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13th December 2025- Championship, Wrexham 2 Watford 2

Watford Observer: Wrexham preview: The oldest team in the Championship takes on the youngest

Gracia: ‘I like that we are disappointed with results – it shows we want more’

Match Wrap: Wrexham 2-2 Watford – Watford FCDownload

Watford Observer: MATCHDAY RECAP: Wrexham 2-2 Watford

Match Report: Injury-time equaliser denies Watford in 2-2 draw at Wrexham

Watford assistant Aranalde claims ‘shocking’ decision cost Hornets at Wrexham

Aranalde: ‘We had the game under control until the last five minutes’

Gracia’s tactical tweaks improve Watford – but prospects remain unclear

Wrexham boss Parkinson thought Gracia’s red card was harsh

BBC: Ollie Rathbone struck in the second minute of added time as Wrexham salvaged a point against Watford. Josh Windass notched his sixth goal of the season to give the hosts an early lead at the Stok Cae Ras.

Sky: Watford brushed aside Josh Windass’ opener as first-half goals from Mamadou Doumbia and Othmane Maamma put the visitors on course for all three points.

Fran’s Watford Blog: As disappointing as it was only to get a point from this game, it was probably the right result. It had been a game lacking in quality from both sides, but a decent battle. All of the goals had a bit of luck to them. After the last-minute winner against Sheffield Wednesday in midweek, it would be churlish to complain about the same happening to us on Saturday

From the Rookery End: Two games, two injury-time goals, and absolutely no shortage of talking points. The lads relive the frustration and fightback of the draw with Sheffield Wednesday before heading to North Wales for an afternoon that felt very different since the Hornets last visit to STōK Cae Ras (The Racecoure Ground), almost 30 years ago. Of course, this time the spotlight burned brighter than ever, with Hollywood royalty Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watching on from the stands.

11th April 1998- New Division Two, Watford 1 Wrexham 0

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The infamous GT ‘Deirdre Rachid’ programme notes.

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Sunday Mirror, 12 Apr 1998

BSAD imageMy thunder has been stolen.

Over three years, I have tried my very hardest to come up with bizarre and unexpected approaches to writing about twenty-two men and a lump of inflated cow. It hasn’t been easy but I’m deeply proud of some of my more adventurous detours from the point in hand (Exhibit A: “The Accordian Player”).

I have, however, been kidding myself. It has recently become clear that, when it comes to stretching metaphors to absurd lengths and littering otherwise lucid comment with utterly irrelevant drivel, I am just a humble apprentice. Graham Taylor is the master. (Exhibit B: “Deirdre Rachid”.) Lord help us if he ever decides to write his autobiography….

But such piss-taking shouldn’t hide the truth – Graham Taylor, increasingly wayward programme notes and all, has guided Watford Football Club to success yet again. We have so much to thank him for.

This long, long season is set for a joyful finale. To be honest, as someone who didn’t even predict us to make the playoffs, I could be more bothered about the Championship. Barring absolute catastrophe, we’ve achieved our aims. As “Clap Your Hands” have eloquently put it, “The title would be the cherry on the cake…but we want the cake first.”

English Division TwoTable »
Brentford0-2Fulham
Burnley1-0Bristol City
Carlisle United3-1Oldham Athletic
Chesterfield2-1Northampton Town
Gillingham2-1Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle3-1Blackpool
Preston North End1-0Southend United
Walsall2-0Millwall
Watford1-0Wrexham
York City0-1Bournemouth
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12th October 1996- New Division Two, Watford 1 Wrexham 1

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BSAD imageBSAD report: It’s pretty obvious why we struggle at Vicarage Road. Apart from the occasional blinding bit of vision (Gary Penrice was the culprit in this game – totally letting the side down by actually looking up before passing the ball), we lack the intelligence to break down a massed defence. Most sides are going to come to Vicarage Road and be well satisfied with a point – to stop them achieving their objective, we have to learn how to play to our strengths. And we do have strengths, it’s just that we seem too bashful to admit it to ourselves.

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4th May 1982- Division Two, Watford 2 Wrexham 0

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The game that saw us promoted to the top flight for the first time in our history.

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Guardian, 5 May 1982
Daily Telegraph, 5 May 1982
Daily Mirror, 5 May 1982
Evening Standard, 5 May 1982

Watford Observer match report

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Taken from the programme on 22nd April 1995- New Division One, Watford 1 Bristol City 0

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22nd September 1981- Division Two, Wrexham 0 Watford 1

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Daily Post, 23 Sep 1981
Liverpool Echo, 23 Sep 1981
https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1981-09-22
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-two/22-september-1981/