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10th April 2024- Championship, Ipswich Town 0 Watford 0

https://www.skysports.com/football/ipswich-town-vs-watford/teams/485203

Sky: Ipswich missed the chance to take over at the Sky Bet Championship summit but did move up to second after they were held to a goalless draw at home to Watford.

BBC: Watford improved vastly after the break and almost won it at the end but are now five games unbeaten under interim boss Tom Cleverley.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Ipswich 0 Watford 0

Another unexpected point as Watford earn a deserved draw at Ipswich

‘We’ve asked them to give everything for the club and they’ve done it yet again’

Half-time adjustments key to such a strong second half at Ipswich

Frans Watford Blog: So, the second goalless draw in a week, but this was a completely different game to the bore draw on Saturday.  There was plenty to get the pulses racing and the Hornets were good value for their point.  This was only the second time that Ipswich have failed to score at home this season and it was due to a sterling defensive effort from Hoedt, Porteous and Pollock, with great support from their colleagues further up the field.  There was more attacking intent from the Hornets in the second half and we could have won it with Kayembe’s audacious strike, but a draw was a fair result and rather an impressive one against a decent team like Ipswich.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68719948

10th April 2023- Championship, Coventry City 2 Watford 2

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1  2

Attendance: 21,112

BBC Sport: Watford’s failure to leave Coventry with maximum points after looking comfortable at 2-0 up will hurt their chances of reaching the play-offs, as a run of just two wins from 14 games now leaves them six points adrift of the top six with five games to play.

Sky Sports: the home side were frustrated in their attempts to find a winner and felt they should have had a penalty when Brooke Norton-Cuffy appeared to be tripped in the penalty area with nine minutes left.

Fran’s Watford Blog: At the final whistle there was a smattering of half-hearted boos from the away end.  The mood then deteriorated as some very angry people started telling the players what they thought of them.  One of the most irate was someone that I have met on trains to games many times over the years who has always struck me as very mild-mannered.  I have to say that I was really surprised and rather saddened at that level of anger after what had been a much more encouraging performance.  Despite that, the players came over to applaud the travelling fans and most of the fans applauded back.  I couldn’t help thinking that if the halves of the game had been reversed, we would have all been going home rather pleased with the performance.  The first half had been the best that I have seen in some weeks.  There was so much more coherence in the play and evidence of a team playing together.  Sadly, as soon as Coventry scored, the confidence disappeared, and I feared that we would end up badly beaten.  In the end, it was a decent game for neutrals and a well won point on the road.  I was very impressed with Andrews.  Let’s hope that we now see more of the youngsters given a run out and a positive end to the season.

10th April 2010- Championship, Watford 1 Plymouth Argyle 0

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Heidar Helguson’s second-half strike boosted Watford’s survival hopes to keep Plymouth mired five points from safety in the Championship drop zone.

 It’s difficult to overstate the value of that result. The final reappraisal of our situation outside the pub at lunchtime returned unerringly to the conclusion that the game was make or break… and we won the game. We won the damn game. A win on a Saturday for the first time since November, and defeats for the precarious looking Sheffield Wednesday, Palace, Scunny…. as it turns out, defeat of any realistic magnitude would have seen us still outside the relegation zone, but wondering where three points were going to come from and with Plymouth back in touch. We’re not safe yet by a long chalk… but can afford to be bullish once again. Thank goodness.

10th April 2004- New Division One, Watford 2 Crewe Alexandra 1

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Happily for us, none of our other rivals in the unseemly melee at the foot of the first division made the blindest bit of difference to their chances of survival during our two weeks of Millwall-induced inactivity. Crewe, who are very much still one of those clubs in trouble, arrived at The Vic for the first of three fixtures which given the all round closeness of the battle, are not so much “winner takes all” as “winner takes a small step away from trouble but still get to look over their shoulders anxiously”. With mouth-watering trips to Burnley and Rotherham to follow, a win was not so much desired as down right essential to our prospects. Small steps maybe, but ones we have to take.

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https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/09-april-2004/

10th April 1999- New Division One, Watford 2 Bolton Wanderers 0

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Sunday Telegraph, 11 Apr 1999
Sunday People, 11 Apr 1999
Observer, 11 Apr 1999
Sunday Mirror, 11 Apr 1999

BSAD imageBSAD report: Back in GT’s heyday, there was never any question of waiting to find out what the opposition was going to do. No polite introductions. So it was here – while Bolton were courteously allowing the game to settle into a pattern, we rudely elbowed them out of the way and hurled ourselves lemming-like at their goal. Within a minute, Mooney sent Wright sprinting through, only for Banks to charge from his line to clear – that was not to be the last time that the Bolton keeper saved his team-mates.

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