Liverpool walked onto the pitch into anfield expecting a comfortbale win over watford but that didnt happen.
in the 58th minute an error from full back jon harley jumping under the ball allowed steven gerrard to score a thumping header.
Josh Thomas said " the players put in a realy good effort today and i hope the fans are proud of us. the fans were superb today the really sung up thanks to all of them. "
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Watford Take Point At Hawthorns
Onur Kaya Finally Nets His First Goal For Watford
West Brom 1-1 Watford Koren 20, Kaya 59
Watford held west brom to a draw on a sunny saturday afternoon after a fine performance by onur kaya saw them play a lot better in the second half.
An error from chris basham allowed slovenia captain robert koren to finsh off with a well placed shot into the top corner. Watford were the much better side in the second half and there dominace finally payed off when onur kaya found a gap in the baggies defence to score a real poachers effort from 12 yards.
Manager Josh Thomas Spoke to Jeff Stelling And The Team After And Said " i am pleased with the way we have been performing this year and hopefully more fans will turn out next week at vicarage road and spur the team on, thanks to you guys for giving us extra publicity."
Adrian Mariappa celebrates his first goal of the season
Watford 3-2 Preston Mariappa 3, Jones 26 Helguson 7, Brown 90+1 Cristaldo 46
Watford gained a suprise victory against 2nd placed preston north end on a fine autumn afternoon at vicarage road. Adrian Mariappa got watford of to a flyer by scored a header straight from a corner after just 3 mins. Expierenced striker Heidar Helguson doubled watfords lead with another header only 7 mins into the game.
Preston full back Billy Jones then pulled one back for the away team on 26 mins with a well placed shot from close range. Watfords top goalscorer jonathan cristaldo then got his tally up to 11 goals in 20 games straight after the half time interval with a good run through the defence and a very good finsh into the corner.
Chris Brown then grabbed a consolation for preston in the 91st minute with a thumping header.
Thomas Said after the game " im delighted with the way the lads coped with the pressure today against a good preston side and now were up to 4th."
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Watford Take Their Chances
Don Cowie scores a superb 30 yard free kick for watford's 4th
Watford 4-1 Scunthorpe Graham 18 , McDermott 27 Kaya 29 Cristaldo 39 Cowie 66
Watford were in complete control against scunthorpe on a fine autumn afternoon in London.
Striker danny graham gave watford the lead with a fine placed shot after just 18 minutes. winger donal mcdermott the equalised for scunthorpe in the 27th minute with a powerful effort.
Midfielder onur kaya then put the home side infront on the 29th minute with a placed shot from 18 yards out. Cristaldo then scored on the 39th minute with a fine break through the heart of the scunny defence and extede watfords lead.
Midfielder don cowie then scored a fine free kick from 30 yards out to complete the rout.
Thomas said " it was a good perfomance, the fans were excellent again and hopefully this form can keep going to christmas."
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Watford Win Against Rivals Palace
Danny Graham scored both goals for watford
Crystal Palace 1-2 Watford Hill 16 , Graham 53, pen 72 McCarthy Sent off 38
watford battled to victory other rivals crystal palace at selhurst park on saturdya. a brace from Danny Graham getting 2 goals drove watford to victory.
strong centre back clint hill gave palace the lead after 16 mins with a powerful header. crystal palace centre back captain paddy McCarthy was then sent off for a proffesional foul after 38 mins.
watford's equaliser came through danny graham after he seized on a nick carle mistak to score a close range effort. Graham then had no troble scoring from the spot after Darren Ambrose had concede the penalty for a foul.
Thomas said " i am happy for the fans about beating palace away from home, im really happy about how we are performing in the league."
watford are currently lying 3rd in the league after 18 games
Watford will be delighted after a good perfomance away at st james park against a great newcastle side. tom cleverley delighted the fans with his late goal.
defender adrian mariappa gave watford a shock lead with a good header from a corner after 16 minutes. powerful striker andy carroll then equalisedfor newcastle in the 39th minute with a powerful header. full back jose enrique then scored a powerful effort on 68 minutes. enthuastic midifelder tom cleverley then scored to equalise for watford in the 89th minute.
Thomas said " im delighted with tom and the goal, its brilliant."
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Watford Beat Lacklustre Q.P.R
Lee Hodson Battles On And Picks Up Man Of The Match Against Q.P.R
Watford 1-0 Q.P.R Cristaldo 3
Watford recorded a good win over a surprisingly poor queens park rangers side on a fine autumn evening in London.
Striker Jonathan Cristaldo got watford off to a flyer by finshing off a good move after he broke the QPR back-line.
Thomas said " its another good win and only puts us one point behind the leaders, hopefully we can keep winning. "
Derby's robbie savage argues with the referee after being sent off
Watford 1-0 Derby Dean Leacock OG (17) Robbie Savage Sent Off 18
Watford taught Derby a footballing lesson at vicarage road on a fine autumn afternoon.
Centre-back dean leacock was left red-faced in the 17th minute after he slid in and diverted the ball into his own net. things went form bad to worse for derby after savage was sent off for a vicous foul on 18 mins.
Thomas said " i am happy to move to second and hopefully we can stay there in the next few games "
Watford's 9 match unbeaten run ended at home to nottingham forest on a very cold boxing day.
it started badly for watford when mcgoldrick pounced on a mistake by watford's jure travner. then dexter blackstock buried a penalty in the 53rd minute after fabrice muamba gave it away and pciked up a yellow card.
joe garner then completed the rout with a places shot on 63 minutes.
Thomas Said " i am dissapointed but we need to pick ourselves up quickly for top of the table bristol city "
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Watford Suprise League Leaders to Move up to 3rd
Henri lansbury scored his second goal of the season
Bristol City 0-2 Watford Lansbury 10, Cristaldo 38
League leaders bristol city sucummbed to good perfomance from josh thomas' watford side.
Midfielder Henri Lansbury got watford off to a good start by scoring an absolute screamer from the edge of the area on 10 minutes. striker Jonathan Cristaldo then completed the scoring for watford with a placed shot on 38 minutes.
Thomas said " im glad to get back to winning ways and hopefully we can push to the top of the table"
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Goals Galore As Watford ****** Cup Draw
Watford celebrate getting an unlikely draw
Manchester united 4-4 Watford ( FA Cup 3rd Round) Macheda ( 2,31), Cristaldo (17,90+1) Ji-Sung 54 , Kaya 41 Owen 83 , Lansbury 73
as fans left old trafford this afternoon i dont think they could believe what they saw.
in an entralling match it was football that was eventually the winner.
stiker federico macheda got man u of to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 2 minutes. Striker jonathan cristaldo then equalised by putting the ball in the top corner from 12 yards on 17 mins. macheda then added his second goal by scoring a thumping header on 31 minutes. watford then equalised just before half time when onur kaya broke through man u's defence to score a placed shot.
south korea captain park then put man u back infront with a poachers effort on 54 minutes. enthuastic midfielder henri lansbury then equalised with an effort on the edge of the area. Striker michael owen then put man u back infront with a placed shot on 83. but when it looked like watford were going to lose cristaldo popped up to score in the 91st minute.
Thomas said " Im delighted its a great results for us and especially for the fans."
Watford have today announced the signing of dutch attacking midfielder sander duits from fc omniworld for 16k. Duits has signed a 3 year contract on a wage of 2,900 a week.
duits said " i am happy at the chance of a fresh start, and moving to such a great club."
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After appearing to have the edge in a hard fought battle at vicarge road, watford were made to rue there missed chances.
an error from scott loach allowed defensive midfielder james harper to put sheff utd in front with a powerful effort that hit the inside of the post before going in. experienced striker heidar helguson then scored a towering header to equalise with a towering header. ched evans then scored from the spot after lansbury gave it away.
Thomas said " its dissapointing to lose but we need to pick ourselves up for the mid-week game."
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Watford Lose in Round 3 Replay
graham and helguson celebrate the equaliser but its not enough
Watford 1-2 Manchester United Helguson 59, Berbatov 27 Macheda 88
Watford gave a good showing in the replay against man u at vicarage road but it wasn't enough.
striker dimitar berbatov gave man u the lead on 27 minutes with a fine header. experienced striker heidar helguson then scored the equaliser on 59 minutes with a close range placed shot.
striker federico macheda then clinched a late winner on 88 minutes deflecting john o'shea's shot into the net.
captain jay demerit said " im proud of the team today it was a good showing and we pushed one of the best teams in the world all the way."
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Doncaster Hold Watford To A Draw
adrian mariappa battles on as watford draw 1-1
Doncaster 1-1 Watford Martis 70, Graham 8
Doncaster and watford played out a very even game at the keepmoat stadium, and the result reflected that.
striker danny graham scored watfords only goal after 8 minutes by scoring a placed shot from close range. Centre back shelton martis then delighted the home fans in the 70th minute by scoring a header header from 6 yards out.
thomas said " its another good point and leaves us still in the play-offs."
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Watford Extend Cristaldo Loan
Watford have today announced that they have extended jonathan cristaldo's loan till the end of the season. following an apeal for the work permit.
Cristaldo said " i am happy to return as watford is one of my favouirte clubs and i enjoyed my time here before."
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Watford completely tore blackpool apart in the first half at bloomfield road on a cold tuesday evening by the sea.
cristaldo got watford of to a flyer by netting his first goal with a placed shot on 3 minutes. helguson then doubled watford's lead with a powerful effort on 6 minutes.
Cristaldo then added watfords 3rd and his 2nd, by scoring on the 18th minute with a powerful effort from 12 yards out. Cristaldo then completed his hat-trick after only 20 minutes by scoring a placed shot after breaking the pool defensive line. Cristaldo then added his 4th and with that scored the most goals in a game of anyone this season in the league, by scoring another placed shot following good play by the watford midfield.
Danny Coid then added a consolation in what was a bad day for blackpool with a powerfull header from 6 yards.
Thomas Said " we were superb today, jonathan was outstanding on his return espeiclly scoring a hat-trick after only 20 minutes, we were amazing."
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Wonderful Watford Too Good For Struggling Swansea
Henri lansbury Scores From 20 Yards
Watford 2-0 Swansea Lansbury 3, Cristaldo 62
an efficent performance saw watford run out easy winners at vicarage road against a poor swansea side.
henri lansbury got watford off to a good start by scoring a powerful shot on 3 minutes. Jonathan cristaldo then doubled watford's lead with his 21st goal of the season with a paced shot from 12 yards.
Thomas said " we are playing superb and to know be joint top is amazing."
Barnsley 1-1 Watford Thompson 22, Duits 32 Olmo Sent Off 31
Watford left oakwell frustarted after drawing 1-1 with barnsley.
centre back o'neil thompson scored on the 22nd minute with a good header from just inside the 6 yard box. barnsley's jesus olmo was then sent off on 31 minutes for a proffesional foul just outside the box when cristaldo was one on one.
midifleder sander duits then equalised for watford with his first goal from the resulting free kick.
Assistant Sean Dyche said " it was a decent performance and weve maintained are position."
Sander Duits Scored His 2nd in 2 Games Against Bristol
Watford 1-1 Bristol City Duits 30, Agyemang 16
after a 1-1 draw at vicarage road, a key member of watford's side said they were unlucky to not win.
striker patrick agyemang gave bristol city the lead with a header after 16 minutes had been played. midifleder sander duits then scored his second in 2 games with a powerful close range effort.
Thomas Said " its a decent point but i did want three, but it still leaves us one point behind the leader."