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13th December 2025- Championship, Wrexham 2 Watford 2

Watford Observer: Wrexham preview: The oldest team in the Championship takes on the youngest

Gracia: ‘I like that we are disappointed with results – it shows we want more’

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY RECAP: Wrexham 2-2 Watford

Match Report: Injury-time equaliser denies Watford in 2-2 draw at Wrexham

Watford assistant Aranalde claims ‘shocking’ decision cost Hornets at Wrexham

Aranalde: ‘We had the game under control until the last five minutes’

Gracia’s tactical tweaks improve Watford – but prospects remain unclear

Wrexham boss Parkinson thought Gracia’s red card was harsh

BBC: Ollie Rathbone struck in the second minute of added time as Wrexham salvaged a point against Watford. Josh Windass notched his sixth goal of the season to give the hosts an early lead at the Stok Cae Ras.

Sky: Watford brushed aside Josh Windass’ opener as first-half goals from Mamadou Doumbia and Othmane Maamma put the visitors on course for all three points.

Fran’s Watford Blog: As disappointing as it was only to get a point from this game, it was probably the right result. It had been a game lacking in quality from both sides, but a decent battle. All of the goals had a bit of luck to them. After the last-minute winner against Sheffield Wednesday in midweek, it would be churlish to complain about the same happening to us on Saturday

From the Rookery End: Two games, two injury-time goals, and absolutely no shortage of talking points. The lads relive the frustration and fightback of the draw with Sheffield Wednesday before heading to North Wales for an afternoon that felt very different since the Hornets last visit to STōK Cae Ras (The Racecoure Ground), almost 30 years ago. Of course, this time the spotlight burned brighter than ever, with Hollywood royalty Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watching on from the stands.

13th December 2008- Championship, Watford 2 Coventry City 1

John-Joe O’Toole’s winner after 72 minutes gave new Watford boss Brendon Rodgers a second successive victory

The rain.  I’m not complaining;  we played the conditions much more effectively than Cov and it was a remarkably positive showing from both sides in the circumstances.  But… it didn’t seem likely that the game would finish, as late as the end of the first half.  Bonus marks to Chris Coleman for stopping short of Walker (R)’s plausible enough prediction in his post-match comments.

More games from 13th December at https://oldwatford.com/tag/dec13

13th December 1997- New Division Two, Watford 1 Bristol City 1

BSAD image BHappy report: Cracking match, this. Whereas the earlier clash with Millwall, which seemed equally important at the time, proved to be a considerable anti-climax, this was an occasion that was worthy of the hype. Ironically, neither keeper had to make a save (apart from the goals, natch) – but that was only due to some outstanding defending, a reminder that the best sides are often distinguished by their resilience.

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