Monthly Archives: April 1996

27th April 1996- New Division One, Norwich City 1 Watford 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4193

BSAD report: A perfect day, in all respects. The kind of day when I wish I didn’t believe that the lottery is a vile government tax – my numbers probably would’ve come up. This was a bit special.

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23rd April 1996- New Division One, Watford 6 Grimsby Town 3

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4192

Daily Telegraph, 24 Apr 1996

Evening Standard, 24 Apr 1996

It says a lot about a performance when you come away from a game in which you’ve scored six goals feeling a bit disappointed. Grimsby were there for the taking and we could have made it towards double figures with a bit more luck and confidence.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1996-04-23

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20th April 1996- New Division One, Luton Town 0 Watford 0

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4191

The most important local derby for years and, perhaps inevitably, it ends in massive anticlimax. We may be able to take some consolation from the fact that Luton’s season has been as bad as ours but the knowledge that we’ll have to visit this hellhole of an away end (where there’s so little legroom you can’t even sit in the seat you’ve paid stlg 12.50 for) next season doesn’t exactly fill my heart with joy.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1996-04-20

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/20-april-1996/

16th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 4 Reading 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4190

I don’t know where to start, to be honest. As Kate said in her Southend report, there are some games where you go home wondering why the bloody hell you bother travelling the length and breadth of the country to watch over-paid footballers under-achieving. Then, only occasionally, they come up with something like this and you’re jumping around like a nutter, screaming and shouting in utter jubilation and thinking that maybe it is all worthwhile after all.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1996-04-16

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/16-april-1996/

13th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 5 Port Vale 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3924

The big news before the game was that Hessy wasn’t in the side and instead young David Conolly (he’s only 18 or so – God I feel old) was wearing the number 4 shirt. To be totally honest this had ‘Grim Disaster’ written all over it, especially considering Vale’s recent good form.

8th April 1996- New Division One, Southend United 1 Watford 1

Programme images courtesy of Matt Hall

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

Daily Mirror, 9 Apr 1996

BSAD: It is games like this that really make you wonder why. This game last year saw Darren Bazeley’s finest 22 minutes – a first-half hat-trick in a 4-0 win. How times have changed. Like most Hornets, I went down to Southend early so I could go to the seaside. It was a lovely day and everywhere you looked a yellow or burgundy shirt was lurking. Armed with an inflatable hammer (I still have the bruises – Ed) and a cuddly sheep for Rams, I trundled off to the delights of Roots Hall.

Independent, 9 Apr 1996