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10th November 1992-League Cup Third Round, Watford 2 Leeds United 1

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Daily Telegraph, 11 Nov 1992
The Guardian, 11 Nov 1992
Evening Standard, 11 Nov 1992
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Taken from programme on 14th November 1992-New Division One, Watford 0 Portsmouth 0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Football_League_Cup

BSAD imageBSAD report: Trevor Putney did the only good thing he ever did for Watford in my opinion and planted the free kick on Holdsworth’s head, who proceeded to cushion a header past a surprised Lukic. Who cared about the poor Leeds marking, for Holdsworth’s goal sparked a first class terrace mental. 

OzWhiteLUFC report:The Watford game was the last time that Eric Cantona wore a Leeds shirt. His last European game ended in defeat at the hands of Rangers, his last League game was an ignominious 4-0 drubbing at Maine Road by Manchester City and the final ignominy was his miserable game at Watford, all in the space of seven days.

4th May 1991- Division Two, Oxford United 0 Watford 1

This victory ensured we avoided relegation, something which had looked unlikely from the beginning of September when we slipped into the bottom three. Other than for a brief period over Christmas we remained there until 27th April.

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Sunday Telegraph, 5 May 1991
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BSAD imageSo onto Oxford and three thousand five hundred fans piled down the M40 for a date with destiny.

Wearing the white away shirts, the Horns scrapped for everything and, with James in goal, one always felt we had a reasonable chance if he didn’t drop a clanger. I remember little of the game until about the sixtieth minute. The Horns won a corner, the cross came in and Paul Wilkinson (surely one of the better strikers to play for the Horns, even if he didn’t know the offside rule) smashed the ball home.

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23rd March 1991- Division Two, Middlesbrough 1 Watford 2

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Sunday Telegprah, 24 Mar 1991
The Observer, 24 Mar 1991
Sunday Mirror, 24 Mar 1991
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1991-03-23
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-two/23-march-1991/

14th March 1987-FA Cup Sixth Round, Arsenal 1 Watford 3

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Sunday Telegraph, 15 Mar 1987
The Observer, 15 Mar 1987
The People, 15 Mar 1987
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Sunday Mirror, 15 Mar 1987

BSAD image BSAD report: There were many highlights of the glory years in the Taylor era, but Highbury away was definitely the last.

Evening Standard, 16 Mar 1987
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup
https://oldwatford.com/1997/03/18/18th-march-1997-new-division-two-watford-1-bristol-rovers-0/

13th May 1985- Division One, Watford 5 Manchester United 1

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Evening Standard, 14 May 1985
Daily Telegraph, 14 May 1985
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Mirror, 14 May 1985

BSAD imageBSAD report: It is well known that the average fan hates Man Utd, primarily because everybody you meet seems to support them, despite their dumb look when you ask them to locate Manchester on the map or challenge them to name at least five of the current side.

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