Monthly Archives: October 2009

31st October 2009- Championship, West Bromwich Albion 5 Watford 0

West Brom went back to the top of the Championship with a clinical demolition of Watford at The Hawthorns.

Two goals in the first 18 minutes set the tone for the afternoon as the Baggies recorded their fifth home win of the season with room to spare.

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=35040&id=4884

23rd October 2009- Championship, Watford 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1

BBC: Watford moved to within three points of the Championship leaders with a superb win over Sheffield Wednesday.

Daily Telegraph, 24 Oct 2009

BHappy: Well I have to confess to not having seen that coming. The continuing absence of H and the Duke still on the bench didn’t particularly lift the spirits on the way into the ground either. It’s never as much fun as when you don’t expect it, is it…?

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2009-10-24

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/23-october-2009/

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/24-october-2009/

3rd October 2009-Championship, Watford 0 Cardiff City 4

report: the back four are individually more than adequate, but about as watertight as, well, something with ruddy great big holes all over it at the moment.

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4880

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1st October 2009- RIP Terry Challis

The name Terry Challis will be familiar to a great many Watford fans. His cartoons in the Watford Observer were often the first port of call for many after buying the paper.

Terry passed away on 1st October 2009.

tribute: In days before blanket coverage and instant highlights, it always seemed particularly vital after a distant, unseen away game, as much a part of the reportage as Oliver Phillips’ account alongside.

FTRE image Watford FC in 100 objects: #50:Terry Challis Painting of Elton John on the back of a Hornet

The story of the painting