games to record a victory. Good form thereafter led to hopes of the Championship, but a poor run of form in the spring saw the club finish 9th. This was followed by a 14th-place finish in 1912–13, where the club failed to win any of their last 7 home games, and a poor defensive record in 1913–14 meant that Watford were required to beat Q.P.R. in the final game of the season to avoid relegation. They did, winning 2–0. More positively, the club finished both seasons in profit. Kent was forced to sell a number of players that summer, but with a side based around a number of local players (including Skilly Williams, Charlie White, and brothers Fred and Val Gregory) he led the club to the Southern League Championship in 1914–15. At the end of the season the regular league programme was suspended, due to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Kent managed the side, made-up of mainly local players, in a variety of friendly competitions whilst working in a munitions factory in Essex. Post-war Watford had suffered a financial crisis during the war, but following a fundraising meeting the club was able to resume in Southern League in 1919–20 with much the same side that had won the Championship in 1914–15. They finished in 2nd, after getting 25 points from a possible 28 in their final games. Kent was then to oversee a period of change. Watford joined the newly formed Football League Division Three in 1920, and Kent led the club to a 6th-placed finish. Struggling in the 1920–21 season, Kent was allocated the fee from the sale of Frank Hoddinott to sign a player that would drive the club up the league. That was Fred Pagnam signed for £1000 – by far a club record fee. In 1922 Watford moved to their new ground, Vicarage Road. In the following seasons Watford struggled financially, and went on to record a series of finishes, including a 20th-placed finish in 1923–24. During the 1924–25 season Kent took the role of secretary-manager, without any addition to his salary (£312 per annum). At the end of the 1925–26 season, when the club finished 15th, Watford released a brief statement saying that Kent had resigned. He was replaced by his record signing of 1921, Fred Pagnam. Pub landlord Kent had been the landlord of the Wellington Arms public house