30th August 2008- Championship, Watford 2 Ipswich Town 1 http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches BBC Sport: Watford’s John-Joe O’Toole scored in the dying minutes to secure a come-from-behind win over Ipswich. BHappy: Forget the detail. Forget the football. When was the last time we had as much fun at a football match? Or a celebration to match that of the winning goal? Mirror, 1 Sep 2008 Daily Telegraph, 1 Sep 2008 https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-08-30 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/30-august-2008/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
26th August 2008-League Cup Second Round, Watford 2 Darlington 1 (After Extra Time) Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4818 Watford had a late John-Joe O’Toole strike to thank for a narrow win over Darlington in the Carling Cup. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-League-Cup-_-Watford-2-1-Darlington-aetDownload John-Joe O’Toole came off the bench to rescue Watford with the winner deep into extra time to sink Darlington. Fourth division side at home, should be straightforward, yadda yadda whatever. But a fourth division side dropping deep and attacking neatly is still an awkward opponent…. 16th September 2008- Championship, Watford 1 Plymouth Argyle 2 Share this:TwitterFacebook
23rd August 2008- Championship, Nottingham Forest 3 Watford 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4817 A late strike from substitute Nathan Tyson gave Nottingham Forest a first win of the season to deny Watford. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-Championship-_-Nottm-Forest-3-2-WatfordDownload https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-08-23 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/23-august-2008/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th August 2008- Championship, Watford 1 Charlton Athletic 0 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4816 Tommy Smith’s fierce strike gave Watford victory over 10-man Charlton. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-Championship-_-Watford-1-0-CharltonDownload New passing game, new passing formation. Fine. But the real benefit thus far has been the protection afforded the defence. It speaks volumes that on a day when John Eustace was below par, Charlton rarely got more than a sniff – having Eustace and Williamson, fantastic today, as two sitting midfielders makes us a whole lot more secure. It does ask a lot of the four attacking players though (4-3-3 my arse). Speaking of whom…. https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-08-16 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/16-august-2008/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
12th August 2008- League Cup First Round, Watford 1 Bristol Rovers 0 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4815 Will Hoskins struck two minutes from time to earn Watford a first home win in four months and a place in the Carling Cup second round. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-League-Cup-_-Watford-1-0-Bristol-RoversDownload Much the same template as Saturday – well on top, but little cutting edge despite the efforts of man-of-the-match Hoskins who earned his goal. Were we cheering Will Hoskins goal, or the fact that it rescued us from another half an hour? Share this:TwitterFacebook
9th August 2008- Championship, Crystal Palace 0 Watford 0 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4814 We discussed before the game the possibility that we’d lowered our expectations to such a point that we couldn’t fail to be impressed by every tackle, would revel in every successfully won corner kick. So it proved… this was vibrant, positive, imaginative stuff. Kinda punchless, but so much much better than feared. Maybe I went with very low expectations but we were fantastic. All the fight, passion and desire that had been lacking in pre-season and, I guess, in the last 9 or so miserable months was back and flowing through the whole team. Watford played some inventive and eye-catching football in the Championship opener and all that missing was a killer instinct in front of goal. Crystal-Palace-0-Watford-0-_-Watford-ObserverDownload https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-08-09 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/09-august-2008/ Share this:TwitterFacebook