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23rd August 2025- Championship, Swansea City 1 Watford 1

Watford Observer pre-match coverage: Paulo Pezzolano eager for first away win as Watford seek consistency

Swansea now only produce online programmes. https://www.swanseacity.com/swansea-city-v-watford-2025-26-programme

Match Wrap: Swansea City 1-1 Watford – Watford FCDownload

BBC: Zan Vipotnik’s late header saw Swansea City fight back to draw with Watford after teenager Nestory Irankunda’s sparkling free-kick had looked set to end the Hornets’ long wait for an away win.

Sky: Watford had only found the net three times in their previous seven league trips – the previous six of those being defeats – but they went ahead 10 minutes before the break and it came from a moment of magic from Irankunda.

Watford Observer: AS IT HAPPENED: Swansea City v Watford

Match report: Watford forced to settle for 1-1 draw at Swansea after Irankunda beauty

Paulo Pezzolano: Watford ‘ran out of steam’ after strong first hour at Swansea

Irankunda on stunning free-kick: ‘If Louza had been here I wouldn’t have taken it’

Pezzolano on Irankunda’s free-kick, Alleyne’s full league debut and Watford fans

Fran’s Watford Blog: It had been an enjoyable game. Watford had been excellent in the first half. Kjerrumgaard had a couple of decent chances and the goal from Irankunda was a thing of beauty. What a joy that we were behind the goal to see it fly into the top corner. Swansea made a much better fist of the second half, so a draw was probably a fair result, but an away point should always be treasured. The greatest concern of the afternoon was how apparent it was that we were lacking strength in depth. The first XI were excellent, but the replacements were generally not of the same quality.

From the Rookery End: As the Hornets made their second away trip of the season, this time down to south Wales to face Swansea City, the team behind the microphones was split in two. Mike, Kieran, and Ryan braved the long journey down the M4, while Jon, Jordi, Olly, and DCW opted for the considerably shorter — and far more sociable — trip to the Railway Arms opposite Bushey station.

12th March 2025- Championship, Watford 1 Swansea City 0

WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

Report: Watford 1-0 Swansea City – Watford FCDownload

BBC: Watford boosted their Championship play-off hopes as Moussa Sissoko’s goal ended Swansea City’s unbeaten run under Alan Sheehan.

Sky: Goncalo Franco gave the ball away to Ince in a dangerous position and with the defence stranded he found Sissoko to slot home his third goal of the season.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 1 Swansea 0

Five talking points as Hornets edge out Swans

Watford 1 Swansea 0 minute-by-minute report

‘We can’t keep putting these games to chance’ admits Cleverley

Reduced impact of substitutes is a cause for concern

Points, play-off potential, progress – but not plain sailing

5th November 2024- Championship, Swansea City 1 Watford 0

Swansea produce an online only programme. https://www.swanseacity.com/swansea-city-v-watford-2024-25-programme

Report: Swansea City 1-0 Watford – Watford FCDownload

BBC: Swansea City moved to within two points of the Championship play-off places as Myles Peart-Harris’ first goal for the club proved enough to see off Watford.

Sky: It was the fourth time in seven home league games this season that the Swans had kept a clean sheet as they pegged back fifth-placed Watford and moved up four places to 10th in the table.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Swansea 1 Watford 0

Swansea 1 Watford 0 minute-by-minute report

‘We paid Swansea too much respect’ admits Cleverley

A winning ticket on Saturday but a loser from the Watford tombola last night

Cleverley felt he didn’t give his team any ‘tactical edge’

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was another disappointing showing on the road. To be fair, the second half performance had been much improved, and the Hornets created several chances from which they could have snatched a point, but that would have felt a bit fortunate. After the goal fest on Saturday, it was a disappointment that we didn’t manage a shot on target over the 90 minutes. There was certainly more energy when Baah came on, but he made some poor choices. The first half was too cautious against a team that concedes few goals. Too often there were misplaced passes or a run into an opposition player who dispossessed them. The second half saw more forward breaks, but the Swansea defence was very well organised and restricted the opportunities to shoot.

From The Rookery End: after an amazing away trip to Sheffield, the Brigadier, Colin Mace, made the trip down to South Wales to see Watford lose 1-0 at Swansea.

6th March 2024- Championship, Watford 1 Swansea City 1

https://www.skysports.com/football/watford-vs-swansea-city/teams/485133

WFC.Net Goal Commentary: 1

Sky: Watford have still not won at home in the league since November 28. Goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann was brought back for a first Watford appearance in the league since three days before that win.

BBC: The Hornets fell behind in comical fashion early on when goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann raced out of his goal and teenage full-back Ryan Andrews headed into his own net.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 1 Swansea 1

The painful, limping journey to getting safe goes on

When you’re lacking confidence, what you don’t need is a bad start

‘When you start to lose games then you overthink as a player’

Fran’s Watford Blog: There were a couple of boos at the end, which I thought were totally undeserved given the second half performance.  Thankfully, the crowd who gathered along the front of the Rookery were there to cheer the players rather than berate them.  It had been a much better second half with lots of attacking play from the Hornets and plenty of shots, even if they struggled to get many on target.  The goal had been a terrible one to give away, but they recovered well and grew in confidence as the game went on.  It was the best we have seen from the Hornets in some time, and it was great to be in the Rookery with people on their feet cheering the lads on.  Coventry will be a different prospect than Swansea, but let’s hope that this improvement continues to the weekend.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68420955

24th October 2023- Championship, Swansea City 0 Watford 1

A digital only programme was produced for the fixture which can be seen here.

BBC: Ken Sema’s thumping late strike earned Watford a second successive win as they edged a drab encounter at Swansea City.

Sky: Kristian Pedersen thought he had put the Swans ahead after 72 minutes when he headed Grimes’ corner beyond Daniel Bachmann, but the effort was ruled out.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Swansea 0 Watford 1

King Ken’s screamer secures first win since before King Charles’ Coronation

Ismael delighted for the fans, and full of praise for his players

Winning goalscorer says he’s ready to go

‘This time we needed to give a kick in the backside’ – Ismael on Dele-Bashiru

Hoedt admits it’s been a tough few months

Fran’s Watford Blog: You could see how much it meant to the players.  I was surprised to see Koné run over to the away fans where he celebrated like a mad man.  The rest of the players took a while to complete their pleasantries with the officials and the opposition.  When they finally gathered as a group in front of us, King Ken was pushed forward to ensure that he got the plaudits.  There was no doubt that the crowd were sending him love and he was beaming and bowing down to us.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67130076

30th December 2022- Championship, Swansea City 4 Watford 0

Digital programme only. https://www.swanseacity.com/swansea-city-v-watford-2022-23-programme
Attendance: 17,339

BBC Sport: Swansea City ended their eight-game winless streak in style as Joel Piroe struck twice in a 4-0 thrashing of Watford.

Sky Sports: Joel Piroe recorded a brace as Swansea opened the scoring in a game for the first time since October 23 with a 4-0 Championship victory over fifth-placed Watford to complete the double over the Hornets.

Fran’s Watford Blog: Prior to kick-off there was a minute’s applause for Pelé and for former Swansea player Neil Robinson.  The applause started as soon as the tannoy announcer started talking about Pelé and was lengthy and heartfelt.  What a sad loss he is for the world of football.