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15th January 2002- New Division One, Millwall 1 Watford 0

This was the second time in less than a year that referee Rob Styles had sent two Watford players off in a game.

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Evening Standard, 16 Jan 2002

BSAD report: So, Rob Styles might be – well, is – a truly atrocious referee. The contempt with which Graham Taylor spoke of him last season would be enough to convince me, even without witnessing his acts of wanton vandalism first hand. But we were the beneficiaries of his chaotic rule on at least two occasions here – once, when Micah Hyde was given a lecture rather than a booking for a particularly crude challenge from behind; later, when Reid was booked for diving after clearly being felled by Blondeau as he dashed into the box. In truth, while Styles provided a choking smokescreen, we ought to be both encouraged by our resilient performance and somewhat frustrated that it didn’t yield a better result.

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1st January 2002- New Division One, Watford 1 Millwall 4

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Gianluca Vialli’s men were torn apart as Millwall claimed all three points in clinical fashion. Watford hit the post through Tommy Smith after 23 minutes but otherwise were rarely a threat until Heidar Helguson scored a consolation nine minutes from time.

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Gianluca Vialli said in his match programme notes that he didn’t want “to take stock” until the end of the season. However, only 45 minutes into Watford’s first 2002 commitment the Vicarage Road fans were voicing their concern.

One of these teams is indeed well-equipped for a Division One charge (if not, you feel, for Premiership survival). The other has its head in the clouds. One was hungry, sharp, well-organised, strongly bonded…and, crucially, aware of its limitations and prepared to work hard to overcome them. Not so very different from the Watford side that passed swiftly through the First Division under Graham Taylor, in fact. The other was lazy, sloppy, weak, fragmented, and entirely deserving of a stuffing.

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18th October 1997- New Division Two, Watford 0 Millwall 1

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BSAD imageYou win some, you lose some. We won some – the Watford mailing list team achieving a mighty 2-1 victory at Spurs on Saturday morning. And we lost some – the other Watford team blowing a chance to open up a really serious gap at the top of Division Two.

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24th August 1996-New Division Two, Watford 0 Millwall 2

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Kenny Jackett’s first programme notes as Watford Manager.

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BSAD imageBSAD report:There are some matches for which you just can’t wait to write a match report – maybe a player’s done so well that you feel the need to tell everyone who wasn’t at the game, maybe there was a fantastic goal that you have to describe, or maybe the team simply won in a confident, competent fashion. You ought to have guessed by now that this is not one of those matches.

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2nd December 1995- New Division One, Millwall 1 Watford 2

Former Watford commercial manager Mike Sullivan is now working for Millwall (see page 12) and a message from Elton on page 26.

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Sunday Mirror, 3 Dec 1995
Sunday Telegraph, 3 Dec 1995

At last we get to see a genuine centre forward in a yellow shirt. It might only be Paul Wilkinson, older and wiser but still always offside, and there’s a temptation to feel disappointed about that, but he played a role in this victory, both as a target man and a decoy for the brilliant Phillips. In truth, it’s just a wonderful relief to know that there will be someone hanging around the six-yard box when we go forward. As long as it doesn’t exclude other possible signings, I’d happily see Wilko return to the Vic on a permanent basis. It took him less than a minute to get caught offside and have a go at the linesman – welcome back, mate!

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