?
We're putting your knowledge to the test with a question from each of the past 10 months.
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Following relegation from the Premier League two seasons ago Watford owner Gino Pozzo and chief executive Scott Duxbury promised fans they would learn lessons from it and changes would be made. Promotion back to the top flight was instant but once again relegation followed. Except this time, it was worse.
Two years ago, Watford managed 34 points. This time they've scraped 23. They've broken records for defeats particularly at home and lost 27 of 38 games. It's been miserable for the supporters.
Relegation hasn't come as too much of a surprise for those of us who have followed Watford for several years. I once commented to a former coach who was leaving the club that I bet he could write a book on his time at Watford. He replied: "I could write a book on one day here."
Watford haven’t learnt from their previous relegation. Yet the problems seem to stem from the big FA Cup final defeat by Manchester City three years ago, when the Hornets began the following season without winning in their first 11 games. Something wasn’t right.
Since then, seven head coaches have lost their jobs and there has been a catalogue of errors. Dubious manager appointments, poor player recruitment, no long-term policy, switching coaches with one style to the exact opposite, lack of team cohesion, poor morale, questionable attitudes - the list of errors is lengthy. And it starts at the top.
It's particularly hard on the employees who work at the club behind the scenes in sales, ticketing, commercial, catering: hard-working people who will be sad, frustrated and privately annoyed at what has gone on again. Hopefully, jobs won't have to be lost.
At least Championship football will be easier and much more Watford's level. This squad should easily be good enough for a top-six charge.
But for those hoping new head coach Rob Edwards will have more of a say on football matters could be disappointed. History and the way this club is run suggests that's not going to be the case.
Image source, Getty ImagesWatford's return to the Premier League lasted just a season as, after a campaign featuring more different Hornets managers (three) than home wins (two), they were relegated back to the Championship with somewhat of a whimper.
Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri and Roy Hodgson picked up just two wins apiece but do Watford's problems this season lie deeper than the man in the hotseat after 27 defeats in 38 games including the last-gasp final-day loss at Chelsea?
After a string of foreign or high-profile managers, Watford have mixed things up by appointing Forest Green's Rob Edwards as Hodgson's successor - do you think he can lead you to an immediate return to the top flight or will that job take longer?
You can now relive all the drama from the final day of the Premier League season on BBC iPlayer.
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea are the only team in Premier League history to go through a whole season without ever being behind at half-time.
Watford lost 27 league games this season. Only once in their history have they ever lost more, doing so in 1971-72 (28 in the second tier).
Chelsea have never lost against Watford at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League (eight) – only versus Stoke (10), Fulham (15) and Middlesbrough (15) have they played more times without ever losing at home in the competition.
Kai Havertz has scored more goals in all competitions at Stamford Bridge this season than any other Chelsea player (eight). Seven of his 12 Premier League goals have been scored against teams starting the day in the relegation zone.
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Having secured third place courtesy of Thursday's 1-1 draw at home to Leicester, Thomas Tuchel made five changes to his starting line-up against the Hornets, handing Kenedy a long-awaited Premier League return for the club and Saul Niguez his first top-flight start since March.
Kenedy repaid his manager’s faith with a lively first-half performance, setting up Kai Havertz’s opener and carving out another opportunity for the German forward late in the first half, which came back off the crossbar.
Dan Gosling’s first Premier League goal for Watford appeared to have earned the visitors a point near the end of a poor second half, but Ross Barkley’s first goal of the season – on his 100th appearance for the club – gave the Blues victory in front of prospective new owner Todd Boehly.
With Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen set to leave in the summer, and Spain internationals Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso linked with Barcelona, Tuchel is expecting "open and honest" conversations with Boehly before a big summer for the club.
Outgoing Watford boss Roy Hodgson, meanwhile, will have enjoyed his team's second-half showing at Stamford Bridge but it was not enough to earn the Hornets a hard-earned point in front of his successor Rob Edwards.
Hodgson, 74, said earlier this month he was planning to retire after leaving Watford - and although he stopped short of ruling out ever returning, he suggested after this game that he would be calling it a day.
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Watford manager Roy Hodgson, speaking to BBC Sport: "I thought it was an excellent performance right from the start. We knew it was going to be tough, but I felt we handled it pretty well throughout.
"Unfortunately we shot ourselves in the foot again, as we have done on too many occasions, but I’ve got nothing but praise for the players today and admiration for what they’ve done since we’ve gone down.
"I’m hoping to travel and find something else to occupy my time. It’s not an easy thing for me to wean myself off football. It’s something I’m very grateful for and I’ll now pass the baton to the people who are still here."
We are bringing you live text commentary of Chelsea v Watford, plus nine other games, on the final day of the 2021-22 Premier League season.
You'll be able to catch up with all the post-match reaction on this page after full-time at Stamford Bridge.
Image source, BBC SportThomas Tuchel makes five changes to the Chelsea team that drew at home to Leicester on Thursday.
Winger Kenedy is handed his first Premier League appearance of the season, while Saul Niguez makes his first league start since March.
Cesar Azpilicueta, Mason Mount and Kai Havertz also return to the side.
Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Saul Niguez, Kante, Kenedy, Ziyech, Mount, Havertz
Subs: Kepa, Jorginho, Lukaku, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Barkley, Chilwell, Sarr
Image source, BBC SportWatford make six changes to the team that lost 5-1 to Brendan Rodgers’ side last weekend.
Goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann makes his first league start since January, while Samir, Kiko Femenia, Hassane Kamara, Tom Cleverley and Joshua King all return.
Watford XI: Bachmann, Femenia, Kabasele, Samir, Kamara, Sissoko, Kayembe, Cleverley, King, Joao Pedro, Sema
Subs: Elliot, Ngakia, Ekong, Masina, Cathcart, Gosling, Cucho, Sierralta, Baah
It's the final game of a desperately disappointing season back in the Premier League for Watford.
But maybe that's a chance to play with freedom at Stamford Bridge before they head back to the Championship.
So who makes Roy Hodgson's final Hornets line-up? Are some of the players playing to impress new boss Rob Edwards?
After more than 20 years, legendary BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson is making his final set of Premier League predictions this weekend.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
For different reasons both of these clubs will be glad to see the back of the 2021-22 season.
A return to the Championship awaits Watford, while Chelsea have already secured a top-four finish but will end a turbulent campaign without a trophy.
Neither club really knows what the future holds, either. The Hornets could see a lot of ins and outs over the summer, and the same goes for the Blues squad too.
Find out how Lawro thinks the rest of the weekend's Premier League fixtures will go
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel is likely to rotate his squad now that third place has been secured.
Defender Malang Sarr and midfielder Saul Niguez could feature along with youngsters Harvey Vale and Lewis Hall.
Watford forward Cucho Hernandez should be available after missing more than a month with a hamstring issue.
Tom Cleverley is fit again after a rib injury while Josh King and Kiko Femenia have both trained this week after a period out with illness.
Image source, Getty ImagesRoy Hodgson is expecting his last game as Watford boss on Sunday to be "emotional" and admits he will miss it.
Hodgson, who announced he was planning to retire earlier this month, will lead Watford for the final time against Chelsea.
“Every time you leave a job there’s a wave of emotion because you get sort of attached to the people you’re working with," he said.
“The players, I must say, they’ve not let me down at all in the training sessions and what they’ve tried to do in the games, so I’ve still got a lot of respect for them. In that respect it will be emotional (saying goodbye).
“It’s tough, you’re going to miss it and there are going to be days when you get up and think ‘I wish I was back on the training ground’, especially when the sun is shining and it’s nice and warm.
"It’s a bit easier on the days you wake up and it’s pouring with rain and freezing cold."
Roy Hodgson has been speaking to the media before Watford's final Premier League game of the season against Chelsea.
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Sunday will be Hodgson's last game in charge at Watford and he said there is an "element of emotion" when you leave a job. He added that the players have not "let me down" in training sessions or what they have "tried to do in the games".
Hodgson added that he is "disappointed" things didn't work out at Watford but knew that at the end of the season he would "free myself from the burdens and responsibilities of being a Premier League manager".
He said it's important his side put in a good performance against Chelsea, even more so after the "real disappointment or debacle" of conceding five goals to Leicester.
He said the way his side conceded in that game was in a manner "that gives all managers and coaches a nightmare".
Chelsea have never lost in seven Premier League home games against Watford (W6 D1), scoring at least twice in all seven meetings.
The Hornets have lost eight of their past nine Premier League games against Chelsea, including each of the last five in a row since a 4-1 home win in February 2018.
The Blues hold the record for the biggest victory on the final day in Premier League history, beating Wigan Athletic 8-0 to seal the title in 2009-10.
Watford’s only victory on the final day of a Premier League season came in their first campaign in the competition in 1999-00 (D2 L4). Of all current Premier League sides, none have a lower win rate on the final day than the Hornets (14%).
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West Ham United are interested in signing 24-year-old Nigeria striker Emmanuel Dennis from Watford. (Mirror), external
