Sean Dyche said he is “proud and disappointed” after Watford equalled last season’s points tally at the weekend.

This season will be remembered as a successful one by the majority of Hornets supporters after they reached the points total for the 2010/11 campaign with a game to go, despite losing four of their main attacking threats in the last 12 months.

The club raised £8.5m from the sales of Danny Graham, Marvin Sordell and Will Buckley – with Don Cowie leaving on a free – but spent just £1m on transfers last summer.

Saturday’s draw with Peterborough United took the Hornets to 61 points, which is a tally that has only been surpassed twice in the last decade - the two seasons either side of Watford’s Premier League campaign.

But Dyche admitted: “I am proud and disappointed at the same time. We have had two or three games where we should have won – well it isn't fair to say should have won as there are no guarantees in winning games, but we have done enough to win games.

“But I am very pleased overall of course. There has been so many transitions and so much going on this year to think about. We had to reorganise and galvanise to bring the group together. Great credit to the players and my staff; they work very hard and even early in the season when people were questioning us, there were good people doing good work here, including the players and not just the staff.

“We felt it would pay off and slowly but surely, over the course of the season, we have got more than enough points on the board and proved ourselves right.”

Watford will finish the 2011/12 campaign with a seven-match unbeaten record away from home, which has not been achieved since October 2000.

The Hornets have drawn their last four matches though and Dyche is keen to finish the season on a high.

He said: “With the players going about their business like they did at Peterborough, it will reward you at some point.

“The way we have gone about our business in the last four games, when we had four draws, apart from the Hull game, we have put in really good performances and that helps you maintain the belief that if you continue to play like that, then you will win games.

“So we have one game left and we are hopeful of putting in a good performance and off that, get a win.”