Monthly Archives: April 1959

28th April 1959- Division Four, Watford 2 Shrewsbury Town 5 (Abandoned after 74 minutes due to floodlight failure)

The time of the abandonment varies in the reports shown below but in Trefor Jones’ Watford FC archive it was given as being abandoned after 74 minutes. The game was replayed on 7th May.

Daily Herald, 29 Apr 1959

Both reports from Birmingham Post & Gazette, 29 Apr 1959

The relevant section from the Watford FC archive with the rearranged fixture also shown at the top.

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/28-april-1959/

25th April 1959- Division Four, Coventry City 1 Watford 0

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches

The People, 26 Apr 1959

Sunday Mercury, 26 Apr 1959

Sunday Dispatch, 26 Apr 1959

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1959-04-25

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/25-april-1959/

21st April 1959- Division Four, Watford 0 Darlington 0

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1959-04-21

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/21-april-1959/

18th April 1959- Division Four, Watford 2 Exeter City 1

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=2263

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1959-04-18

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/18-april-1959/