Well, we start with Crystal Palace away...not perfect, but it'll do i suppose, at least we can get there easily enough! Here's the rest: w/c Aug 11 Wycombe Wanderers H (Capital One Cup) Sat Aug 18 Crystal Palace A Tue Aug 21 Ipswich Town H Sat Aug 25 Birmingham City H Wed Aug 29 Capital One Cup 2 Sat Sep 1 Derby County A Sat Sep 15 Bolton Wanderers A Tue Sep 18 Brighton and Hove Albion H Sat Sep 22 Bristol City H Wed Sep 26 Capital One Cup 3 Sat Sep 29 Huddersfield Town A Tue Oct 2 Charlton Athletic A Sat Oct 6 Middlesbrough H Sat Oct 20 Peterborough United H Tue Oct 23 Cardiff City A Sat Oct 27 Blackburn Rovers A Wed Oct 31 Capital One Cup 4 Sat Nov 3 Leicester City H F.A. Cup 1 Tue Nov 6 Millwall H Sat Nov 10 Leeds United A Sat Nov 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Sat Nov 24 Blackpool A Tue Nov 27 Sheffield Wednesday A Sat Dec 1 Barnsley H F.A. Cup 2 Sat Dec 8 Hull City H Wed Dec 12 Capital One Cup 5 Sat Dec 15 Burnley A Sat Dec 22 Nottingham Forest H Wed Dec 26 Bristol City A Sat Dec 29 Brighton and Hove Albion A Tue Jan 1 Charlton Athletic H Sat Jan 5 F.A. Cup 3 Wed Jan 9 Capital One Cup Semi-Final (1) Sat Jan 12 Middlesbrough A Sat Jan 19 Huddersfield Town H Wed Jan 23 Capital One Cup Semi-Final (2) Sat Jan 26 Nottingham Forest A F.A. Cup 4 Sat Feb 2 Bolton Wanderers H Sat Feb 9 Crystal Palace H Sat Feb 16 Birmingham City A F.A. Cup 5 Tue Feb 19 Ipswich Town A Sat Feb 23 Derby County H Sun Feb 24 Capital One Cup Final Sat Mar 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Tue Mar 5 Sheffield Wednesday H Sat Mar 9 Blackpool H F.A. Cup 6 Sat Mar 16 Barnsley A Sat Mar 30 Burnley H Mon Apr 1 Hull City A Sat Apr 6 Cardiff City H Sat Apr 13 Peterborough United A F.A. Cup Semi-Final Tue Apr 16 Millwall A Sat Apr 20 Blackburn Rovers H Sat Apr 27 Leicester City A Sat May 4 Leeds United H Sat May 11 F.A. Cup Final
Not a bad trip for you guys that. Palace away. We got Arsenal away which is a bit of a pisser as I wont be able to go unless I get some overtime in. Never been to the Emirates & I always enjoy a trip to the capital & the pleasure of paying £4.50 a pint, lol. Anyhow, good luck for the season, the lull is almost over.
Grr a few of the fixtures I want to go to are inconvenient. Wanted to go to Bristol City away but will be back in Watford to see family, and Cardiff away is midweek so may have to be a hotel job as last train back is too early! Will try to get to Brighton away! Any fixtures stand out for a Nest meet?
Blimey, that is not good. Unless we get a home draw in Round 2 of the Capital Punishment cup, I will not get to see a game at The Vic until Sept 18th. We don't get back from the US until 28th Aug..
I'm happy to report that my rather humungous birthday is a home game, and the only Tuesday night game that might be difficult is Sheffield Wednesday...coz that's a long drive on a Tuesday night! Might make Cardiff though, so not sure i've been altogether logical there..hmm, no comments please! lol Was thinking maybe Derby away for the meet up? 1 September...what do you think?
Would be great if you could get down for that one, apparently the Emirates is worth going to, if only to laugh at the library that the Arse inhabit . Good luck to you too hon, have a great season!
Good start I think being away to Crystal Palace, always a good away trip that. I dont think its too tricky a start, what I'm a bit worried about is the last 7 games, away to Hull, Peterborough, Millwall and Leicester, and home to Cardiff, Blackburn and Leeds. Then again, if you have a head of steam then games suddenly look easier, and if your up against the wall games look a hell of a lot harder
20 Saturday home games is pretty decent, provided the weather co-operates. Only one of those 20 clashes with a cup weekend that might affect us, and to be honest I'd be delighted if either Watford or Blackpool get to the FA Cup quarter final.
H, if Derby away is a Nest meet-up I won't be there as I'll be in Budapest. The game nearest to my big birthday is Boro away Bit disappointed we're away on 27th October - not sure I can cope with a trip to Blackburn and the American show at Wembley in successive days. Why have they suddenly decided that FA Cup 4th round day isn't being kept clear? NNW, w/c is week commencing.
No fixtures close to me - no surprise there ! Any chance of a pre-season tour of Italy and S/W Spain now ??
I guess they feel that it does no harm. The alternative is a midweek match later in the season, which is what it would have been anyway.
Sorry, not actually Watford related (well, probably not); There are Premiership games on the 12th and 18th of May - so 2 matches after the FA Cup Final. Personally think this is wrong. FA Cup Final should be the last match of the domestic season... no wonder it is losing some of it's magic if some teams are still concentrating on their league form too
I do sympathise with the FA to a certain extent. It's either put the FA Cup in direct competition with the Champions League, go to war with the Premier League to force them to finish their season earlier, or schedule the FA Cup final early enough that the Premier League shouldn't be decided on that day.
the start of the Christmas holidays for me as i am in jersey the day i break up is Wed 19 December and the day that school goes back is Thu 3 January so will hopefully see most the games as this year is in England (once every three years after that here and then France)
