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11th December 2024- Championship, Hull City 1 Watford 1

WFC.Net Goal commentary: 1

BBC: Bottom side Hull City’s hopes of claiming a win in Ruben Selles’ first game in charge were dashed by Rocco Vata’s late equaliser for Watford.

Sky: Vata fired home in the 88th minute shortly after Hull substitute Chris Bedia’s scruffy effort appeared to have clinched former Reading manager Selles a winning start.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Hull City 1 Watford 1

Hull City 1 Watford 1 minute-by-minute report

‘Our points return against bottom-six teams has let us down a little bit’

Creative players challenged to do ‘not-so-sexy’ part of the job

The desire to be secure cost Watford the opportunity to be dynamic

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was a very poor game of football. The Hornets had the best of the first half without really troubling the keeper. We started the second half really well, but after the first 10 minutes or so Hull got back into it and started causing us some problems. The introduction of Baah and Vata injected some pace and forward movement into the game and the goal was a decent effort. It was lovely to see Vata on the scoresheet. His appearances have been limited, but he always has an eye for goal and is a joy to watch, even if he never smiles. After the bright start to the season, we have endured some very dull games, and I am approaching the upcoming visit of West Brom and the trip to Burnley with some trepidation.

11th December 2022- Championship, Watford 0 Hull City 0

I’ve not checked the stats, but I’m pretty sure this is the first competitive game we’ve been involved in where three substitutes who came on were themselves substituted during the game.

Attendance: 18,846

BBC Sport: Watford and Hull City played out a dour goalless draw, as the home side missed the chance to move up to third in the Championship.

Sky Sports: Attempts on goal were sporadic, with Hull’s Jacob Greaves sending a header from a corner well wide and Christian Kabasele sliding in to block Tyler Smith’s shot from the right of the Watford box.

BHappy: The first half is utterly joyless.  It’s insanely cold for one thing…  I think I remember being colder for that 2-1 defeat to Manchester United when Troy scored at both ends but this is still ridiculous, particularly since I am now versus then seven years closer to having to recognise that I’m approaching middle age, and have dressed accordingly.   The atmosphere is non-existent, and nobody in the stadium objects… there’s a tacit recognition of the circumstances.  The home ends are painfully sparse until kick-off, when all those sensibly huddling in the concourses for the illusion of warmth scuttle out into the stands.  The game starts and briefly there’s the relief of stuff getting back into the groove… I’ve not half missed it because, you know.  It almost doesn’t matter what happens, it’s just football.

Fran’s Watford Blog:  After the long break, it was a disappointment that the Hornets didn’t make a better showing against a poor Hull side, who seemed to be playing for a goalless draw from kick-off.  The second half was an improvement on the first, but that isn’t saying much.  João Pedro and Asprilla both had decent chances that were well dealt with by Ingram in the Hull goal and Manaj really should have hit the target with his late chance.  It was very worrying to see Choudhury having to go off with an injury, further restricting the Hornets’ midfield options, although the return of Dele-Bashiru was very welcome.

11th December 1982- Division One, Liverpool 3 Watford 1

Sunday Telegraph, 12 Dec 1982
The Observer, 12 Dec 1982
Sunday People, 12 Dec 1982
Sunday Mirror, 12 Dec 1982
Daily Telegraph, 13 Dec 1982
Daily Mirror, 13 Dec 1982
Guardian, 13 Dec 1982
Liverpool Daily Post, 13 Dec 1982

Watford Observer match report

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1982-12-11
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-one/11-december-1982/