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1st December 2007- Championship, Watford 1 Bristol City 2

Substitute Darren Byfield’s injury-time goal saw Bristol City condemn leaders Watford to a third defeat in a week.

A whole lot better than Tuesday, for starters, but all the more frustrating that the result was the same – we didn’t half look brittle defensively throughout, however tidy some of our attacking play.

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=40867&id=4782

23rd September 2003- League Cup Second Round, Bristol City 1 Watford 0 (After Extra Time)

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

You Tube Video: https://youtu.be/AQGvTDrJRTI?si=_mshVetm3xhJu56E&t=1216

BBC: Lee Miller struck in extra-time to send Bristol City into the third round of the Carling Cup. Miller headed home Mickey Bell’s cross four minutes into the extra period to give Danny Wilson’s Second Division side victory in a dour game.

BSAD: The Lord of the Rings exhibition at the Science Museum kicks off imminently… this features one of Peter Jackson’s now famous distorted sets, which create the illusion of diminutive stature by abnormally scaling the environs to fool the camera. It’s not inconceivable that Jackson came upon this idea on a visit to the away end at Ashton Gate, from where it was impossible to assess the geography of play in the opposite half by any other means than a rough inferral from player sizes. Even this method wasn’t foolproof… “so was that Bruce Dyer on the edge of the box, or Ashley Young on the halfway line…?”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003–04_Football_League_Cup

12th September 2001- League Cup Second Round, Bristol City 2 Watford 3

Daily Telegraph, 13 Sep 2001

Evening Standard, 13 Sep 2001

The result, and the way it was achieved, must not detract from the fact that, for large parts of the evening, the “entertainment” was thoroughly woeful. Conditions were not favourable to either side, though. There was the rain that continually stopped and started, and with a very nervy Paul Danson officiating at a most anally retentive level, the game was not a pretty spectacle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_League_Cup

26th December 1998- New Division One, Watford 1 Bristol City 0

BSAD image BSAD report: There was still one present left under the proverbial Christmas tree. Injury time began with a Watford corner, resulting from that Phillips save. Kennedy touched the ball to Noel-Williams, who shielded it at the corner flag. Doherty, dwarfed by the Watford centre forward, challenged and knocked it out for another corner. Repeat performance, another corner. Repeat performance, another corner. Repeat performance, Doherty man-handling Noel-Williams and conceding a free kick. Repeat performance, another free kick. By now, all tension had evaporated, replaced by riotous laughter as Doherty managed to get himself a yellow card for a combination of dissent and not retreating ten yards. Then, finally, the cherry atop an already ample cake – Thorpe arrived on the scene, gave the referee some abuse and talked his way into a booking. Comic genius. The final whistle followed.

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More games from 26th December at https://oldwatford.com/tag/dec26

22nd August 1998-New Division One, Bristol City 1 Watford 4

BSAD report: Oh Graham, strike us down with a thunderbolt from heaven for ever having doubted you.

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(taken from Watford v Blackpool programme, 22nd August 2009)

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4312

Sunday People, 23 Aug 1998

Sunday Telegraph, 23 Aug 1998

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13th April 1998- New Division Two, Bristol City 1 Watford 1

This draw ensured our promotion back to (new) Division One. It was the fourth time a Watford side managed by Graham Taylor had been promoted.

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4304

So this was a great day out…but it wasn’t quite a promotion day. It was a day of broad grins and jubilant songs, not dips in the High Street pond or drunken debauchery.

Guardian, 14 Apr 1998

Daily Telegraph, 14 Apr 1998

Evening Standard, 14 Apr 1998

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1998-04-13

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-2/13-april-1998/