Monthly Archives: December 1999

28th December 1999- Premier League, Watford 3 Southampton 2

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More games with Southampton at https://oldwatford.com/tag/southampton/

26th December 1999- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 4 Watford 0

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4382

The same old story, over and over and over. The plodding inevitability of endless defeats, each new fixture bringing fresh optimism to be crushed. Minute shreds of hope, blown away in a Premiership hurricane.

We were parked at the top of the South stand, where they make you sit down in the back row so you don’t obscure the advertising boards, and tell you off for putting your feet on the seats in front of you. Oh yes, They Are Premier League.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1999-12-26
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/premier-league/26-december-1999/

18th December 1999- Premier League, Watford 1 Everton 3

BBC SportEverton earned their first win in 10 games to send struggling Watford deeper into relegation trouble at Vicarage Road.

BSAD imageSome dodgy defending. Some very dodgy defending, and another uphill struggle. A goal drought ended by a wonderfully precise strike. A second half revival. A lunatic linesman, responsible for a decisive (and extremely controversial) penalty and a red card. A match that let its fury spread over the touchline and into the stands, until the whole stadium was lunacy and mayhem. Post-mortems to determine what the hell happened.  Hang on, haven’t we been here before?  We’ve been waiting for another Tranmere. Obviously. Those of us who’ve not either given up all hope or lost all desire have been praying for another Tranmere. This was it.  The same ingredients but a different recipe, the same formula with the wrong result.

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