27th April 1996- New Division One, Norwich City 1 Watford 2 Leave a Reply 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. Share this:TwitterFacebook
23rd April 1996- New Division One, Watford 6 Grimsby Town 3 Leave a Reply 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 Share this:TwitterFacebook
20th April 1996- New Division One, Luton Town 0 Watford 0 Leave a Reply 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/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 4 Reading 2 Leave a Reply 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/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
13th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 5 Port Vale 2 Leave a Reply 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. Share this:TwitterFacebook
6th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 1 Portsmouth 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4187 I guess the honeymoon’s over, then. Portsmouth are a grim, tedious side and yet we were simple not good enough to overcome them. In a scrappy game that was crying out for someone to put their foot on the ball and think about things, we should no signs of class or composure. Ramage was elsewhere. That effectively ends all hope. We only have one game to redeem our entire season. If we beat Scum, and bring them down with us, it will almost be worth it. A bit of straw-clutching here… https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1996-04-06 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/06-april-1996/ Share this:TwitterFacebook