Oscar Garcia resigned for health reasons two days before this game. Billy McKinlay took over as the Hornets Head Coach.




































report: Watford’s Matej Vydra gets Billy McKinlay off to a winning start




Oscar Garcia resigned for health reasons two days before this game. Billy McKinlay took over as the Hornets Head Coach.
report: Watford’s Matej Vydra gets Billy McKinlay off to a winning start
Gavin Mahon made his final Watford appearance in this game over three and a half years after his penultimate one. His last competitive appearance was on 1st Dec 2007 in the 2-1 home defeat by Burnley. He then joined QPR, initially on loan, and played over 50 times for them. They released him at the end of the 2010/11 season. As he was without a club Sean Dyche allowed Mahon to train with us during the 2011/12 pre-season and he came on during this game as a second half substitute. He eventually signed for Notts County.
Brendan Rodgers last programme notes. This was the game where John Eustace, a Watford player but on loan to Derby, played against us and scored.
A touching send-off for Mike Keen before kickoff, with the Birmingham fans adding their applause to that of everyone connected with the club he once managed. I wasn’t around in any meaningful sense back then, I’m afraid, but Simon Marchant was and you can read his tribute here.