Monthly Archives: January 2007

31st January 2007- Premier League, Manchester United 4 Watford 0

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

Manchester United produced a dominant second half display to see off Watford.

Independent, 1 Feb 2007- I could totally see how you’d get Chris Powell and Jay DeMerit mixed up!

Daily Telegraph, 1 Feb 2007

Evening Standard, 1 Feb 2007

Manchester United have the air of a team in complete control of their own destiny, so a side of Watford’s limitations were always going to struggle in a contest their manager Aidy Boothroyd had likened to “Muhammad Ali against Jimmy Krankie”.

Is that a mouldy potato in your pocket, or…?

27th January 2007- FA Cup Fourth Round, West Ham United 0 Watford 1

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

Watford earned a welcome respite from their Premiership struggles as they moved into the FA Cup fifth round with a hard-earned win over West Ham.

Sunday Telegraph, 28 Jan 2007

The Independent, 28 Jan 2007

Wellington boot (fruit) at the pantomime dame (game)*

Given that both Matt and I were living it up overseas while the cup heroics were going on, it’s your turn. Let’s have your one-word match reports, please….

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23rd January 2007- Premier League, Watford 2 Blackburn Rovers 1

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

BBC: Jay DeMerit’s header sank Blackburn to give rock-bottom Watford only their second Premiership win of the season.

Guardian: The odds are that, in the greater scheme of things, this will make no difference, but you could hardly blame the supporters of Watford FC for living for the moment. Long and loud were the celebrations after their second league win of the season, and the most satisfying thing must have been how thoroughly deserved it was.

Daily Telegraph, 24 Jan 2007

Independent, 24 Jan 2007

Evening Standard, 24 Jan 2007

BHappy: Now that I’ve remembered it, the one-word match report is…

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-01-23

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/premier-league/23-january-2007/

13th January 2007- Premier League, Watford 0 Liverpool 3

Liverpool ended a turbulent week with an emphatic Premiership win at Watford. After two cup exits at home to Arsenal, the under-pressure Reds responded with a fine display, Craig Bellamy scoring the first from Steve Finnan’s cross.

Watford are not so much out of their depth in the Premiership as trying to swim with one foot on the bottom. Such a lot of effort is devoted to keeping heads above water that attempts at progress are slow, painful and, in the case of Saturday’s inept display against Liverpool, downright embarrassing. Adrian Boothroyd’s team will not drown but they will surely return to the Championship paddling pool.

Watford’s manager Aidy Boothroyd had a far more frustrating afternoon. ‘I think that when you play one of the big four, sometimes there’s a choke that goes on,’ he said. ‘They see players that they see a lot on the TV. Sometimes some of them can’t cope with it.’ Boothroyd also revealed that there is now an ‘£8million bid on the table’ for Ashley Young but would not reveal other details.

And the postscript to Friday’s slightly ill-advised article is…Dammit.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-01-13

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/premier-league/13-january-2007/

6th January 2007- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 4 Stockport County 1

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

BBC: Watford came back from a goal down to avoid an FA Cup upset at the hands of Stockport County.

Guardian: Watford’s teenage striker Moses Ashikodi, signed from Rangers on New Year’s Eve, scored their final goal on Saturday when they came from behind to secure a morale-boosting 4-1 victory against Stockport County. “I am not big-headed or anything but I can score the goals to help us stay up,” he said later.

Sunday Telegraph, 7 Jan 2007

Daily Telegraph, 8 Jan 2007

Independent, 8 Jan 2007

BHappy: The one-word match report, sponsored by your local Chinese takeaway, is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006–07_FA_Cup