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19th October 2024- Championship, Luton Town 3 Watford 0

Watford Observer: Cleverley wants Watford to ‘inflict more pain’ on Luton

Report: Luton Town 3-0 Watford – Watford FC Download

BBC: Under–pressure Luton Town boss Rob Edwards steered his side to a spirited and fully deserved victory over fierce rivals Watford in a predictably feisty derby at Kenilworth Road.

Sky: Before kick-off, Watford mocked Luton’s Kenilworth Road by posting a video of pouring rain in the local area on X with the caption ‘Taking in the sights’. The social media post has received over three million views, but it appeared to give their rivals added motivation as they ran out comfortable 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Jordan Clark, Carlton Morris and Jacob Brown.

https://x.com/WatfordFC/status/1847573854694097263

Watford Observer: RECAP: Luton Town 3 Watford 0

Luton 3 Watford 0 – how the game unfolded at Kenilworth Road

Luton dominated Watford for second successive derby

‘If you throw a performance in like that then you have to take it on the chin’

BHappy: There is really no saving grace, no positive spin on the result, the performance or the afternoon. Even the better individual showings were merely slightly less inadequate… Chakvetadze trying to find a gap (if failing too often), Dele-Bashiru giving the ball away frequently, yes, but often through trying to do more than merely get the ball clear, to get us playing football. Elsewhere there was less mitigation.

Fran’s Watford Blog: The players came over to applaud the travelling fans and Tom Cleverley held his hands up to the crowd as they screamed dog’s abuse at him and the players. I am not one to boo or shout abuse, and I hated seeing Tom in that position, but even I wasn’t moved to sympathetic applause after that performance. It was an absolutely dreadful showing by the Hornets. The opposition were very physical and, as has so often been the case, our players just couldn’t cope with it. There was a high press and no space to play in, which meant that most attacking moves were soon stopped. There were also a number of occasions when passes fell short due to the water that was still on the pitch, but that was apparent quite early on and the players should have adapted the game plan to deal with it. We were beaten by a team with an effective game plan and it was painful to watch.

19th October 2022- Championship, Millwall 3 Watford 0

Attendance: 12,787

BBC Sport: Tom Bradshaw’s first-half hat-trick helped Millwall inflict a third defeat on Watford in their past four games under Slaven Bilic.

https://www.skysports.com/football/millwall-vs-watford/teams/468013

Sky Sports: It took just eight minutes for Bradshaw to open his account for the evening, as he latched onto a long goal-kick that was not dealt with by centre-back Mattie Pollock on his first Championship start for the visitors, before deftly lofting the ball over Daniel Bachmann.

BHappy: We start OK. Yes, really. Bright, positive. Briefly we wonder whether, having once again demonstrated our ability to beat teams that give us space to play we’ll finally overcome a more obstructive opponent. Ho hum.

Fran’s Watford Blog: What a disappointment this was after the excellent showing on Saturday. I can only describe this performance as a shameful shambles. Before the game we had discussed the Blackpool game and the fact that we had performed well in the first hour before our collapse. It certainly hadn’t been the abject display that we had seen at West Brom. This performance was certainly more in that vein but with added soft goals and no wonder strike for us. There were some bright spots in the second half, Kalu and Joao Pedro at least looked to be putting some effort in, but overall it was awful and the Hornets never looked like getting back in the game.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63224177

19th October 2019- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Watford 1

This was our first visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that had replaced White Hart Lane.

Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Attendance: 58,754

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Watford draw with Tottenham Hotspur after their lead is cut out by controversial goal

VAR controversy as Watford denied win at Tottenham Hotspur

Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores reflects on VAR involvement after Tottenham Hotspur draw

Apology issued to Watford and Tottenham Hotspur fans following ‘no goal’ graphic

Watford players rated after their draw with Tottenham Hotspur

Craig Dawson frustrated after VAR decision meant Watford had to settle for draw at Tottenham Hotspur

Watford’s Danny Welbeck substituted at Tottenham Hotspur due to ankle problem

Dele Alli rescued a late point for Tottenham to deny visitors Watford a first Premier League win of the season amid video assistant referee (VAR) confusion.

Alli’s leveller (86) – after Abdoulaye Doucoure (6) had given Watford the lead – was reviewed by VAR for a potential handball and referee Chris Kavanagh signalled for a goal but the big-screen message, which is controlled by Stockley Park, stated that the goal had been ruled out. After some confusion, the goal was eventually given.

For Watford this was one of those so-near-yet-so-far days, but the commitment from his players gave heart to Quique Sánchez Flores. The league’s bottom side were far from the rabble of early season here and, had they been more decisive in one of several counterattacking opportunities, they might yet have secured their first win of the season.

And here’s the VAR bit. Two big calls. A penalty shout for Deulofeu in the first half, not given. Alli’s goal, not denied despite a handball in the build-up and a shove on Christian Kabasele. No view of either at the time, both at the far end… Deulofeu’s penalty looks nailed on, Alli’s “handball” at least plausibly interpretable as shoulder rather than arm. We didn’t get either decision, it was ever thus away at a big club, these things matter more because we’re so desperate for the points. On balance wringing our hands too much about the equaliser is misguided; Ben Foster should have cleaned it out, Kiko could have been more decisive, and however inspiring our performance and well-judged the strategy if you spend most of the game defending your penalty area you increase the opportunity for such a decision to go against you.

If we continue to play as well as we did on Saturday, we won’t be in the relegation zone for long. This was the first time that we have seen a convincing performance from the whole team. I hope that we bring that into the Bournemouth game and have Vicarage Road bouncing again.

19th October 2013- Championship, Watford 2 Derby County 3

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=32548&id=5082

Derby took the lead three times at Watford as they recorded their second successive Championship victory under new manager Steve McClaren.

The match got off to a pulsating start with both sides scoring inside the opening 12 minutes, Fernando Forestieri equalising after Jamie Ward’s opener.

The best aspect of this season thus far from our point of view has been the entertainment value. Twelve league games in, plus three in the League Cup… how many have been anything less than gripping? (Even if, admittedly, some of that excitement has been our own doing in situations where you’d prefer dull defensive competence). The opening fifteen minutes or so here were suitably mundane… Derby’s notorious vulnerability at corners was manifest and Essaid Belkalem ghosted in (or as close as a monstrous Algerian can get to “ghosting”) at the far post. He should have scored. Two minutes later and Jamie Ward, half Belkalem’s size and with what looked a tougher heading chance, outjumped his marker to put the Rams ahead from Bryson’s brilliant cross. Another five minutes and Fernando’s levelled it again with a gorgeous dink. Same old, same old.

19th October 2010- Championship, Watford 2 Ipswich Town 1

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

BBC: Two quick goals just before the break from Stephen McGinn and Marvin Sordell were enough to sink Ipswich as Watford moved up to third in the Championship.

Evening Standard, 20 Oct 2010

BHappy: Agonising as the dropping off at the end of the game is, I can’t help but feel that rather than a deliberate strategy this sort of nervous response to a situation is simply what you’re going to get from a young team. Three of our starting midfield were 21 or under… much as our nerves were fraying badly, I’ll happily cope with that in return for the plusses twelve games in. Third place? Top scorers in the division? And perhaps two poor performances in the League (Leeds, Hull)? I’ll take that with both hands.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2010-10-19

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/19-october-2010/

19 October 2004- Championship, Watford 1 Sunderland 1

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BSAD report: There was a good atmosphere inside Vicarage Road on Tuesday night. Watford were once invincible ‘under lights’. The sense of anticipation was raised a notch or too higher than it might normally be on a Tuesday game. Was tonight going to be one of those nights?

http://watford.fcdb.info?s=32548&id=4622

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