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31st January 2018- Premier League, Stoke City 0 Watford 0

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Watford Observer

RELIVE – Stoke City v Watford: Hornets avoid defeat in scrappy game at bet365 Stadium

Stoke City vs Watford: Javi Gracia marks Premier League debut with goalless stalemate

Javi Gracia: Watford head coach savours first clean sheet since November

Watford’s Sebastian Prodl hopes Stoke City draw can spark Premier League revival

Stoke City v Watford: Gerard Deulofeu debut pleases head coach Javi Gracia

Stoke City vs Watford ratings: Hornets put in solid team performance to earn Premier League point

skyJavi Gracia picked up his first point as Watford boss after his side held Stoke to a 0-0 draw at the bet365 Stadium on Wednesday evening.

BBC SportA tight contest opened up in the last 15 minutes as both teams committed men forward in search of a winner, with substitute Peter Crouch going close for the hosts and Doucoure shooting wide.

guardianTempers boiled over time and again, just as they did in the corresponding fixture at Vicarage Road in October, after which Troy Deeney was retrospectively banned, and it was something of a surprise the game finished with 22 players on the pitch.

TelegraphWatford’s choice of Javi Gracia as Marco Silva’s successor might not have been an obvious one to many supporters but the 47-year-old Spaniard came with a sound record and a solid reputation and there were at least signs that the latest through the revolving door at Vicarage Road might be able to lift flagging spirits.

BHappy imageI’m here as the result of a phonecall from fellow former fanzine editors at Stephen Todd’s funeral back in October, suggesting that we take on the season’s least inviting midweek away trip in his honour. Toddy knew how to do football supporting better than pretty much anyone I’ve ever met; I’ve lost the knack, but something in the idea has remained sufficiently appealing that I haven’t wheedled my way out in the meantime. We arrive in Stoke at not long after four o’clock, settle into the local Harvester, avail ourselves of the salad cart, try to build a list of every goalscorer from the Pozzo era. Shenanigans and indeed misdemeanours from away trips of yore are mentioned; Dave keeps that flame alive by ordering gammon with egg and pineapple.

The Hornets NestIt wasn’t pretty and it certainly wasn’t a game that we’ll recall as we lie on our death bed. What it was however was a game where we showed a vast improvement on Saturday, in both quality and character.

FranAfter a swift glass of red at the pub, we headed back to the hotel and spent a late night in the lounge with a large number of Watford fans.  Everyone in attendance had thoroughly enjoyed the performance and were happy to have been part of a more positive crowd.

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31st January 2017-Premier League, Arsenal 1 Watford 2

Less than 24 hours before GT’s funeral we travelled to the Emirates and recorded our first ever win there, and our first away win against the Gunners since 1988

screen-shot-2016-09-12-at-23-36-22clips of Jon Marks BBC 3CR commentary
Goal 1   Goal 2

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LIVE – Arsenal v Watford: Hornets sensational in first league win in eight at Arsenal

Watford pull off stunning win over Arsenal

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Watford boss Mazzarri dedicates Arsenal triumph to Graham Taylor

Arsenal v Watford ratings: Momentous win and courageous performance at The Emirates

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Former Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul lashed in the opener within 10 minutes for Watford with a shot from outside the area which deflected off Aaron Ramsey. Just two minutes and 57 seconds later, the visitors doubled their lead as Troy Deeney tapped in the rebound after Etienne Capoue’s fine run ended with his shot being saved by Petr Cech.

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Arsenal 1-2 Watford: Troy Deeney leaves Gunners’ title hopes hanging by a thread

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Arsenal players ‘mentally not ready’, says Wenger after Watford defeat

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31st January 2007- Premier League, Manchester United 4 Watford 0

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Manchester United produced a dominant second half display to see off Watford.

Independent, 1 Feb 2007- I could totally see how you’d get Chris Powell and Jay DeMerit mixed up!
Daily Telegraph, 1 Feb 2007
Evening Standard, 1 Feb 2007

Manchester United have the air of a team in complete control of their own destiny, so a side of Watford’s limitations were always going to struggle in a contest their manager Aidy Boothroyd had likened to “Muhammad Ali against Jimmy Krankie”.

Is that a mouldy potato in your pocket, or…?

31st January 2002- New Division One, Preston North End 1 Watford 1

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Daily Telegraph, 1 Feb 2002
Guardian, 1 Feb 2002
Evening Standard, 1 Feb 2002

A Thursday night in Preston! What an attractive prospect! Amazingly, 313 Watford fans braved the distance and the fact that recent form had decreed that this was a banker of a home win.

Not for the first time this season, there was confusion among the five hundred or so Watford faithful when the line-up was announced. It appeared that Gifton would be playing up-front on his own with support from Jermaine Pennant. However it quickly became clear that no-one had communicated this to Gifton as he spent most of the time hovering on the half-way line down the left hand side. It was usually David Noble who was Watford’s furthest player upfield.

Almost forty games has passed and with the exception of forty-five minutes against ten-man Wimbledon, we are still looking as unfamiliar with ourselves as we did at Maine Road.

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