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3rd February 2026- Championship, Hull City 0 Watford 0

Originally postponed just 23 minutes before kick off on the 4th January.

Watford Observer: What should we expect from Watford under Daniels, Mariappa and Gosling?

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY AS IT HAPPENED: Hull City 0-0 Watford

Match Report: Watford draw 0-0 at Hull City but impress under Daniels

WATCH: Immediate reaction to Hull City 0-0 Watford

Daniels on ‘really good performance’ at Hull after one session as Watford boss

Mendy ‘showed why he’s a top player’ at Hull, says Daniels

Daniels, Mariappa and Gosling should be very proud of Watford’s performance at Hull

Daniels ready to take charge at Southampton ‘unless I’m told otherwise’

‘Everything’s a fresh start’ – Why Jeremy Petris and Formose Mendy were recalled

BBC: Hull missed the chance to close the gap on the Championship’s top two after a dull goalless draw against managerless Watford.

Sky: Hull came into the rearranged fixture in third spot having won all four Championship matches since the postponement, but they were denied a fifth victory on the bounce by play-off hopefuls Watford.

Fran’s Watford Blog:  The post-match consensus was that we had all thoroughly enjoyed the game. It had been competitive and the Hornets were the better team, which was certainly not what we were expecting before the game. Mendy, who had very little game time under Javi, was excellent and looks likely to get more opportunities under Daniels, who clearly rates him. Abankwah, who has put in some excellent performances in defence, showed us what he could do going forward, with one particular surging run giving me great joy. Mfuni was a revelation. I was surprised to see the 17 year-old starting, but he put in a performance that belied his years. He was composed and effective in defence, while also popping up in the opposition box to get on the end of crosses. After Alleyne, it appears that City have done us another favour. I look forward to seeing more of the lad.

3rd February 2024- Championship, Watford 0 Cardiff City 1

Sky: A stunning Josh Bowler strike two minutes before half-time gave Cardiff a 1-0 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road. Bowler held off one Watford player, cut inside another and sent a delightful curler beyond the outstretched hand of Ben Hamer and into the far corner.

BBC: Cardiff suffered some nervy moments in the second half but Watford’s best effort saw Ismael Kone hit the post.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 0 Cardiff 1

Poor Hornets suffer Cardiff defeat

Never mind the nice stuff, Watford need to get nasty admits head coach

BHappy: Cardiff were utterly unremarkable, the grey sludge of mid-table nothingness;  until they scored there was nothing to suggest that they were anything other than there to be put out of their misery.  Thereafter they justified their averageness by looking far better at defending a lead – competitive, pretty organised, robust – than they had at creating one.  Nonetheless, this was a game that we had no business losing.  “We would have lost that one last season” has been a popular mantra in this campaign…  for the first time in a while, we lost one of those games in this one too.

Fran’s Watford Blog: I thought the boos at the end of the game were harsh, but that is possibly because there had been some entertainment on show in contrast to Wednesday.  But it was another disappointing performance in a game that was won by a moment of quality from the opposition.  The Hornets created a number of chances but were let down by poor finishing.  The positive of the afternoon was that Dennis looked very bright and showed moments that may justify the high expectations that many fans have had on his return.  We have come out of a really good run of form when the football was fun again, so the downturn is disappointing and the thought of the upcoming games against Southampton and Leicester is filling me with dread rather than excitement.  Let’s hope that my pessimism is misplaced.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/table

3rd February 2016- Premier League, Watford 0 Chelsea 0

Referee: Mike Dean
Attendance: 20,910

Heurelho Gomes’s superb one-handed save from Costa’s header denied Chelsea victory late on. The draw moves Chelsea up to 13th on 29 points, while Watford are four points and four places better off.

After the interval, Holebas hit the side-netting from the left angle after a fine one-two with Capoue, moments after Troy Deeney had driven the ball a couple of yards wide of Courtois’ post.

In previous failed campaigns, these games have been like cup ties in which we might pull off a giant-killing, something to take with us back downstairs. Here, the announcement of the Chelsea teamsheet – him, him, him, him, him, him, him, him, him, him and him, with the other ones on the bench – might’ve led you to expect similar, whatever the league table might say. But none of that: as the game settled down into a pattern, it was our pattern, our style, that increasingly held sway.

3rd February 2007- Premier League, Watford 0 Bolton Wanderers 1

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

Nicolas Anelka’s second-half strike was enough for Bolton to battle past bottom side Watford at Vicarage Road.

Rotherham is not an obvious place to dig for salvation in the Premiership. They are bottom of League One. But last month’s recruits, Will Hoskins and Lee Williamson, did not look out of place in Watford’s colours. It said as much about their new club as the normally voluble Aidy Boothroyd could manage afterwards.

At the finale, two men in black overcoats stood on the sidelines. Neither exuded happiness, but Sam Allardyce at least could claim relief, having bagged his first win in five weeks. After a triumphant December yielded a manager-of-the-month award and five straight league wins, a dreadful January ensued for the Bolton manager with just two points in four games. And Vicarage Road was hardly a popular destination for Bolton, 12 visits had previously brought just one win. For Aidy Boothroyd’s side, a win, as always, was needed. There were the eight new signings to justify and the small matter of scraping the side off the bottom of the table. Preceding the midweek Manchester United whipping, Watford had managed two wins on the trot and were hoping to continue their handiwork.

Independent, 4 Feb 2007
Sunday Telegraph, 4 Feb 2007

Today’s match report is: Ugly.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-02-03
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/premier-league/03-february-2007/

3rd February 2001- New Division One, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Watford 3

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches
The Observer, 4 Feb 2001

The game didn’t start as much as detonate, and for the first forty-five minutes we were carried away by a torrent of action. Only two sides playing inventive attacking football and defending like goons can generate excitement like this.

It’s hard to explain: the football dumb, simple, slapstick, shambolic but this is better, for me, than eking out a Coventry existence in the Premiership where only your mistakes make any headlines. My team have got silly weaknesses, but…well…so have I. I quite like it that way.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2001-02-03
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/03-february-2001/

3rd February 1986-FA Cup Fourth Round Replay, Watford 0 Manchester City 0 (After Extra Time)

Game was postponed from Tuesday 28th January.

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Daily Telegraph, 4 Feb 1986
The Guardian, 4 Feb 1986
Evening Standard, 4 Feb 1986