Tag Archives: May24

24th May 2003- Watford FC Testimonial Day

In response to the financial troubles that led to the club selling and then leasing back Vicarage Road, Luther Blissett organised a special testimonial day which featured a game between a ‘Watford and International XI’ and a ‘Herts Select XI’.

24th May 1989- Division Two Playoff Semi-Final Second Leg, Watford 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Aggregate score 1-1, After Extra Time, Blackburn win on the away goals rule)

We were the first club to go out of the playoffs without losing a game.  The away goals rule in the playoffs was eventually scrapped for the 1999-2000 season.

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches
Guardian, 25 May 1989
Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1989
Daily Mirror, 25 May 1989
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Football_League_play-offs

24th May 1977- London Five-a-side Football Tournament (at the Empire Pool, Wembley)

We lost 3-0 to Spurs in the First Round.

Standard, 24 May 1977

Comicus Article- Football Nostalgia: London Evening Standard 5-A-Side Tournament

Evening Standard, 25 May 1977
https://oldwatford.com/1977/05/27/27th-may-1977-watford-observer/