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24th September 2024- League Cup Third Round, Manchester City 2 Watford 1

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WFC.Net Goal Commentary: 1

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BBC: City edged into the last 16 of this season’s edition thanks to first-half goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes, his first for the club, in a 2-1 win against Championship side Watford.

Sky: In response, Ince curled an effort of his own past Stefan Ortega with five minutes to play but the hope given to them by the forward was short-lived as City saw out the remaining few minutes.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Man City 2 Watford 1

Manchester City 2 Watford 1 – how the game unfolded

Cleverley felt Watford had ‘perfectly good goal’ ruled out

Fran’s Watford Blog:  Having seen too many Watford teams capitulate to City, I was delighted that we gave it a go and every Watford fan left the Etihad with their heads held high. All of the players came out of the game with credit, but Chakvetadze was my man of the match, with Bond running him a very close second. Special mention also for Ogbonna who had a very solid debut.

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24th September 2019- League Cup Third Round, Watford 2 Swansea City 1

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Referee: Darren Bond
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Watford seeking Carabao Cup third round win over Swansea City

Danny Welbeck helps Watford beat Swansea City in the Carabao Cup

Quique Sanchez Flores delighted with Watford’s Carabao Cup win over Swansea City

Watford players rated after beating Swansea City in the Carabao Cup

Danny Welbeck is hoping to become a Watford regular after scoring his first goal

Danny Welbeck scored his first goal for almost a year as Watford beat Swansea to reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Welbeck headed in the opener and had a hand in Roberto Pereyra’s winner after Swansea threatened an upset when Sam Surridge equalised.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_Cup
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24th September 2013- League Cup Third Round, Watford 2 Norwich City 3 (After Extra Time)

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Premier League Norwich avoided an upset as Gary Hooper scored late in normal and extra-time on his first start to see off Watford in the Capital One Cup. Javier Acuna’s first Watford goal and Marco Faraoni’s 25-yard effort left Norwich teetering. But substitute Josh Murphy rifled home the game’s third superb goal, and Hooper flicked home Nathan Redmond’s cross in the 95th minute. Johan Elmander went close before Hooper poked in to complete Norwich’s escape.

The opening was all anticipation, and the drumrolls were provided by the immediate pressure that Norwich put on us a long way up the pitch.  We’ve played City a million times before, this tie had none of the lustre of a Manchester United or a Liverpool… nonetheless, this is a competent top-flight City side, and to see them adopting such an archetypal Championship approach – pressure, pressure, pressure, but with better-than-Championship players – was ominous.

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5078
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Cup
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24th September 2011- Championship, Watford 0 Nottingham Forest 1

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BBC SportIshmael Miller scored the only goal as Nottingham Forest moved out of the Championship relegation zone with victory at Watford.

TelegraphWatford, who had enjoyed the better of the second half, pressed on undeterred with John Eustace sending a well-struck shot straight into the arms of Lee Camp in the dying minutes of the game.

BHappy imageThe formation appears designed with containment in mind; containment not just of the opposition, but of our own creativity and imagination, as if getting too carried away might prove dangerous, as if risk and chance are things to be eliminated at all costs. Reinforcement of those ideas comes from the bench, with substitutions so numbingly conservative that they’re announced in the small ads of the Daily Mail rather than over the tannoy. The totality is a crumbling communist edifice, built with the thought that attacking is merely defending with the ball.

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24th September 2005- Championship, Crewe Alexandra 0 Watford 0

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BSAD: The game’s opening suggested anything but a nil nil draw, with both sides demonstrating attacking intent and neither defence looking entirely robust. Junior Osborne temporarily defused fears that he might be intimidated by the occasion by flattening David Vaughan with an early challenge, but for the most part looked willing but fallible; in Vaughan, arguably Crewe’s most impressive performer, he’d been given a big ask and much of Crewe’s first half threat came down their left side.

Observer, 25 Sep 2005
Independent, 26 Sep 2005
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24th September 1996- League Cup Second Round Second Leg, Sunderland 1 Watford 0 (Sunderland won 3-0 on aggregate)

This was the last time we played at Roker Park and the last time former Hornets goalkeeping legend Tony Coton would play against us. Less than a month later he broke his leg in six places in a game for Sunderland against Southampton which led to his retirement from playing.

Evening Standard, 24 Sep 1996
Northern Echo, 24 Sep 1996
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Northern Echo, 25 Sep 1996

BSAD: The game was pretty boring, not much happening. They scored quite early to really kill the tie stone dead, and the rest of the match was playing out for time, and trying to keep the score down to a reasonable level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_Football_League_Cup

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24th September 1977-Division Four, Watford 2 Darlington 1

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Sunday Mirror, 25 Sep 1977
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Watford Observer match report

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Taken from the programme on 29th April 2000- Premier League, Watford 2 Manchester United 3
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24th September 1960- Division Three, Bury 0 Watford 2

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Watford Observer match report

Evening Standard, 24 Sep 1960
Sunday Dispatch, 25 Sep 1960
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1960-09-24
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-three/24-september-1960/
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24th September 1957- Division Three (South), Watford 4 Brentford 1

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Daily Herald, 25 Sep 1957
Daily Telegraph, 25 Sep 1957
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1957-09-24
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/division-three-south/24-september-1957/
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24th September 1955- Division Three (South), Leyton Orient 3 Watford 1

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Evening Standard, 24 Sep 1955
Sunday People, 25 Sep 1955
Sunday Dispatch, 25 Sep 1955
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1955-09-24
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/division-three-south/24-september-1955/

18th September 2026- Championship, Bristol City 1 Watford 0

Watford Observer: Dionisi hopes a proper week of training makes the difference at Bristol City

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY AS IT HAPPENED: Bristol City 1-0 Watford

Match Report: Injury-hit Watford lose third straight away game at Bristol City

WATCH: Immediate reaction to Bristol City 1-0 Watford

Dionisi: ‘We played to our maximum but this is how it is’

‘I watched it back and probably it should have been a penalty’

Dionisi not happy with Watford attackers except Nabizada

Dionisi explains tactical approach with makeshift full-backs

Sense of inevitability is the most damning thing for Watford

BBC: Dom Ballard scored the only goal of the match as Bristol City bounced back from successive defeats to beat Watford in the Championship at Ashton Gate.

Sky: Watford, meanwhile, who have an injury-ravaged squad under Alessio Dionisi, remain in the bottom half of the table. They have picked up just a point on the road all season.

From the Rookery End: Another defeat before the international break — but what have we actually learned about Watford so far this season? Jon, Jordi, Charlie and Mike look back on the defeat at Bristol City and take stock of where the Hornets find themselves.

17th September 2026- RIP Kevin Miller

Watford Observer: Double Watford FC Player of the Season winner Kevin Miller dies aged 57

‘Fantastic keeper and even better person’ – Watford teammates pay tribute to Miller

BBC: Ex-Exeter, Palace and Watford keeper Miller dies

Exeter City: Kevin Miller: 1969-2026

Crystal Palace: Palace mourns passing of Kevin Miller

Wigan Athletic: IN MEMORIAM | KEVIN MILLER

12th September 2026- Championship, Watford 1 Stoke City 2

Watford Observer: Boadu could feature before international break, with others to be assessed

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY AS IT HAPPENED: Watford 1-2 Stoke City

Match Report: Watford fall to bleak 2-1 Stoke defeat

Dionisi: ‘I speak for my players – to be clear, this is a very difficult moment’

‘We have a good team with all of our players – I am working for the future’

BBC: Stoke City produced a dominant display to beat Watford at Vicarage Road and extend their unbeaten Championship run to four matches.

Sky: McGlynn opened the scoring for Stoke on half-time with Eric Bocat doubling the lead 13 minutes into the second half. Amin Nabizada’s reply came too late for the Hornets.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was a poor performance by the Hornets. Stoke were fast and strong and spent most of the game on the attack, but any time the Hornets got into their half, they had 10 men behind the ball. Bravo and Maamma who had shone in midweek did very little in this game. The brightest spark was Nabizada who scored another gorgeous goal.

From the Rookery End: Watford’s injury-hit squad struggled to get going as Stoke City left Vicarage Road with a deserved 2-1 win. Jon, Kieran and DCW pick through a disjointed performance, the growing injury list and a midfield stretched almost to breaking point. There’s also discussion about which of Watford’s attacking options can make a position their own, whether the international break will really solve anything, and the difficult hand Alessio Dionisi has been dealt.

8th September 2026- Championship, Watford 2 Preston North End 1

Watford Observer: ‘We’re Watford, we’ve got to be pushing to win these games’

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY AS IT HAPPENED: Watford 2-1 Preston North End

Match Report: Doumbia header seals Watford comeback win over Preston

Dionisi hails ‘big, big result’ as Watford battle major fitness issues to win

Dionisi: ‘Fantastic Kayembe is an example every day’

Excellent Ravaglia is keeping Watford in every game

Doumbia: ‘I tell the wingers before every game, make the cross’

Match-winner Doumbia: ‘Dionisi tells me he loves me’

BBC:Watford came from a goal down to beat Preston North End 2-1 at Vicarage Road to bounce back from two successive Championship defeats.

Sky; Callum Lang had shot the visitors ahead in the sixth minute as the visitors threatened to overrun the Hornets, who hit back with two second-half goals in seven minutes from Edo Kayembe and Mamadou Doumbia.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It had been a terrible first half of football, but the changes at the break made all the difference and it was a decent performance in the second half. Bravo made all the difference as, finally, we had someone in the midfield battling for the ball and launching attacks. His cross for Doumbia’s goal was perfect. He was my man of the match, but praise should also go to Ravaglia without whom we would have been further behind when we scored. Maamma was another bright spark. He has struggled in recent games, but was back to his best, powering down the wing and making the goal for Kayembe. He was also seen on more than one occasion tracking back and making important tackles. Kayembe gets a hard time from a section of the fan base, but he worked hard and I was glad that he scored and received the adulation from the fans. Similarly, Doumbia, who worked hard all evening and was rewarded with a goal.

From the Rookery End: Watford came from behind to beat Preston North End 2-1 at Vicarage Road – but it took a dramatic half-time intervention to turn a pretty grim evening around.