Category Archives: October

29th October 2016-Premier League, Watford 1 Hull City 0

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Previously v Hull City

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Relive all the action as Michael Dawson’s own goal gives Watford narrow victory over Hull City at Vicarage Road

Michael Dawson own goal gives Watford victory over Hull City and moves Walter Mazzarri’s men up to seventh in the Premier League

Watford boss Walter Mazzarri insists there is no doubt his side deserved to beat Hull City

Watford boss Walter Mazzarri maintains team did not pay any attention to allegations prior to Hull City win

Hull City boss Mike Phelan bemoans cruel winner for Watford at Vicarage Road

See how the Watford players rated in their narrow win over Hull City

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report: I resent the loss of midweek games, the loss of that looking forward to a week of work being interrupted by this nugget of excitement (or Rotherham at home, whatever) simply to accommodate Manchester United (for example) losing to some Danish team in a bloated competition that will give them plenty of second chances anyway.

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A very poor Hull City visited Vicarage Road and gave Jon, Jason and Mike plenty to talk about. That and a certain forged letter make it another one of those fun weeks to be a Watford fan. COME ON YOU ORNS!

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report:There is always something special about the sense of anticipation in a pre-match crowd. Also, as it was Watford playing Hull, there was neither a ticket tout nor a half-and-half scarf anywhere to be seen.

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22nd October 2016- Premier League, Swansea City 0 Watford 0

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Heurelho Gomes the hero as Watford claim point at Swansea in Bob Bradley’s first home game

Watford boss Walter Mazzarri admits team suffered during second half of Swansea City draw

Watford defender Sebastian Prodl says head coach Walter Mazzarri has plans to take Hornets to “another level”

report: Ten minutes in one of the blokes behind us announced that “this has got nil-nil written all over it”. This was irritating… partly because it felt like a spoiler, partly because he was so obviously right and the sudden realisation, much as it had been staring us in the face since kick-off, deflated enthusiasm.

Podcast:Jon and Jason are joined by Olly Wicken, author of Hornet Heaven, to talk about the match, but also the latest episode of Hornet Heaven, plus we put two objects in our list of Watford in 100 Objects.

report:Before kick-off, there was a minute’s silence to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. I was very young indeed when it happened, but it still made a strong impression on me and, as an adult, the thought of a town losing a whole generation of children is beyond heartbreaking. The silence was observed impeccably and it was good to see both teams wearing black armbands.

report:The highlight of the first half came at the very end, when Capoue received a comical yellow card for physically lifting Leon Britton up off the pitch in an attempt to win the ball.

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16th October 2016- Premier League, Middlesbrough 0 Watford 1

Referee: Roger East
Attendance: 28,131

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Jon Mark’s 3CR commentary
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Relive Watford’s trip to Middlesbrough where a Jose Holebas strike sealed three points

Jose Holebas fires Watford to Premier League win at Middlesbrough

Walter Mazzarri expects more from Watford in attack despite Middlesbrough win

Watford boss plays down post match argument between Holebas and Capoue at Middlesbrough

Watford Younes Kaboul believes Roger East was pressured by the Middlesbrough crowd not to send off Antonio Barragan

Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka accuses Watford of time wasting in home defeat

Jose Holebas’ fine strike settled a poor game as Watford’s victory left Middlesbrough still looking for a first home win of the Premier League season.

After a goalless first half that saw Antonio Barragan escape a sending off, the midfielder curled a delightful effort into the top corner nine minutes into the second period.

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podcast: A Cholevas Good Win

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report: A Clean Sheet and Three Points at the Riverside

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1st October 2016-Premier League, Watford 2 AFC Bournemouth 2

Gomes before the game shaking hands and signing autographs.

Jon Mark’s 3CR commentary
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Recap all the action from Watford’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth at Vicarage Road

Isaac Success scores his first Watford goal and Troy Deeney takes Hornets tally to 99 in Bournemouth draw

Watford boss Mazzarri praises side’s character after fighting back for Bournemouth draw

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe frustrated after Cherries fail to beat Watford

Watford boss Mazzarri believes Isaac Success needs to improve defensive work despite Bournemouth goal

How Watford rated after twice coming from behind in Bournemouth draw

Isaac Success happy to wait for first start after netting first Watford goal

report: games with Bournemouth have been terrific fun since their arrival in the Championship a few years ago: the pleasing openness of their football and the apparent decency of their manager don’t obscure more than an element of the irritable and irritating. There’s not no Boothroyd in their DNA.

report:As we waited for the doors to open at the West Herts, we were thoroughly entertained by a fellow fan who knew Stuart Attwell’s father.

report: Nothing needs to be said about past refereeing performances in games against Bournemouth and Mike Dean did his best to replicate his predecessors. An early yellow card for Prodl for handball after he was blatantly shoved to the floor by Wilson a prime example.

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31st October 2015- Premier League, Watford 2 West Ham United 0

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Referee:Keith Stroud

Attendance:20,598

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Highlights | Watford 2-0 West Ham

Watford secured their second win in a row with victory over West Ham as Odion Ighalo continued his goalscoring form.

sky The hosts were worthy winners and although Ighalo’s first goal owed a debt of gratitude to a critical touch from Hammers defender Aaron Cresswell, his second was an excellent strike which ended the game as a contest early in the second half.

West Ham, the scourge of the nation’s most revered sides, proved themselves once again the punchbags of the newly promoted as they fell to a first away defeat of the season against a team who were better than them in the first half and, after Slaven Bilic made two substitutions at the interval, even more superior in the second.

Today, everything changed. Up to now we have been gently easing ourselves into the icy water, acclimatising. Quietly settling into our surroundings. Not today. Today we took a great ruddy running leap at it, and landed two-footed with a massive splash. West Ham were underneath us, and sunk without trace.

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17th October 2015- Premier League, Watford 0 Arsenal 3

Referee: Mike Jones
Attendance: 20,721

Arsenal produced a superb second-half display to defeat Watford and move into second place in the Premier League.

Arsenal caught Watford on the counter several times in the second half, and the Hornets fell behind just after the hour mark. Capoue went down on the edge of the Gunners box with Watford committed forward, but the referee was unmoved and Arsenal broke through Cazorla and Ozil.

Watford made Arsenal work for their win, but the Gunners had too much for the Hornets in the second half, and they reclaim second spot in the Premier League table.

Watford approached their four previous home games with such caution that a combined total of two goals were scored in what became a 360-minute improvised symphony of sterility. They played a different tune here and Vicarage Road duly witnessed more attacking action in the opening half-hour than in the previous two months combined. Aaron Ramsey, who clipped the bar after running on to Sánchez’s sublime chipped pass, came closest to scoring but the home side had their chances, with the previously deadeye Odion Ighalo, scorer of their last five Premier League goals, missing the most glaring after half an hour when he was played in by Ikechi Anya. But, having been so conservative against some less daunting opponents, this seemed like a dangerous occasion to start taking risks.

“Oh look, it’s Arsenal!” you think, in the same way you might if you passed, say, Dermot O’Leary in the street. Except I get the impression that Dermot O’Leary is a reasonably good egg who might not mind if you smiled and said hello*, whereas Arsenal have long since transcended those kind of everyday niceties and would undoubtedly consider any acknowledgement of your existence beneath them. They’re very much, you know, in the cloud. They’re a football club in the same way that U2 at Wembley is a rock’n’roll gig…that is, very much so or not at all, depending on your point of view. (Go on, have a guess.) Except that they aren’t U2, obviously. They’re some b-list stadium atrocity, overwrought and overblown. They’re Muse.