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Month: August 1978

29th August 1978-League Cup Second Round, Watford 2 Newcastle United 1

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August 29, 1978August 30, 2017

Alan Garner
Aug29
Newcastle United
Ron Rollitt

26th August 1978-Division Three, Watford 1 Peterborough United 2

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rajo1974
August 26, 1978August 27, 2017

Aug26
Bobby Downes
Johnny Hartburn
Peterborough United

22nd August 1978-Division Three, Watford 5 Blackpool 1

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Taken from the programme on 29th August 1978-League Cup Second Round, Watford 2 Newcastle United 1

rajo1974
August 22, 1978August 23, 2017

Aug22
Bertie Mee
Blackpool
Dennis Booth

19th August 1978-Division Three, Walsall 2 Watford 4

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Taken from 26 Aug 1978 Watford v Peterborough United programme

rajo1974
August 19, 1978September 12, 2016

Aug19
Walsall

12th August 1978-League Cup First Round First Leg- Watford 4 Brentford 0

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rajo1974
August 12, 1978August 13, 2017

Andy Rankin
Aug12
Brentford

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In Memoriam

RIP Alan Grimley
RIP Billy Hails
RIP Bob Sterry
RIP Colin Hind
RIP Danny Sharkey
RIP David Condon
RIP Don Hunt
RIP George Birch
RIP Gerry Fuller
RIP J Carter
RIP Jimmy Davis
RIP John Garrett
RIP John Picton
RIP Ken Ford
RIP Les Smith
RIP Leslie Stuart Dwight
RIP Martyn Elborn
RIP Matthew Harris
RIP Peter Lambourne
RIP Phil Nolan
RIP Roy Sinclair
RIP Steve Brister
RIP Steve Mellor
RIP Steve Shakespeare
RIP Tommy Barnett
RIP Tony Pullein
RIP Vernon Edwards
RIP Vic Lewis

Players

Graham Taylor 1944-2017

There’s only one Graham Taylor
RIP Graham
14th January 2017-Premier League, Watford 0 Middlesbrough 0
Tributes to GT left at Vicarage Road
The Funeral of Graham Taylor OBE- Order of Service
Coverage of GT’s funeral
More tributes to GT
11th February 2017- Premier League, Manchester United 2 Watford 0
29th July 2017- Graham Taylor Tribute, Aston Villa 0 Watford 0
GT’s first ever Watford programme notes
5th August 2017- The Graham Taylor Trophy, Watford 0 Real Sociedad 0

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Aidy Boothroyd
Colin Lee
Dave ‘Harry’ Bassett
Gianfranco Zola
Gianluca Vialli
Glenn Roeder
Graham Taylor
Haydn Green
Johnny Paton
Kenny Jackett
Malky Mackay
Neil McBain
Oscar Garcia
Quique Sanchez Flores
Ray Lewington
Ron Burgess
Sean Dyche
Steve Harrison
Steve Perryman
Walter Mazzarri

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