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5th January 2008- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 2 Crystal Palace 0

Dan Shittu scored two virtually identical goals as Watford ended Crystal Palace’s 13-game unbeaten run to reach the FA Cup fourth round.

Well that was much better. It’s been a while since we’ve dominated a side at home as we did in the second half.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_FA_Cup

29th December 2007- Championship, Watford 2 Queens Park Rangers 4

QPR’s remarkable victory leaves Watford without a home win since 20 October.

QPR now sit 19th in the Championship, a long way from Watford who, after a seventh home league game without a win, are on the slide. The manager, Aidy Boothroyd, is trying to quell talk of a crisis but the captain, Jay DeMerit, admits the club’s hopes of going straight back into the Premier League are fragile. “We are a little bit nervous at home – it feels as though there is more pressure,” he said. “A team that is near the top of the table should be winning at home. Our jobs aren’t safe; we have to play well in order to keep them.”

What a jolly splendid sunset over the Rous Stand.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-12-29

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/29-december-2007/

26th December 2007- Championship, Watford 2 Cardiff City 2

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4787

Jobi McAnuff’s last-gasp goal rescued a point for Championship pace-setters Watford against visiting Cardiff City.

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Watford started Boxing Day on top of the table yet the growing dissatisfaction around Vicarage Road suggested anything but; by the evening they were second. Jobi McAnuff’s volleyed equaliser, scored so deep into injury-time that the Cardiff City manager, Dave Jones, called foul play, could only paper over the cracks for a side whose home form is rapidly undermining their title credentials.

We remain painfully easy to play against at Vicarage Road, as revealed by yet another committed but mediocre side. A bit of guile in the transfer window, whether permanent or on loan, appears essential.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-12-26

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/26-december-2007/

1st December 2007- Championship, Watford 1 Bristol City 2

Substitute Darren Byfield’s injury-time goal saw Bristol City condemn leaders Watford to a third defeat in a week.

A whole lot better than Tuesday, for starters, but all the more frustrating that the result was the same – we didn’t half look brittle defensively throughout, however tidy some of our attacking play.

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=40867&id=4782

27th November 2007- Championship, Watford 1 Burnley 2

Goals by Andy Gray and Joey Gudjonsson were enough to upset top-of-the-table Watford and give Owen Coyle his first win as Burnley boss.

I guess that’s what nine-point cushions are for. But we need to instill some variety in our attacking play before Saturday; it should take more to stop us playing than doubling up on our wide midfielders.

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=40802&id=4781

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2007-11-27

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/27-november-2007/

3rd November 2007- Championship, Watford 0 West Bromwich Albion 3

West Brom ended Watford’s unbeaten home run this season by comprehensively outclassing the Championship leaders.

Watford’s big men were undone by Tony Mowbray’s more supple outfit, but the fact that both sides received standing ovations was an indication of the quality served up. They are both better than Derby.

If I had my way, I’d lock the muppets who cheered Mahon’s substitution up in a sealed room with the individuals in my neighbourhood who saw fit to release fireworks at midnight last night and throw away the key. Protecting the gene pool from terminal stupidity, y’see. The horror of the evolutionary potential of this sealed room is perhaps a concern, but in reality if its inhabitants ever worked out how to procreate the offspring would at least preserve the future of radio phone-ins. Which in turn keeps Victoria Derbyshire off the programmes that anyone ever actually listens to.

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=35515&id=4777