25th August 2013- Championship, Watford 1 Nottingham Forest 1 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5072 Nottingham Forest returned to the top of the Championship despite a sweet strike by Watford’s Lewis McGugan denying his former side victory. Watford-1-1-Nottingham-Forest-BBC-SportDownload Both are little men with big ambitions but there the similarity ends. Gianfranco Zola is urbane and mild-mannered, Billy Davies fierce and feisty. And it remains true that teams naturally reflect their managers. The curse of the ex-player came back to haunt Nottingham Forest at Watford, but it could not stop them reclaiming top spot. Forest weathered the sort of second-half fightback that is becoming Watford’s custom and would have had maximum points again but for the high-class save, low to his right, with which Manuel Almunia kept out Ishmael Miller’s goalbound shot. In my head, we always draw one-all with Forest. It’s kind of an unwritten rule. Not strictly true in reality of course; nonetheless a glimpse at the record books reveals ten such outcomes in the last 30 league encounters spanning almost 30 years. It feels as if I’ve seen at least that many. Share this:TwitterFacebook
25th August 2012-Championship, Watford 2 Birmingham City 0 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=5019 The date shown on the youtube video is incorrect. Watford’s on-loan Udinese pair Almen Abdi and Matej Vydra were both on target in an impressive win over Birmingham City. Watford-2-0-Birmingham-BBC-SportDownload Watford produced a blistering first-half performance to secure a 2-0 victory over Birmingham and hand Gianfranco Zola his first home win. Birmingham City travelled to Watford on Saturday and, for both sides, goals for or against had come mostly in the final minutes their first two games. But on this occasion Watford went in front after just two when Almen Abdi converted a penalty following Steven Caldwell’s hapless shove on Matej Vydra. Watford started the game at a furious pace and rapidly dispelled fears of a re-enactment of Tuesday on the pitch. Share this:TwitterFacebook
25th August 2007- Championship, Leicester City 4 Watford 1 Leave a Reply Four days after this game Martin Allen was sacked as Leicester manager. http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4765 Leicester eased past Watford to earn manager Martin Allen his first league victory of the season. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-Championship-_-Leicester-4-1-WatfordDownload Share this:TwitterFacebook
25th August 1992-New Division One, Notts County 1 Watford 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3985 Share this:TwitterFacebook
25th August 1990- Division Two, Watford 1 Millwall 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3881 Share this:TwitterFacebook