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18th April 2025- Championship, Watford 1 Burnley 2

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

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BBC: Burnley came from a goal down to win at nine-man Watford and take a big step towards sealing automatic promotion back to the Premier League.

Sky: Josh Brownhill’s 14th goal of the Championship season had given the visitors the lead before Watford imploded with midfielders Moussa Sissoko and Edo Kayembe sent off within nine minutes of each other, both for collecting two yellow cards.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 1 Burnley 2

Five talking points as Sissoko and Kayembe see red in defeat

Watford 1 Burnley 2 minute-by-minute report

No ire aimed at ref as Cleverley admits: ‘We lost our heads a little bit’

Young Trafford the difference between 1-0 and 2-0

Blame the ref, blame the diving – but Watford caused their own wounds

BHappy: What they got was probably the worst possible roll of that dice as we made light of our missing star turns in attack and the end-of-seasonness to take the game to the Clarets in the opening period. This culminated in a terrific opener after eight minutes that had already seen Burnley have to work rather harder than they had probably expected to need to as Dwomoh, a decent mix of deft footwork and less deft aggression throughout, and Louza began to ping the ball around. Vata was afforded far too much space on the left flank to swing a ball in which was sculpted towards Doumbia’s head but the teenager still had loads to do and it was textbook… downward and firm, not right in the corner but powerful enough to wriggle past Trafford’s grasp. Clive and Nicky had been fretting pre-match at the future of a forward line that will surely need strengthening over the summer but it’ll be a hell of a signing that displaces Doumbia when fully fit. On the evidence so far, he’s going to be a monster.

Fran’s Watford Blog: We all agreed that what had been a cracking game for the first hour was totally spoiled by the dark arts employed by the visitors and the referee consistently falling for them. It wasn’t helped by idiocy from Sissoko who should have known better than to argue with the referee and then react to the provocation from Flemming. I felt that the second yellow for Kayembe was more forgivable as it was a very soft foul. I have a great deal of admiration for the rest of the team as the nine men worked their socks off and held out again a team who are almost sure of promotion. They fought to the end and were unlucky not to come away with a point. A special mention goes to Mattie Pollock for making sure that there were no more dismissals as tempers flared.

21st December 2024- Championship, Burnley 2 Watford 1

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

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BBC: Burnley kept pace with the Championship’s top two as they eased past Watford 2-1 at Turf Moor to preserve their unbeaten home record.

Sky: And, although a Kwadwo Baah goal provided late concern for the Burnley manager, a run of just one defeat from their last 19 league games certainly suggests they may be capable of a quick return to the Premier League in 2025.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Burnley 2 Watford 1

Burnley 2 Watford 1 minute-by-minute report

‘When I see players shying away from wanting the ball then we have a real issue’

‘I’ll keep what happened in the dressing room within the dressing room’

A haunting defeat with all the hallmarks of the Ghost of Away Games Past

Away results threatening to derail the season

Promotion contenders? ‘Absolutely we are’ says Cleverley

Fran’s Watford Blog: A draw would have been harsh on the home side who had dominated all but the last 10 minutes of the game. After the energy and competitiveness of the West Brom game, this was a very disappointing showing from the Hornets. Burnley are a good team, but it was a great shame that we didn’t have a go at them earlier on. We certainly missed Louza in the midfield. Burnley stopped us playing while putting together some slick passing moves themselves.

From the Rookery End: After another unsuccessful away trip, this one up north for a 2-1 lose to Burnley, Adam Drury and Jon discuss the changes made to the Watford squad and their affects on the teams performance, as the Hornets kick off their busy Christmas fixtures.  In addtion, DCW talks to Not The Top 20’s Ali Maxwell about how the championship is taking shape this season: are patterns forming, what are the chances of Watford making a play off push and how secure are the teams at the bottom?

14th February 2023- Championship, Burnley 1 Watford 1

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

Attendance: 18393

BBC Sport: Burnley’s hopes of a record-breaking 11th straight Championship win were dashed as they were held to a draw by Watford at Turf Moor.

Sky Sports: A first-half finish from Joao Pedro gave the Hornets the lead but Vincent Kompany’s men escaped with a point after Obafemi popped up deep into stoppage time.

Fran’s Watford Blog: In the end, a draw was a fair result, although it was very disappointing to concede right at the end having defended resolutely.  The second half had been a real rearguard effort, but the chances for Burnley were again restricted.  Hoedt and Porteous are looking really solid in the centre of defence, you would think that they had been playing together for years.  What was especially pleasing was that it was a real team effort.  The past couple of performances have been building to this and it was great to see the Hornets matching the team that are running away with the division.  I was interested to hear the views of the Happy Valleys, who generally only see the games we play in the North.  They were all very impressed and said that they hadn’t seen anything like that performance so far this season.  It was certainly in stark contrast to their last match in Middlesbrough.  The signs were very encouraging indeed and, with performances like that, we now need fear nobody in this division.

12th August 2022- Championship, Watford 1 Burnley 0

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Attendance: 19,225

BBC: Tom Cleverley’s winner helped 10-man Watford extend their good start to the Championship season and end Burnley’s unbeaten start under Vincent Kompany.

The Guardian: Hassane Kamara was shown a straight red card for a professional foul nine minutes from time but the Clarets could not get the better of the home goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann and succumbed to their first defeat under Vincent Kompany.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It wasn’t a classic performance, but it was head and shoulders above what we saw at the Hawthorns on Monday.  The Hornets had the better of the first half and, while it was mostly one way traffic in the second, there were still some impressive signs from the home side.  Dan Bachmann was, again, my man of the match and I was delighted that he made the Burnley fans eat their words.  The defence was very well organised and there was a much better showing from the midfield.  I was very impressed with our new boy, Choudhury, who appears to be an excellent addition.  We didn’t get to see a lot from Bayo or Asprilla, but their time will come.

30th April 2022- Premier League, Watford 1 Burnley 2

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

Attendance: 20,738

BBC Sport: Burnley scored twice in the final seven minutes to complete a dramatic comeback that pulled them five points clear of the Premier League relegation zone and left hosts Watford on the brink of the drop.

Sky Sports: Norwich, who lost 2-0 at Aston Villa, were relegated as a result of the Clarets’ late turnaround as Watford became the first side in top-flight history to lose 11 consecutive home league games and are now 12 points adrift of safety with four matches to play.

The Guardian: Ray Lewington, Watford’s assistant manager, said: “There’s a massive fear factor here, which we’ve found since we came in, particularly at home, and that comes from losing matches. We really wanted to do something to help the club out of the bottom three but it’s not happened.”

BHappy: The foot has been on the gas since the start but on seven minutes Kiko sends in a deep cross, Samir can’t quite get his head on it but Kucka is lurking at the far post.  What transpires is only clear from the replay – the Slovak takes a touch and then clubs the ball against the bar; it deserves a goal and gets it with a helpful rebound off Tarkowski.  Conveniently a minute’s recognition in memory of young Jasper Cook follows within 30 seconds – rarely has such a tribute been echoed so forcefully.

Fran’s Watford Blog: Then, on 83 minutes, the visitors drew level when a cross from Taylor was met by a diving header from Cork that beat Foster.  They scored a second a couple of minutes later as a free kick fell to Brownhill who beat Foster from the edge of the box.