16th September 2023- Championship, Watford 2 Birmingham City 0 https://www.skysports.com/football/watford-vs-birmingham-city/teams/484773 Official site: Match dashboard https://www.watfordfc.com/match-report/match-report-watford-2-0-birmingham-city BBC: Birmingham City’s unbeaten start to the Championship season came to an end as two stoppage-time goals from Mileta Rajovic and Ryan Andrews gave Watford their first win since the opening day. Sky: The visitors had started brightly, threatening inside the first minute when Oliver Burke’s pass from the right set up Fulham loanee Jay Stansfield for a low right-foot shot from outside the box only for Hornets goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann to save. Watford Observer: Live Feed It looked increasingly like the home side would have to settle for a point from a frustrating goalless draw, but with two minutes of normal time remaining the Blues were reduced to ten men when left-back Lee Buchanan was sent off for a second yellow card. Head coach Valerien Ismael heralded the patience of the Watford fans as being a contributory factor in yesterday’s late, late show victory over Birmingham. BHappy: It’s a tremendous header. A Duncan Ferguson header. Under challenge from several opponents, with the significant distraction of Dion Sanderson flying in to try to clear and having achieved very little in the game to that point – indeed one wonders if, had Vakoun Bayo been on the bench, he would have made it that far – Rajović kept his eye on it, held off the multiple distractions and directed a header cruelly beyond the helpless Ruddy (for whom this may have triggered an uncomfortable flashback to Wembley 2019). Fran’s Watford Blog: The game seemed to being winding down when Chakvetadze squared for Andrews, but the youngster hit a low shot from distance that took a deflection and beat Ruddy. He ran to the 1881 section of the Rookery and celebrated with Harry the Hornet while the crowd sang “He’s one of our own”. From the Rookery End: The trio talk Val’s best XI, Dan Bachmann and supporter patience and try to work out just how much credit shoukd go to the Head Coach for that much needed home win against Blues. Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th September 2017- Premier League, Watford 0 Manchester City 6 Leave a Reply Relive – Watford miss chance to top Premier League as Sergio Aguero hat-trick leads Manchester City to thumping win Sergio Aguero scores hat-trick as Manchester City demolish Watford at Vicarage Road Watford head coach Marco Silva believes Manchester City’s first and third goals were offside in 6-0 defeat RATINGS: How did Watford’s players get on in their Premier League hammering to Manchester City? Watford’s Tom Cleverley hails Manchester City display as one of the best he has faced after Premier League mauling Watford: Marco Silva rubbishes suggestions his sides struggle against bigger sides after heavy Manchester City loss Watford players lost focus during 6-0 Premier League trouncing against Manchester City, says Heurelho Gomes Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City moved top of the table and handed Watford their heaviest ever top-flight defeat. Sergio Aguero scored his 10th hat-trick for Manchester City as they thrashed Watford 6-0 at Vicarage Road to go top of the Premier League. Manchester City have blasted their way to the top of the Premier League and only an exceptional team will be able to challenge them. Watford, watched by Elton John and unbeaten before Pep Guardiola’s men rocked up here, fancied their chances but were blown away by a three-goal salvo before half-time. Sergio Aguero’s superb hat-trick was the centre-point of a blistering Manchester City performance at Vicarage Road as they swept to the top of the Premier League. Going one better than the 5-0 scoreline they rattled up here last season, Manchester City netted three goals in each half to cruise to the top of the Premier League. So. Fourth in the League. Early days, yes, but still. Fourth in the league. Cool, huh? For the second week running there was a Watford related event on Friday night. This time it was Tony Coton’s book launch at the Vic. I fixed it. Watford’s unbeaten start to the season was spectacularly ripped up as they were on the receiving end of a footballing lesson and an exhibition at times as an exceptional Manchester City team cantered to a 6-0 victory. Watford 0-6 Manchester City After an incredibly impressive performance by Manchester City, Jon, Jason and Mike talk through the game and the strange post match feeling of not feeling like the world has fallen away from the Hornets. Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th September 2008- Championship, Watford 1 Plymouth Argyle 2 Leave a Reply Karl Duguid and Luke Summerfield fired Pymouth to the win they needed to rise off the foot of the table as Watford fell to a first home loss this season. BBC-SPORT-_-Football-_-Championship-_-Watford-1-2-PlymouthDownload What it all boils down to is that we don’t have enough goals in the team. By a long chalk. So going behind will always leave us with a bit of a problem, dramatic victories over Ipswich notwithstanding. We weren’t great in the first half hour last night but we were doing OK, by some distance the better side. After going behind we looked increasingly desperate and clueless, borne of not quite knowing where one goal, let alone two, was going to come from. Nothing that we didn’t fear and expect; that’s what you get for (having to be) selling all your leading goalscorers. http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4821 https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-09-16 https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-championship/16-september-2008/ Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th September 2007- Championship, Watford 3 Southampton 2 Leave a Reply http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4768 Daily Telegraph, 17 Sep 2007 Independent, 17 Sep 2007 Jordan. Magnificent. His slide into the far post towards Smith’s cross was almost a “Robbo vs Charlton” moment. Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th September 2006- Premier League, Watford 0 Aston Villa 0 Leave a Reply Watford keeper Ben Foster and his Aston Villa counterpart Thomas Sorensen stole the show as their two sides had to settle for a draw at Vicarage Road. Aidy Boothroyd’s team are still confronting the Watford gap. It is a daunting prospect, despite the manager’s protestation that “performance-wise we’d be near the top of the Premiership. And I believe performances lead to results.” Saturday’s one-word match report is : Thunk. http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4720 Share this:TwitterFacebook
16th September 2000- New Division One, Watford 3 Crewe Alexandra 0 Leave a Reply Watford made it nine games unbeaten after this convincing victory over Dario Gradi’s Crewe. Two BSAD reports http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4410 Share this:TwitterFacebook