12th January 1988- FA Cup Third Round Replay, Hull City 2 Watford 2 (After Extra Time) plus Steve Harrison takes over as Watford manager and Elton rejects bid to take over club from Paul Raymond

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches
Daily Telegraph, 13 Jan 1988
The Guardian, 13 Jan 1988
Evening Standard, 13 Jan 1988
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1988-01-12