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27th September 2025- Championship, Watford 2 Hull City 1

Watford Observer: Hull City reporter previews the Tigers’ trip to Watford on Saturday

Hull City preview: Paulo Pezzolano’s Watford must put smiles on faces – and fast

Team news: Jeremy Ngakia and Jeremy Petris return but Egil Selvik out for Hull

Pezzolano: ‘Watford’s track record with head coaches doesn’t preoccupy me’

Kwadwo Baah ‘working well every day’ and could start with Nestory Irankunda

Paulo Pezzolano on why Watford haven’t found consistency yet

https://www.watfordfc.com/supporters/digital-digests

Match Wrap: Watford 2-1 Hull City – Watford FC Download

Watford Observer: LIVE: Watford 2-1 Hull City

Match Report: Watford come from behind to beat Hull City 2-1

Paulo Pezzolano pleased with Watford’s character in comeback Hull win

‘It is deeply-rooted in the club’: Pezzolano reacts to ‘sacked in the morning’ chant

No left-footed defender and Kyprianou benched: Pezzolano explains selection for Hull

Opinion: Where does Pezzolano stand after ‘sacked in the morning’ chants?

Kwadwo Baah leaves Vicarage Road in a sling and being assessed

BBC: Vivaldo Semedo scored his first Watford goal as they came from behind to beat Hull City 2-1 at Vicarage Road.

Sky: In a changeable atmosphere, with home fans at first turning on their own manager before the Hornets’ second-half fightback, 20-year-old Portuguese striker Semedo’s unmarked header from skipper Imran Louza’s corner 12 minutes from time completed an unlikely turnaround.

BHappy: The crowd turns instantly, and a lot of heads visibly drop on the field as “sacked in the morning” gets a rather unfortunate if brief airing from the Rookery. We’re lucky to get to the break only a goal down… Alleyne will allow McBurnie a shooting window which he uses to smack a fierce drive against the post, another chance is denied by a combination of flung bodies and a fortunate bounce. We look forlorn, and leave to a chorus of boos at the whistle, much of which you imagine directed at the manager rather than the selection of players that he has juggled onto the field. We are facing a third consecutive 1-0 defeat against weak opposition.

Fran’s Watford Blog: The post-match celebrations were joyous. Captain Louza looked so happy that I couldn’t help but smile. He had been man of the match, but Semedo was a close second. After failing to impress in previous games, he had finally shown us what Pezzolano sees in him. He had struggled in the first half (as had everyone else) but had shown some really good things in the second half. Constantly getting into good positions, he contributed a goal and an assist. The assist was impressive as he had shown strength and intelligence in holding the ball up until Louza was available to receive the pass. Good stuff. I also enjoyed the contributions of Petris who repeatedly bombed down the wing and put in some decent crosses. Hopefully this is the start of some more positive, effective football from the Hornets.

From the Rookery End: Another game, another shake-up — but how many changes is too many? Jon, Mike and Adam Drury, from the Watford Observer discuss how Watford looked lost in a dreadful first half where Hull should’ve been out of sight, only for Paulo Pezzolano’s faith in his team to finally pay off after the break.

27th September 2015- Premier League, Watford 0 Crystal Palace 1

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

BBC: Crystal Palace moved up to sixth in the Premier League as Yohan Cabaye’s penalty settled a low-key clash against Watford at Vicarage Road.

Sky: It took until the 71st minute for the deadlock to be broken, when Cabaye rifled home from the spot after substitute Wilfried Zaha was brought down just inside the penalty area by Allan Nyom.

ESPN: Despite having plenty of possession, it was not until after the interval that Watford came close to getting on the scoresheet when, after Abdi had been tripped by Joe Ledley, Jose Jurado stepped up and hit a 25-yard free-kick that came back off the crossbar with Wayne Hennessey beaten.

Guardian: As it happened

BHappy: We allow the atmosphere to fuel five minutes’ worth of brash and eager and urgent attacking football, before Palace spoil things by failing to show any signs of panic. Bastards. As the game settles down, it becomes apparent both that we aren’t out of our depth against a team that might well finish in the top half and, at the same time, that there isn’t an awful lot we’re doing that’s scaring them, especially since they’re the away side. It’s an even contest, but one side is more even than the other.

Fran’s Watford Blog: We haven’t faced Palace since the play-off final two years ago and there is a lingering resentment that we were mugged that day. While Palace’s spoiling tactics made for an unpleasant game, too many of our players didn’t turn up and we didn’t really deserve anything out of the match. In all honesty, I am delighted that we had a couple more seasons in the Championship and were promoted at a time when we were better prepared for survival in the top division.

Guardian, 28 Sep 2015

Evening Standard, 28 Sep 2015

27th September 2014- Championship, Blackburn Rovers 2 Watford 2

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WFC.Net goal commentary: 1 2

Sky: Blackburn fought back from two goals down to grab a point with a 2-2 draw against Watford at Ewood Park in the Championship on Saturday.

Fran’s Watford Blog: With Garcia now out of hospital but in the director’s box, it was Ruben Martinez in the dugout again.

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2014-09-27

Observer, 28 Sep 2014

27th September 2011-Championship, Watford 2 Millwall 1

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Watford battled back from a goal down to secure their first home win of the season against struggling Millwall in the Championship.

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report:If our attacks still felt unnatural, as if we were doing something that forced us out of our comfort zone, we were at least applying a reasonable amount of pressure, and were worthy of the three points.

Hornblogger report

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27th September 2008- Championship, Sheffield United 2 Watford 1

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BHappy: We’re sixth from bottom, but this season is already vastly more fun that the last in which we finished sixth from top. Go figure…

Sunday Telegraph, 28 Sep 2008

Evening Standard, 29 Sep 2008

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=2008-09-27

Independent, 28 Sep 2008

27th September 2003- New Division One, Watford 1 Ipswich Town 2

Ipswich came back from a goal down to secure their first away win of the season at the expense of struggling Watford.

Here we are, then. Up to our necks in a swamp and sinking rapidly. You don’t need me to tell you want this result means, a ghastly defeat in a must-win fixture. And you don’t need me to tell you how it felt either, how the last thirty minutes were like watching your home being destroyed by a wrecking ball. And you certainly don’t need me to attempt to lift spirits with some kind of faux-chirpy, it’s-only-a-game, chin-up-son philosophy. No, you don’t need that.

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=4567