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4th December 1999- Premier League, Wimbledon 5 Watford 0

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Not at all a game to remember other than because of this marvellous story from issue 25 of The Yellow Experience.

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BBC Sport: The goals came in order from shirt numbers 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 – Carl Cort, Robbie Earle, John Hartson, Jason Euell and finally Marcus Gayle – with the best of the lot, a stunning 25-yard drive into the top corner.

Sunday Mirror, 5 Dec 1999

BSAD: Selhurst bloody Park. As a theatre of human misery, it has no equal. Like some vast medieval torture chamber, it could’ve been designed to maximise the agony of those unfortunate enough to be imprisoned within its walls.

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7th August 1999- Premier League, Watford 2 Wimbledon 3

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BBC SportWatford were given tough introduction to the Premiership by Egil Olsen’s Wimbledon.

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IndependentAS THE sun set on last season’s opening afternoon Graham Taylor, the Watford manager, stood on the touch line at Fratton Park, wearing shorts and a smile, after his freshly-promoted team had beaten Portsmouth with the help of an outrageous own goal. Newly promoted once more, Taylor was left content after his enthusiastic side contrived to snatch defeat from the jaws of a draw with a similarly comical self-inflicted blow.

BSAD imageBSAD report: At Vicarage Road, excitement crackles in the air like static. For a spine-shivering moment loitering in Occupation Road, I can vividly recall the mood before our First Division debut against Everton all those years ago. This feels the same, and it’s impossible to believe that we’re anything other than invincible. I hadn’t been aware of waiting for the Premiership kickoff – life seems full to overflowing right now, summer seemed too short – but suddenly impatience overwhelms everything.

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17th January 1996- FA Cup Third Round Replay, Wimbledon 1 Watford 0

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Some of you may remember that I had high hopes of winning this game after we’d battled out a draw at the Vic. That was on the basis that we’d have some of our players fit for the replay and be able to take on Wimbledon with something at least approaching a first-choice side. Since then, things have got even worse. So bad, in fact, that we’ve finally reached the point where we can’t put out fourteen fit players. Full stop. We managed to get eleven on the pitch, but the ones on the bench? A not-even-vaguely-fit David Connolly, Nathan Lowndes (who’s still to get his first-team debut) and Warren Neill (who’s been helping out the reserves on a non-contract basis). It really is that bad.

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6th January 1996- FA Cup Third Round, Watford 1 Wimbledon 1

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God knows I would have settled for a draw at the start. That doesn’t signify a lack of ambition – I think we can win the replay – just a realistic assessment of our depleted squad’s chances. It’s way too easy to take Wimbledon lightly, to dismiss them like we dismiss Palace. Even with old duffers like Mick Harford, Wimbledon are a far better side than their media image suggests – you don’t stay in the Premiership for ten years by playing dumb kick-and-rush football (ask Leicester!).