14th May 2008- Championship Playoff Semi-Final Second Leg, Hull City 4 Watford 1 (Hull City won 6-1 on aggregate) Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4813 Hull City are to make their first ever appearance at Wembley after a 6-1 aggregate win over Watford in the Championship play-offs. Darius Henderson scored from close range after 12 minutes to give Watford hope of retrieving a two-goal deficit. We were closer to pulling this off than the final scoreline ultimately suggests, and the half-hour during which we lead the game and the hosts were increasingly bricking it was the most enjoyable of the season. Unfortunately, we haven’t done “keep it tight” convincingly for a while. Share this:TwitterFacebook
14th May 2000- Premier League, Watford 1 Coventry City 0 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4401 BSAD report: Like us, Coventry came to enjoy themselves. Their last chance for an away win brought their fans out in force and they contributed fully to a tremendous pre-match atmosphere. Robert Page received his “Player of the Season” trophy to a huge ovation, and both he and Haig Oundjian paid tribute to the supporters who have done the club proud in recent months. Following a earth-shaking, immense “ELTON JOHN’S TAYLOR-MADE ARMY” session, the team emerged from the tunnel into bright May sunshine for its final Premiership appearance…. https://oldwatford.com/2016/05/15/15th-may-2016-premier-league-watford-2-sunderland-2-2/ Daily Mirror, 15 May 2000 Share this:TwitterFacebook
14th May 1983- Division One, Watford 2 Liverpool 1 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3500 Sunday Mirror, 15 May 1983 Sunday People, 15 May 1983 Sunday Telegraph, 15 May 1983 Daily Telegraph, 16 May 1983 https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1983-05-14 BSAD report: The word was that two men, not one, would be entering retirement at Vicarage Road and if young Martin Patching does quit the Football League now because of chronic physical damage there is no doubt that his last experience of it will furnish more pleasant memories than Bob Paisley took away from the final hour and a half of the most successful career any British club manager has ever known. https://oldwatford.com/2013/05/04/4th-may-2013-championship-watford-1-leeds-united-2/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
14th May 1979- Division Three, Watford 4 Hull City 0 Leave a Reply We needed to beat Hull in our final game of the season to guarantee promotion. http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3291 The Guardian, 15 May 1979 Evening Standard, 15 May 1979 The final table looked like this. Share this:TwitterFacebook
14th May 1977- Division Four, Watford 1 Darlington 1 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3179 The final table looked liked this… Share this:TwitterFacebook