11th April 2009- Championship, Watford 1 Barnsley 1 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4863 Watford striker Tommy Smith denied Championship relegation battlers Barnsley a priceless win with a late equaliser at Vicarage Road. A telling memory of How Things Used To Be from the recent Clough documentary: Forest players in the centre circle, turning to greet and be greeted by each of the stands before kickoff. We used to do that too, a line of players in the middle of the pitch. It meant something. Now, it’s not until we’ve had a pedestrian parade of players and officials across the full width of the pitch, followed by an extended mingle with nibbles and a free bar, that we get to applaud and be applauded by our team. Or the first two or three of our team, to be precise: by the time you get halfway down the line-up, everyone’s got bored and the remaining players just wander into position rather than bother to sprint purposefully towards the Rookery. Something essential has been lost here…and for what, exactly? https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2009-04-11 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/11-april-2009/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
11th April 1998- New Division Two, Watford 1 Wrexham 0 Leave a Reply The infamous GT ‘Deirdre Rachid’ programme notes. My thunder has been stolen. Over three years, I have tried my very hardest to come up with bizarre and unexpected approaches to writing about twenty-two men and a lump of inflated cow. It hasn’t been easy but I’m deeply proud of some of my more adventurous detours from the point in hand (Exhibit A: “The Accordian Player”). I have, however, been kidding myself. It has recently become clear that, when it comes to stretching metaphors to absurd lengths and littering otherwise lucid comment with utterly irrelevant drivel, I am just a humble apprentice. Graham Taylor is the master. (Exhibit B: “Deirdre Rachid”.) Lord help us if he ever decides to write his autobiography…. But such piss-taking shouldn’t hide the truth – Graham Taylor, increasingly wayward programme notes and all, has guided Watford Football Club to success yet again. We have so much to thank him for. This long, long season is set for a joyful finale. To be honest, as someone who didn’t even predict us to make the playoffs, I could be more bothered about the Championship. Barring absolute catastrophe, we’ve achieved our aims. As “Clap Your Hands” have eloquently put it, “The title would be the cherry on the cake…but we want the cake first.” English Division TwoTable »Brentford0-2FulhamBurnley1-0Bristol CityCarlisle United3-1Oldham AthleticChesterfield2-1Northampton TownGillingham2-1Luton TownPlymouth Argyle3-1BlackpoolPreston North End1-0Southend UnitedWalsall2-0MillwallWatford1-0WrexhamYork City0-1Bournemouth http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4303 Share this:TwitterFacebook
11th April 1992- Division Two, Watford 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 Leave a Reply More games from 11th April at https://oldwatford.com/tag/apr11 Share this:TwitterFacebook
11th April 1989- Division Two, Watford 3 Stoke City 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3819 https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1989-04-11 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-two/11-april-1989/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
11th April 1987- FA Cup Semi Final, Watford 1 Tottenham Hotspur 4 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3707 English FA Cup Semi-FinalTottenham Hotspur4-1Watford(n) Â The Gary Plumley Story Share this:TwitterFacebook
11th April 1978- Division Four, Grimsby Town 1 Watford 1 Leave a Reply https://watford.fcdb.info?id=3228&s=164300&p=3 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/11-april-1978/ Share this:TwitterFacebook