Tag Archives: Famous victories

11th May 1985- Division One, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Watford 5

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3607

The Observer, 12 May 1985

Sunday Mirror, 12 May 1985- Even in a 5-1 victory and a report that hailed the performance of John Barnes, Roy Dalley couldn’t bring himself to name a Watford player as Man of the Match.

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14th April 1984- FA Cup Semi Final, Plymouth Argyle 0 Watford 1

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3549

The People, 15 Apr 1984

Sunday Telegraph, 15 Apr 1984

The Observer, 15 Apr 1984

The Guardian, 16 Apr 1984

Daily Telegraph, 16 Apr 1984

Evening Standard, 16 Apr 1984

BSAD: My memories of this great day are few – largely because I was only eleven at the time. Having endured the sixth round victory against Birmingham on Ceefax I was allowed to go to the semi final. When he draw came out we had Derby or Plymouth – the dream ticket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_FA_Cup

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10th March 1984-FA Cup Sixth Round, Birmingham City 1 Watford 3

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

Sunday People, 11 Mar 1984

Sunday Mirror, 11 Mar 1984

The Observer, 11 Mar 1984

Sunday Telegraph, 11 Mar 1984

Guardian, 12 Mar 1984

Daily Telegraph, 12 Mar 1984

Daily Mirror, 12 Mar 1984

Birmingham Evening Mail, 12 Mar 1984

Evening Standard, 12 Mar 1984

BSAD report: I was refused entry to the Watford end (all-ticket) and so got into the home end. I’d done it before – kept quiet, clapped the save when all around were clapping the shot etc., but that day it was a bit difficult.

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Taken from the ‘Wembley 84’ brochure. See 19th May 1984-FA Cup Final, Everton 2 Watford 0

https://oldwatford.com/2014/03/15/15th-march-2014-championship-watford-3-barnsley-0/

https://oldwatford.com/2019/03/16/16th-march-2019-fa-cup-sixth-round-watford-2-crystal-palace-1/

2nd November 1983-UEFA Cup Second Round Second Leg, Levski Spartak Sofia 1 Watford 3 (After Extra Time, Watford win 4-2 on aggregate)

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=35179&id=4215

Daily Telegraph, 3 Nov 1983

Guardian, 3 Nov 1983

Evening Standard, 3 Nov 1983

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28th September 1983, UEFA Cup First Round Second Leg, Watford 3 Kaiserslautern 0 (Watford won 4-3 on aggregate)

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3509

Extensive highlights with familiar graphics and foreign commentary.

Short highlights with commentary from John Motson

Daily Telegraph, 29 Sep 1983

The Guardian, 29 Sep 1983

Evening Standard, 29 Sep 1983

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Taken from the programme on 19th October 1983-UEFA Cup Second Round First Leg, Watford 1 Levski Spartak Sofia 1

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BSAD report: This, like those other Special Watford Nights, was something else. A thing of beauty, a joy forever!

https://oldwatford.com/1997/04/26/26th-april-1997-new-division-two-watford-0-bury-0/

21st August 1999- Premier League, Watford 1 Bradford City 0

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Taken from the programme on 18th August 2001-New Division One, Watford 3 Rotherham United 2

27th March 2010- Championship, Watford 1 Middlesbrough 1

Taken from 28th September 2013-Championship, Watford 1 Wigan Athletic 0 programme

14th May 1983- Division One, Watford 2 Liverpool 1

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3500

Sunday Mirror, 15 May 1983

Sunday People, 15 May 1983

Sunday Telegraph, 15 May 1983

Daily Telegraph, 16 May 1983

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1983-05-14

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Scan 221 copy.jpg BSAD report: The word was that two men, not one, would be entering retirement at Vicarage Road and if young Martin Patching does quit the Football League now because of chronic physical damage there is no doubt that his last experience of it will furnish more pleasant memories than Bob Paisley took away from the final hour and a half of the most successful career any British club manager has ever known.

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