On This Day...

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    Surprisingly, in pre-GT days, we went over a year unbeaten at home between March ‘76 and April ‘77 when we missed two penalties against Brentford. Back then home records were generally better than they are now, I think mainly because travelling to away games was more arduous.
     
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    Remember this clearly. It felt a real indication of our incredible progress since 1977 that here we were, playing and beating the mighty WHU at home in a regular league match. Less than 2 years earlier we'd been welcoming the likes of Darlington, Southport etc to the Vic.
     
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    I love this thread. It should be stickied so it’s never lost. Thanks again for the ridiculous effort you put in @Old Watford.
     
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    I wasn't at the match, but I remember the day very well. I was on holiday with mates in the Lake District. We shared a bottle of vodka, having already been at the pub. Shall we just say the vodka didn't agree with me. I haven't touched a drop since.

    Thanks for the reminder.
     
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    This is actually the highest ever attendance at Vicarage Road if you go by the number of people claiming to have been there that night. I once spoke to a chap who said he's been at the game and because he looked quite young I asked how old he was. The age he gave me meant he was born in 1986!
     
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    What a fantastic thread…..thank you old Watford!
     
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    ....

    Ten years ago today

    Deeney scored THAT goal.
     
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    Are you sure?
     
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    No, ignore that. For some strange reason it was obviously May the 12th this year. Here's a better one, on this day Skyla went doo lally for five minutes and lost all control of her brain.

    There we go, much better. :p
     
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    FTFY.
     
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    Just the 5 minutes?!
     
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    I think EJ raised his status from Legend to God after that event. It was a terrible, terrible event that shocked the world. He didn't let the Princess down. Not sure if Diana was a closet Watford fan, but I am sure she was smiling along with EJ when we won.
     
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    That was a really good performance as well if I remember. One of our best away from home during that impressive fifteen game unbeaten run. To be fair we have a pretty good record at Pompey, bar the time they thrashed us 3-0 on the opening day of the season when they had that mega team built by Redknapp and won the division at a canter.
     
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    That 3-0 defeat was part of a poor away start at a worrying time under Ray Lewington. The first game was actually 0-2 at Leicester (first competitive game at the ‘Walkers’ stadium), then 0-3 at Portsmouth, then 0-4 at Norwich (!).
     
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