Sky: Tom Dele-Bashiru and Yaser Asprilla both had early shots for the hosts. A clearer opportunity was created by one wing-back Ryan Andrews, whose low cross fell into the path of the other, Jamal Lewis, after 13 minutes. Yet, when a cool head was needed, Lewis rushed his shot and lifted it high over the bar. The match was not aided by the difficult gusts of wind which made it difficult to construct passing moves with any confidence.

BBC: Watford left-back Lewis, on loan from Premier League Newcastle, blasted an 85th-minute effort wide as the Hornets drew a third successive game.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 0 Preston 0

A match that put the stale into stalemate

Watford boss far from happy with another home draw

BHappy: what a bloody wonderful thing Preston North End’s gentry day is.  It’s not new, it’s been celebrated in this way for nearly twenty years…  and I’m sure I was aware of it before today.  But we’d never seen it, never hosted until now the annual celebration of Preston fans, players and friends recently lost.  There are bowler hats all over Vicarage Road.  Not just one or two blokes having a laugh, which would have been fine in itself, but sported by hundreds upon hundreds in the away end.  Many have gone the whole hog and suited up, enough such that the spivvy suits aren’t unusual either, they’re everywhere.  Before the game, we are told, a wreath has been laid at the grave of former PNE invincible and Watford boss John Goodall in the Vicarage Road cemetery.  And the away end is full.  Not just busy, full.  Anyone who’s done the reverse trip knows that Watford to Preston is a bloody long way, PNE don’t have the biggest fanbase in the division and an outside chance of a play-off place isn’t going to do the job on it’s own.  Folk have come down specifically for gentry day, that’s what fills their stand.  It’s absolutely beautiful.  It’s poetry.  PNE celebrating their own people, their own reality.

Fran’s Watford Blog: The half time guest was Danny Graham.  He had come down from the North-East with his family for the game.  I was reliably informed that his children were wearing this year’s shirts with Graham 9 on them.  He was asked if he’d seen Clevs as manager material when he played with him.  He said that he was only 19 then, but he certainly looks the part now and could be in it for the long haul.  He was impressed at how much the ground had been improved.  He also spoke proudly about being table tennis champion (he still has the trophy).  And his happy memories of the wear a vest for Danny day, in honour of the vests that he would reveal after scoring a goal.  He still has a vest from that day.  It was lovely to see him back at the Vic.  Oh, how we could do with a goalscorer like Danny Graham in the current team.