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16th April 2022- Premier League, Watford 1 Brentford 2

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

Attendance: 20,747

BBC Sport: Pontus Jansson’s last-minute header broke Watford hearts and gave Brentford a third successive Premier League win for the first time.

Sky Sports: Emmanuel Dennis had brought Watford level 10 minutes into the second half following Christian Norgaard’s 15th-minute opener. The home side then nearly won it in the 92nd minute as Imran Louza put the rebound over, following Josh King’s shot that had hit the post.

The Guardian: Not since Birmingham’s class of 1986 has a team in England’s top four divisions suffered 10 successive league defeats at home and Watford now trail Everton by six points, having played two games more. “It’s very hard to take,” said Roy Hodgson, who has yet to pick up a point in five matches at Vicarage Road. “We have to keep believing but who knows what can happen?”

BHappy: Since we beat Manchester United we’ve had all manner of what mere mortals might simply call a “home defeat”. The hard-fought and unfortunate (Chelsea), the gutsy and worthy in which less than a thrashing feels like an accomplishment (City), the cruel suggestion of success disintegrating into humiliation (West Ham) all the way to the haplessly incompetent, banging our heads against the flimsiest of brick walls before falling over exhausted and letting inept opponents march all over us (Norwich, Leeds). We’ll have names for all of these one day, or just grimaces that every Hornet will understand and anyone else will regard as simply what Watford supporters look like.

Fran’s Watford Blog: I arrived at the ground just in time to see Heurelho Gomes being interviewed. It was his first chance to return to the club and say goodbye to the fans after leaving the club during lockdown. His comments were as warm and lovely as you would expect, and it was great to remember happier times on the pitch.

16th April 2013- Championship, Millwall 1 Watford 0

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5061

Shaun Batt’s late effort earned a win for Millwall as Watford missed a chance to narrow the gap to second place. Batt tapped in from a Martyn Woolford header to leave Watford six points behind promotion rivals Hull – beaten at Wolves – with three games to go.

This was the calm after the storm. Following Saturday’s shameful scenes at Wembley, Millwall enjoyed a subdued and peaceful night back on home soil. The vicious fighting among their fans that marred the FA Cup semi-final against Wigan was mercifully not repeated, with the club’s supporters on their best behaviour.

We spent the evening pressing our noses against the toy shop window and staring at the lights inside until our eyes started to water. We had Millwall on the ropes and wilting under pressure, in front of a sparse home crowd comprised of the few thousand people who hadn’t spent all of their money on semi-final tickets and beer. Then news came through that Wolves had taken the lead over Hull…and it was suddenly all laid out before us, opening up in a great surge of hope and optimism and excitement.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2013-04-16

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/16-april-2013/

16th April 1996- New Division One, Watford 4 Reading 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4190

I don’t know where to start, to be honest. As Kate said in her Southend report, there are some games where you go home wondering why the bloody hell you bother travelling the length and breadth of the country to watch over-paid footballers under-achieving. Then, only occasionally, they come up with something like this and you’re jumping around like a nutter, screaming and shouting in utter jubilation and thinking that maybe it is all worthwhile after all.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1996-04-16

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/16-april-1996/

16th April 1994- New Division One, Watford 3 Southend United 0

Sunday Mirror, 17 Apr 1994

The People, 17 Apr 1994

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4085

16th April 1985- Division One, Watford 3 Ipswich Town 1

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3602

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16th April 1983- Division One, Watford 1 Nottingham Forest 3

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3495

English Division One (old)	Table »
Coventry City	0-1	Birmingham City
Manchester City	2-0	West Ham United
Norwich City	2-0	Sunderland
Notts County	1-1	Luton Town
Southampton	3-2	Liverpool
Swansea City	1-1	Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Ipswich Town
Watford	1-3	Nottingham Forest

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