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6th February 2024- FA Cup Fourth Round Replay, Southampton 3 Watford 0

Attendance: 17,844

BBC: Sekou Mara’s double strike helped Southampton to a comfortable FA Cup replay win against Watford that sets up a tie against Liverpool at Anfield.

Watford Observer: Dennis stays behind as the rest of the squad heads south

RECAP: Southampton 3 Watford 0

Cup exit follows transfer window in offering no encouragement

Squad depth and size still not a problem for Ismael

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was another poor performance from the Hornets.  Maybe things would have been different had the shot from Koné dipped under the bar but generally they had been shot shy, having only a single shot on target, and as soon as the home side scored there was only one winner.  The Watford players have often been careless with their passing this season, but they were particularly bad in the second half of this game as, time after time, the ball was given away allowing the home side to attack.  The only positive of the evening, apart from meeting some lovely people in the WoW group, was that I don’t think any of us really wanted a trip to Liverpool.  Much as I love that city, it is soul destroying being thrashed at Anfield.

6th February 2021- Championship, Coventry City 0 Watford 0

The game was played at Birmingham City’s St.Andrews as Coventry were in yet another dispute with the owners of the Ricoh Arena.

BBC Sport: Watford moved up to fourth in the Championship with a battling draw against an impressive Coventry City at St Andrew’s.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11710/12209214/coventry-0-0-watford-xisco-munozs-hornets-lose-ground-in-race-for-automatic-promotion

Sky Sports: Mark Robins’ men passed up a series of chances to break the deadlock in the first half but held firm as the Hornets – who saw captain Troy Deeney strike the crossbar – piled on the late pressure.

BHappy: I really really can’t face writing about this tedious bollocks again.  It’s painful enough to bloody watch it.  And yes there’s mitigation and no it’s not all bad, whatever social media warriors would have you believe (and incidentally, baselessly claiming to speak for the masses – “all supporters can see that” – “we all know that” – isn’t a good look.  Either your opinion stands on its own merits or it’s best left in the box).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55866859

6th February 2006- Championship, Sheffield United 1 Watford 4

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Independent, 7 Feb 2006
Mirror, 7 Feb 2006
Evening Standard, 7 Feb 2006
Daily Telegraph, 7 Feb 2006

We were seated, for the first time in a number of seasons, in the lower tier behind the goal and whilst the view was still reasonable the lack of ceiling to trap and project the noise did little for the atmosphere in the away end. Nor did its sparse population, particularly out on the flanks where we were situated… the prospect of a longish midweek trip for a game on Sky in February had been enough to leave plenty of spaces in seats around us, giving the stand the air of our away ends during Kenny Jackett’s season in the Third Division nearly a decade ago. On the pitch, however, things have moved on quite a lot since then…

If the first half was a welcome surprise, the second half is nothing short of exceptional, perhaps the finest forty-five of the season. Within moments of the restart an excellent looping ball out of midfield gives Marlon something to chase and he charges past the hapless defender, brings the ball inside and crashes it into the net. 2-0! I am kneeling in front of the TV arms aloft, vaguely aware that Mate and Wife are probably making faces behind my back, but who cares. 2-0!

6th February 2002- New Division One, Watford 1 Burnley 2

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I don’t ever recall hearing the Flintstones Theme Watford chant being sung by the Rookery (see Hornets in Harmony pages 31-33)

guardian Watford’s manager Gianluca Vialli called on his team to win this game, and a second home fixture against Grimsby on Sunday, to haul themselves back into the promotion frame. But the plea fell on deaf ears here last night, and Marcus Gayle’s listening equipment must be of the cloth variety.

BSAD imageTen o’clock pm. Final whistle. Swift exit for the train station, through the shouting, grumbling, miserable hordes. Except those who’ve stayed behind to abuse the team, that is. Stride quickly through the streets, checking my watch and wondering if, deep down, I ought to be feeling rather more angry and disillusioned. I’m unable to figure that out. Or maybe I don’t want to try too hard.

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6th February 1999- New Division One, Bradford City 2 Watford 0

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Ah, the good old days. Travelling to far-flung, God-forsaken corners of the country on my own (not having at that time discovered the delights of the Watford Mailing List and started to travel to games with like-minded fanatics). Memories of watching Perryman/Lee/Roeder era Watford. And watching them play crap. In the cold. Yes, the trip to Bradford brought back all of those fond (?) memories. My first solitary journey to an away game for two years, aimless meandering through a cold and characterless Northern city centre before stumbling across the stadium and a thoroughly lamentable performance to boot.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1999-02-06
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-1/06-february-1999/