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6th January 2024- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 2 Chesterfield 1

WFC.Net Jon Marks Goal Commentary: 1 2

Official site: Match dashboard

https://www.watfordfc.com/match-report/match-report-watford-2-1-chesterfield

BBC: Tom Dele-Bashiru sent Watford into the fourth round of the FA Cup with an injury-time winner against National League leaders Chesterfield. Chesterfield had been on course to upstage a side 63 places above them in the English football pyramid, but late goals from substitute Mileta Rajovic and Dele-Bashiru saved the Hornets.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 2 Chesterfield 1

Hornets survive scare to reach FA Cup fourth round

Ismael had to ‘get loud’ at half-time because ‘players chose to go another way’

‘It was like we were strolling around’ admits Hoedt whose warning went unheeded

BHappy: Chesterfield were never a dull prospect. Few of us will be overly familiar with the Spireites travails since interrupting 60+ years of bouncing slowly between tiers 3 and 4 to drop out of the League altogether five years ago, but if the margin of their lead at the top of the National League didn’t spark interest, the startling prospect of our visitors capitalising on the FA Cup’s generous rules inflating away allocations by filling the Vicarage Road end will have grabbed everyone’s attention. A non-league team, even a non-league team that isn’t a non-league team by tradition, even a non-league team that’s the demonstrably the strongest non-league team in the country at the moment doesn’t bring an away following of nearly 4000 with coaches filling Vicarage Road after the game for a nice day out. Our visitors thought they could get something here, and giddy on the little-risk-high-reward deal described above, were noisy and boisterous throughout.

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6th January 2019- FA Cup Third Round, Woking 0 Watford 2

Referee:
Graham Scott
Attendance:
5,717

Jon Marks BBC 3CR commentary Goals: 1 2

Relive our coverage as Hornets secure FA Cup success at non-league Woking

Watford into FA Cup fourth round after win at Woking

Troy Deeney pleased by Watford’s professionalism in Woking win

Javi Gracia thinks Watford can beat anyone with right attitude after Woking win

Our player ratings from Watford vs Woking in the FA Cup

A selection of images from Watford’s FA Cup win at Woking

Tom Cleverley reflects on injury return after Watford beat Woking in the FA Cup

Watford reached the fourth round of the FA Cup with a routine victory at National League side Woking.

Watford took the lead in the 13th minute through Hughes during a first half in which the Hornets dominated possession. The second half contained few goalscoring chances for either team, but Watford substitute Deeney wrapped up a comfortable victory for the Premier League side with a simple tap-in (75).

Yet it was still a day to feel the glow of FA Cup romance. The competition is too predictable; it has had its day? Do not say that to Alan Dowson, the old-school Woking manager, whose north-east tones remain loud and proud. He talked of his thrill at seeing Kingfield sold out, of his young players coming up against established professionals (even if Javi Gracia made 11 changes to his Watford team) and of the uplift that the tie has brought to this corner of England.

Javi Gracia, Watford’s former Villarreal and Malaga manager, has certainly also never received a post-match gift from an opposing manager quite like it. A bumper bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. “He took it and he gave me one of his sangria,” said Dowson, who was born in Gateshead. “I thought he was a bit tight. The Newcastle Brown was bigger.”

There were 110 places separating the top flight and National League South side before kick off, but this was Watford and we all knew that the ability to ‘do a Watford’ was very much possible.

The first action of the second half was the rather thrilling sight of the lino on the opposite side falling backwards over the hoardings. It is dreadfully childish, but you can’t help but laugh when the officials come a cropper.

https://audioboom.com/posts/7134441-winning-in-woking-9-28

Watford’s road to the FA Cup final: Woking negotiated in round three

6th January 2018- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 3 Bristol City 0

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clips of Jon Marks BBC 3CR commentary Goals: 1 2 3

Watford Observer

Relive Watford v Bristol City: Hornets through to round four with professional victory over Robins

No upset as Watford beat Bristol City 3-0 in FA Cup third round

Marco Silva stresses the importance of respect on several fronts after Watford win

Watford v Bristol City ratings: Andre Carrillo takes the plaudits but plenty to be pleased with in Robins win

Watford comfortably beat a much-changed Bristol City in the FA Cup third round as striker Troy Deeney returned with a goal after a four-match suspension.

Troy Deeney’s diving header snuffed out any threat of an upset as Watford eased past Bristol City 3-0 and into the FA Cup fourth round.

Bristol City’s giant-killing exploits came to a shuddering halt at Watford where goals from Andre Carillo, Troy Deeney and Etienne Capoue gave the home side victory and avenged their 3-2 defeat by Lee Johnson’s men in the Carabao Cup in August.

It comes to something when it’s the Premier League club that fields a virtually full-strength side – or as close to full strength as injuries permit, Richarlíson’s overdue rest aside – and the Championship upstart that makes seven changes in gives debuts to a couple of kids.

The Hornets had been in control for the whole game, but the most pleasing thing was that they had bucked the recent trend by scoring the goals that were needed to finish the game off.

A win! Another win!

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6th January 2007- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 4 Stockport County 1

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

BBC: Watford came back from a goal down to avoid an FA Cup upset at the hands of Stockport County.

Guardian: Watford’s teenage striker Moses Ashikodi, signed from Rangers on New Year’s Eve, scored their final goal on Saturday when they came from behind to secure a morale-boosting 4-1 victory against Stockport County. “I am not big-headed or anything but I can score the goals to help us stay up,” he said later.

Sunday Telegraph, 7 Jan 2007

Daily Telegraph, 8 Jan 2007

Independent, 8 Jan 2007

BHappy: The one-word match report, sponsored by your local Chinese takeaway, is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006–07_FA_Cup

6th January 2001- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 1 Everton 2

Everton staged a dramatic late rally to stun Watford and snatch an FA Cup third round victory in injury time at Vicarage Road.

In many ways, this was like an out-takes video from last season, and it was equally lacking in amusement value.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Cup

https://oldwatford.com/2007/02/24/24th-february-2007-premier-league-watford-0-everton-3/

https://oldwatford.com/2007/02/24/24th-february-2007-premier-league-watford-0-everton-3/

6th January 1996- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 1 Wimbledon 1

God knows I would have settled for a draw at the start. That doesn’t signify a lack of ambition – I think we can win the replay – just a realistic assessment of our depleted squad’s chances. It’s way too easy to take Wimbledon lightly, to dismiss them like we dismiss Palace. Even with old duffers like Mick Harford, Wimbledon are a far better side than their media image suggests – you don’t stay in the Premiership for ten years by playing dumb kick-and-rush football (ask Leicester!).