Monthly Archives: July 2014

12th July 2014- Friendly, Rubin Kazan 0 Watford 0 (played at Bad Bleiberg, Austria)

Watford held to 0-0 draw by Rubin Kazan in Austria pre-season friendly

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The Rubin Kazan team lined up wearing the highest numbers that I have ever seen in a football match. As the captains met for the pre-match formalities, which included swapping pennants, the referee was heard to ask if there was a spare pennant for him. Deeney dutifully went back to the Watford staff to relay the referee’s request.

8th July 2014- Friendly, SV Feldkirchen 0 Watford 7

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Taken from the programme on 2nd August 2014- Friendly, Watford 2 Udinese 2

Friendlies early into pre-season are almost always arranged to improve fitness but Beppe Sannino won’t be complaining that his side found their shooting boots during this evening’s 7-0 victory over SV Feldkirchen.

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Sportsmole: Watford have eased to a 7-0 friendly win over SV Feldkirchenin Austria.

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5th July 2014- Friendly, SK Austria Klagenfurt 0 Watford 1

Watford opened their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win at SK Austria Klagenfurt this evening. The only goal of the game came in the 26th minute when a fine pass from Sean Murray put new signing Lloyd Dyer through one-on-one and he duly beat the Klagenfurt keeper

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The Klagenfurt announcer, who was wearing a shirt with no 12 on the back (as were all the fans in replica shirts), went through a detailed description of the Klagenfurt players but did not deign to inform us of the Watford line-up, so it was the usual pre-season practice of trying to recognise these young footballers who all look the same to me.