Category Archives: Kenny Jackett

26th April 1997- New Division Two, Watford 0 Bury 0 and Elton returns as Chairman

Before the game it was announced that Elton John was returning as Watford chairman and a consortium of businessmen including Elton was buying Jack Petchey’s shares in the club.

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The end of a best-forgotten era. If the announcement of the takeover of Watford Football Club before the game brings new hope to supporters, then the match itself was a stark reminder of how much work remains to be done. Elton’s return, along with the presentation of the ‘player of the season’ award to Kevin Miller just seconds before kick-off and the obvious need for three points, gave the pre-match atmosphere a distinctly surreal air of expectation and celebration. By the end of the first half, it was flat as a steam-rollered hedgehog – such are the sedative powers of our brand of football…

Sunday Telegraph, 27 Apr 1997

Observer, 27 Apr 1997

Independent on Sunday, 27 Apr 1997

Independent, 28 Apr 1997

English Division Two	Table »
Blackpool	3-2	Bristol Rovers
Bournemouth	2-1	Wrexham
Bristol City	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Crewe Alexandra	1-2	Chesterfield
Millwall	0-2	Gillingham
Notts County	1-1	Burnley
Peterborough United	0-1	Luton Town
Rotherham United	0-2	York City
Shrewsbury Town	0-2	Preston North End
Stockport County	2-1	Wycombe Wanderers
Walsall	1-0	Brentford
Watford	0-0	Bury

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15th March 1997-New Division Two, Watford 1 Walsall 0

BSAD report: With Keith Scott back at Norwich and Devon White back at Notts County, we have only Gifton Noel-Williams available to play the conventional centre forward role. And even Gifton’s not really that conventional (plus he’s only seventeen and deserves some time and patience to adapt to senior football). So, after all last season’s finger-pointing over Glenn Roeder’s inability to bring strikers to Watford, we’re back to playing short-arses up front – on this occasion, it was Tommy Mooney and Kevin Phillips.

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25th February 1997- New Division Two, Watford 2 Shrewsbury Town 0

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Birmingham Post, 26 Feb 1997

Evening Standard, 26 Feb 1997

After Saturday’s shambles, you’d have got pretty good odds on the likelihood of two Watford players ever managing to pass the ball to each other, yet we chalked up a competent, calm victory last night. A huge improvement, basically, and something that not even I could find reason to grumble about.

18th February 1997-Associate Members Cup Southern Semi-Final, Watford 0 Peterborough United 1

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I had it all planned. Following a comfortable, relaxing win over Peterborough to put us within two matches of Wembley, I was going to take the opportunity to lay into the Auto Windscreen Shield.

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11th February 1997- Football League Trophy Quarter Final (South), Watford 2 Bristol City 1

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Being a Vicarage Road end junkie I rarely get the chance to sit in the Rous Stand. So as it was only 6 pounds, we had decided to treat ourselves to a superior view. There is no argument that the atmosphere in the Rous is not as good as Vic end, but you can see everything that is going on from the Rous. And you really see how bad the refs are!!

It would be fair to say that my attitude to the Auto Windscreen Shield is ‘any result, apart from a draw, is fine’. It is, as we’re ceaselessly reminded, a competition with a final at Wembley – well, pardon me for being picky but the Second Division playoff final is also at Wembley and would be accompanied by a prize worth winning. So I can’t work up any enthusiasm for this – it’s a pointless tournament and a distraction from the more important business of gettting promotion. All of which makes the possibility of extra time and penalties too hideous to contemplate. I mean, what am I supposed to do? Leave the game regardless, something I’ve never done even when we’ve been 12-0 down with nine players sent off and two minutes to go, and get back to Brighton at a reasonable hour? Set a time limit in the hope that someone will score the ‘Golden Goal’ and then go in the middle of extra time if necessary? Stay for the whole caboodle and risk spending the night at Gatwick?

7th January 1997- Football League Trophy Second Round (South), Watford 2 Torquay United 1

The attendance was 2,298 on the coldest night of the year.

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Herald Express, 8 Jan 1997

Evening Standard, 8 Jan 1997

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I assume ‘aggl’ means a Golden goal but I might be wrong.