 report: A superb strike from Matej Vydra gave Billy McKinlay a victory over Brentford in his first game as Watford boss.McKinlay was only named Hornets head coach on Monday, following Oscar Garcia’s decision to step down for health reasons.
 report: Watford’s Matej Vydra gets Billy McKinlay off to a winning start
 report: another chance for Odion Ighalo to show us what he could do. Word from Granada was that he was hugely popular despite not having the best goalscoring ratio, and it’s easy to see why on both counts.
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26th July 2011- Friendly, Brentford 0 Watford 0
Gavin Mahon made his final Watford appearance in this game over three and a half years after his penultimate one. Â His last competitive appearance was on 1st Dec 2007 in the 2-1 home defeat by Burnley. Â He then joined QPR, initially on loan, and played over 50 times for them. Â They released him at the end of the 2010/11 season. Â As he was then without a club Sean Dyche allowed Mahon to train with us during the 2011/12 pre-season and he came on during this game as a second half substitute. Â He eventually signed for Notts County.
16th July 2002- Friendly, Brentford 1 Watford 0
Compost, Concorde…and complete codswallop23rd August 1997- New Division Two, Watford 3 Brentford 1
Y’know, there was a time not so very long ago when writing one of these reports involved little more that topping and tailing the handful of noteworthy incidents with a few bits of my usual waffle. It seems that those days are gone – you could write a book about this game, such was the richness and potency of football on offer.
24th August 1993-League Cup First Round Second Leg, Watford 3 Brentford 1 (Watford won 5-3 on aggregate)
Taken from 7 Sep 1993 Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers programme
