Miguel Arturo LAYÚN (2015) Midfielder (Full name Miguel Arturo LAYÚN PRADO) Born Córdoba, Mexico, 25 June 1988 Representative honours Mexico Full Watford Career Football League & FA Premier League: 16+4 appearances (1 goal) Football League Cup: 1 appearance Début: 1-3 away defeat v Huddersfield Town, Football League Championship, 10 Jan 2015 Final game: (as sub) 0-2 away defeat v Manchester City, FA Premier League, 29 Aug 2015 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 11; all competitions 11 Career Path Tiberunes Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico) (2006); Atalanta (Italy) (€625,000 2009); Club América (Mexico) (2010); Granada (Spain) (December 2014); WATFORD (undisclosed fee January 2015); Porto (Portugal) (€500,000 loan September 2015, €6 million permanent transfer July 2016); Sevilla (Spain) (loan January 2018) Football League & FA Premier League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 2014/15 WATFORD 14 3 Football League Championship (2nd tier) – 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 2015/16 WATFORD 2 1 1 FA Premier League – 13th of 20 The first Mexican to play in Italy’s Serie A, Miguel Layún represented his native country as a full-back in the 2014 World Cup Finals, but was used by Watford as an energetic midfielder in the second half of a season in which the club won promotion to the FA Premier League. He then went on to help Mexico win the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, in which Adrian Mariappa and Jobi McAnuff were in the Jamaica side that was beaten in the Final. Layún is descended from grandfathers of Lebanese and Spanish nationality, respectively. ****Watford will get 20 per cent if he is sold by Porto for a fee exceeding €6.5 million*** Lebanese paternal grandfather, Spanish maternal grandfather. First Mexican to play in Italy’s Serie A. Played in 2014 World Cup Finals. Frederick John Sidney LE MAY (1932) Winger Born Bethnal Green, London, 2 February 1907 Died Hoo, Suffolk, 13 September 1988 Watford Career Football League: 4 appearances Début: 2-2 away draw v Clapton Orient, Football League Div 3 (South), 2 Jan 1932 Final game: 1-2 home defeat v Northampton Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 12 Mar 1932 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 2; all competitions 2 Career Path Clark’s College; Bulpham; Laindon Hills; Tilbury; Southend United Reserves (half a season); Grays Thurrock; Grays Athletic; Woking; Thames (amateur July 1930, professional May 1931); WATFORD (“small fee” July 1931); Clapton Orient (August 1932); Margate (August 1933); Chelmsford (permit to play as an amateur granted August 1936) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1930/31 Thames 34 4 Football League Division 3 (South) – 20th of 22 1931/32 WATFORD 4 Football League Division 3 (South) – 11th of 22 1932/33 Clapton Orient 10 Football League Division 3 (South) – 20th of 22 Standing just five feet tall (actually two inches shorter than that, his son was to say later), Fred Le May is reputed to have been the shortest player in Football League history, and very probably he was. He was one of a succession of right-wingers whose first-team aspirations at Vicarage Road were thwarted by Billy Chapman’s consistency. It was as a 23-year-old amateur that Le May made his Football League début – against Watford, for whom his brother Leslie signed amateur forms for 1931/32. The pair had played together for Thames as amateurs, one on either wing, in the final League game of the previous season. Fred’s full-time career was ended by a broken ankle sustained while with Clapton Orient. Known as “Fred”. Birth & death (Deben reg dist – office is in Woodbridge) indexes OK, probate nothing. Clark’s College is an independent secondary school in Ilford, providing business & commerical education. Originally listed by Watford at £150 cs 1932, but reduced to £50. FL début was v Watford 11/10/1930, as an amateur. Brother Leslie G. also played for Grays Athletic & Thames (1930/31) and signed am forms for Watford August 1931. 5ft. 9 st 12 lbs - but player himself says 7st 2lb in pen pic in Athletic News cuttings. His son says 4ft 10in, and 7 st. James LEAVER (1926‐1927) Centre‐half Born Blackburn, Lancashire, 26 December 1897 Died Blackburn, Lancashire, 1959 Watford Career Football League: 35 appearances (3 goals) Début: 1‐0 home win v Charlton Athletic, Football League Div 3 (South), 28 Aug 1926 Final game: 0‐3 away defeat v Southend United, Football League Div 3 (South), 3 Dec 1927 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 25; all competitions 25 Career Path Accrington Stanley (July 1919); Blackburn Rovers (December 1919); Blackpool (May 1920); WATFORD (July 1926); Mossley (August 1928); Stalybridge Celtic (player‐manager July 1932, committee member August 1936); Mossley secretary‐manager (July 1939) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1920/21 Blackpool 3 Football League Division 2 – 4th of 22 1921/22 Blackpool 4 1 Football League Division 2 – 19th of 22 1922/23 Blackpool 26 1 Football League Division 2 – 5th of 22 1923/24 Blackpool 28 1 Football League Division 2 – 4th of 22 1924/25 Blackpool 33 Football League Division 2 – 17th of 22 1925/26 Blackpool 10 1 Football League Division 2 – 6th of 22 1926/27 WATFORD 24 3 Football League Division 3 (South) – 21st of 22 1927/28 WATFORD 11 Football League Division 3 (South) – 15th of 22 After being quickly discarded by his home‐town club without making a Football League appearance, Jimmy Leaver had plenty of Second Division experience in his six years with Blackpool. A big and powerful defender, he played most of his Watford football in the position for which he was best equipped, centre‐half, and captained the side for a time towards the end of his first season. Known as “Jimmy”. Birth & death (M1959) indexes OK, probate nothing. 5 ft 11 ins / 6 ft / 6 ft 1½ ins. 12 st 3lbs / 12 st 6 lbs / 14 st. John LEE (1924‐1925) Winger Born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1890 Died Hull, Yorkshire, 10 August 1955 Watford Career Football League: 8 appearances Début: 1‐0 home win v Northampton Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 30 Aug 1924 Final game: 1‐0 home win v Bristol Rovers, Football League Div 3 (South), 31 Jan 1925 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 7; all competitions 7 Career Path ‘An Ashfield team’ (aged 16); Bird in Hand, Sheffield; Hull City (March 1913); Chelsea (£1,500 February 1920); WATFORD (free July 1924); Rotherham United (June 1925, released 1926) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1913/14 Hull City 22 3 Football League Division 2 – 7th of 20 1914/15 Hull City 29 7 Football League Division 2 – 7th of 20 1919/20 Hull City 24 9 Football League Division 2 – 11th of 22 1919/20 Chelsea 4 1 Football League Division 1 – 3rd of 22 1920/21 Chelsea 2 Football League Division 1 – 18th of 22 1922/23 Chelsea 1 Football League Division 1 – 19th of 22 1924/25 WATFORD 8 Football League Division 3 (South) – 11th of 22 1925/26 Rotherham United 17 2 Football League Division 3 (North) – 14th of 22 Discovered in local football in Sheffield, he was brought into the professional game by Hull City, where his progress induced Chelsea to part with a useful fee, but he made only seven Football League appearances before being released after more than four years at Stamford Bridge. Jack Lee began the 1924/25 season as Watford’s 34‐year‐old first‐team outside‐left, but soon lost his place. He and his brother Willis both played in Rotherham United’s first team in 1925/26, but never in the same match. Jack retired from the game at the end of that season. Known as “Jack”. Death index OK, probate nothing. 5 ft 8 ins / 5 ft 10¼ ins. 11 st 2 lbs / 12 st. Jason Benedict LEE (1997-1998) Centre-forward Born Forest Gate, London, 9 May 1971 Watford Career Football League: 36+1 appearances (11 goals) FA Cup: 4 appearances Football League Cup: 4 appearances Full Members Cup: 1 appearance Début: 1-0 home win v Burnley, Football League Div 2, 9 Aug 1997 Final game: 0-1 away defeat v Cambridge United, Football League Cup 1st Round 1st Leg, 11 Aug 1998 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 12; all competitions 16 Career Path Charlton Athletic (trainee October 1987, professional June 1989); Fisher Athletic (loan); Stockport County (loan February 1991); Lincoln City (£35,000 March 1991); Southend United (£150,000/£250,000 August 1993); Nottingham Forest (£200,000 March 1994); Charlton Athletic (loan February 1997); Grimsby Town (loan March 1997); WATFORD (£200,000 June 1997, plus a subsequent £20,000 increment based on first-team appearances); Chesterfield (£250,000 August 1998); Peterborough United (loan January 2000, £50,000 March 2000); Scarborough trial (July 2003); Falkirk (free August 2003); Boston United (July 2004); Northampton Town (free January 2006); Notts County (free June 2006); Mansfield Town (free August 2008); Kettering Town (January 2009); Corby Town (March 2009); Ilkeston Town (April 2010 – “retired” November 2010); Arnold Town (briefly March 2011); Lincoln City hospitality host (March 2011); Boston United (joint caretaker-coach March 2011, also player April 2011, joint-manager May 2011, manager April 2012 until December 2012); Professional Footballers’ Association staff (by November 2013) Football League , FA Premier League & Scottish League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1989/90 Charlton Athletic 1 Football League Division 1 – 19th of 20 (Relegated) 1990/91 Stockport County 2 Football League Division 4 – 2nd of 24 (Promoted) 1990/91 Lincoln City 17 3 Football