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25th April 2015- Championship, Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Watford 2

The game was televised so kicked off earlier than the other Championship games but our win coupled with Norwich drawing at Rotherham and Middlesbrough losing to Fulham meant we were promoted to the Premier League.

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To mark the 50th anniversary of Brighton’s Fourth Division Championship title they repeated the programme from the match that won them the title.

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5167

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BBC SportWatford clinched promotion to the Premier League after they beat Brighton and other results went their way.

skyMiddlesbrough slumped to a 4-3 defeat at Fulham and Norwich could only draw 1-1 at Rotherham, sealing Watford’s return to the top flight after an eight-year absence.

guardianWatford’s lunchtime win on the south coast put them four points clear of the chasing pack thanks to Troy Deeney’s first-half goal and a stoppage time second from the substitute Matej Vydra.

BHappy imageFootball is about waiting for moments that might never arrive, about playing them through in your imagination over and over, about being there to see if it happens…and then finding Matej Vydra taking what seems like an age to control the ball, threatening to let that moment slip away, and then sliding it calmly into the bottom corner before the whole world turns yellow and red and inside out and upside down.

The Watford Observer produced a supplement marking the Hornets promotion which included several pictures from the game and the celebrations that followed.

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https://oldwatford.com/2015/05/02/2nd-may-2015-championship-watford-1-sheffield-wednesday-1/

25th April 2009- Championship, Coventry City 2 Watford 3

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4866

Watford battled back from two down to secure a dramatic victory in a five-goal thriller at the Ricoh Arena.

“One day Lloydy will score”.  Well it should have been today… after one cut inside and dragged shot ride, the sort of thing that’s become almost passé over recent weeks, we suddenly had Lloydinho following up (following up!!!) Priskin’s first half shot.  Not quite an empty net but the keeper was grounded, almost predictably Doyley’s excitement got the better of him and the shot went over.  Probably a good thing, not sure I could have taken the excitement.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2009-04-25
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/25-april-2009/

25th April 1998- New Division Two, Watford 0 Grimsby Town 0

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4305

BSAD image BSAD report: If you’re after the match report, you’re going to have to do some scrolling – this is going to be a long introduction….

English Division TwoTable »
Blackpool1-0Bristol Rovers
Bournemouth2-1Burnley
Brentford2-2Luton Town
Bristol City2-1Walsall
Carlisle United1-2York City
Northampton Town1-0Fulham
Oldham Athletic2-0Southend United
Plymouth Argyle0-1Gillingham
Watford0-0Grimsby Town
Wrexham0-0Preston North End
Wycombe Wanderers1-1Chesterfield
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