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23rd August 2022- League Cup Second Round, Watford 0 Milton Keynes Dons 2

MK Dons

BBC Sport: League One MK Dons pulled off a Carabao Cup shock with a 2-0 victory over Championship Watford at Vicarage Road. Goals either side of half-time from Matthew Dennis and Darragh Burns were enough to book their third round place for the first time in three seasons.

23rd August 2016- League Cup First Round, Watford 1 Gillingham 2 (After Extra Time)

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5215

clips of Jon Marks BBC 3CR commentary

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As we waited for kick-off, a lot of balls were flying in to the Rookery, one of which hit a little lad a couple of rows behind me. I heard applause and then saw Guedioura running up the aisle past us to make sure that the child was OK and give him a ball to take home. That may well have been the highlight of the evening.

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23rd August 2015- Premier League, Watford 0 Southampton 0

Official site video highlights: https://www.watfordfc.com/video/match-highlights/highlights-watford-0-0-southampton-premier-league-201516#play

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches

BBC Sport: Watford and Southampton served up an uninspiring draw as they both remain without a league win after three games of the top-flight season. Hornets midfielder Etienne Capoue had the best chance of the game only to head over from two yards.

Sky Sports: Hornets boss Quique Sanchez Flores resisted the temptation to hand debuts to new signings Miguel Britos, Giedrius Arlauskis and Nathan Ake, although the first two were on the bench.

Fran’s Watford Blog: The positive outcome of the day was that Watford remained unbeaten and stood 11th in the table. The negative was that, despite the efforts, there hadn’t been a single shot on target. The combination of Deeney and Ighalo hasn’t worked in the last two games, so it is very likely that Flores will make a change for the City game. The final word must go to Diamanti whose second half performance I thoroughly enjoyed. His whipped crosses really deserved a final touch. We can only hope that will come to pass in coming weeks.

23rd August 2014- Championship, Watford 4 Leeds United 1

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5124

Watford won the clash of the Championship’s two Italian-owned clubs as they overcame nine-man Leeds United.

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So, here we are, four games in, three wins and one defeat, and the manager’s job on the line. Notably, the pressure comes from inside rather than outside; these are questions being asked by the players rather than the fans. There’s no sense of mutiny around Vicarage Road, nothing more than a familiar impatient tetchiness, common to all modern football grounds. But you look at that squad – a winning squad, for pity’s sake – and you can’t see any structure at all.

When I entered the ground, Macca was being interviewed by Luther. What a joy to listen to my two all-time favourite players chatting. When they finished, I made my way around to the Lower Rous to give Don a bag that he had left in the West Herts. As I reached the disabled area, Don was coming to greet me and pointing rather urgently behind me. I turned and there was John McClelland looking exactly as he did in the 80s. I immediately turned into a gibbering star struck fan. I managed to blurt out that I’d loved watching him play and went to shake his hand and found myself being warmly hugged. It is quite possible that my feet will never touch the ground again.

23rd August 2008- Championship, Nottingham Forest 3 Watford 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4817

A late strike from substitute Nathan Tyson gave Nottingham Forest a first win of the season to deny Watford.

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https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-08-23

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/23-august-2008/

23rd August 2005-League Cup First Round, Watford 3 Notts County 1

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4667

Ashley Young headed the Hornets ahead and Hameur Bouazza’s neatly slotted penalty made it 2-0 after Young was crudely brought down by Julien Baudet.

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BSAD report: The ‘Orns got off to what is becoming a customary bright start once the initial meet and greet stuff had finished and the ball was allowed to meet the turf. In an enjoyable difference from the usual pattern of these sort of games, we got an early lead and never looked back.

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