I remember the one against Oxford in the cup in the mid 90's that i was freezing my testicles off in the stand and they called it off with two minutes to go. We were in the stand singing the referees a w****r.
I didn't go to that one but i did go to the one where Fulham destroyed us and it was freezing cold, i think it was boxing day. The only highlight was the lunatic holding a giant passport to goad Al-Fayed, I think it was the same bloke that when we played Barnsley away in '99 (a game we won and Mooney scored again), he held us his shoes and was shouting "look you northern monkeys, i can afford a matching pair!", very funny at the time but you might have needed to be there.
Oh, one of the strangest things, but the best, was Taylors first game back for us when he took over from Roeder. We were in the ground early as usual and to our surprise he came in to the North stand (as i'm sure you recall the Rookery was being built), he walked from the left hand entrance to the right shaking everyones hand on the way through and talking to the fans. What a gesture, what a man, what a legend. Was anyone else in the stand when he did that?
What a horrible choice! So if Vega was worse (as was Okon that year), that makes Issa one of our better players? He was awful!!!
Not many were good and came out of that season with any credit, other than perhaps Stephen Glass and one or two others. I didn't say he was great, just one of the better players!
Love it. Couldn't care less if he was Golum if he plays well. Just so long as he doesn't start playing with his ring in the middle of a game!
Well we shouldn't forget the Huorns do play a part in 'Lord of the Rings'. This is Wikipedia's summary: Tolkien's character Treebeard describes both Ents that become tree-ish, and trees that become Entish. Meriadoc Brandybuck believed Huorns to be the former, although Treebeard would not say much about them.[3] Huorns can create darkness to conceal their movements and are capable of moving quickly and quietly. They still have voices and can speak to the Ents, but unlike Ents, they do not seem able to speak intelligibly to other races. According to Treebeard, Huorns have become queer, wild and dangerous. They watch over the trees but are in turn looked over by Ents. Merry believes there are hundreds and hundreds of them in the darkest dales of Fangorn forest. It is possible that some of the trees of the Old Forest, especially Old Man Willow, were Huorns as well. Both forests were once parts of the same primeval forest. Not sure about the "queer, wild and dangerous"
That brings to mind a Tongan Rugby League player called John Hopoate who actually did that, although not with his own ring. He played for NRL club Wests Tigers and during a match in 2001 against Nth Queensland Cowboys, he decided to unsettle three opposition players by sticking his fingers 'up their rings'. His defence was that he was merely trying to give them a wedgie - one of the three victims famously disputed that by saying "I know the difference between a wedgie and someone sticking their finger up my bum." Not something you'd expect to hear every day.
Strangest thing, obviously quite a long time ago, referee blew final whistle - Watford still had 11 players on the pitch
Heidur's goal against Chelsea in the Cup was strange and funny - everyone thought the ref might have been a penalty and then suddenly realised the goal had been given and you could see different parts of the stadium reacting at different times to what had happened. Very odd. I always liked it when the opposition players reacted to the crowd in fun as well - someone threw a mars bar towards gary walsh (I don't really condone it btw) and he took a bite, Nigel Winterburn came and offered his drink bottle to the Rookery against Arsenal and Dave Beasant once gave everyone a wave down at portsmouth. All good banter and way more fun than some of the ridiculous abuse you hear too often. Oh and that Arsenal cup match - 14 March 1987 - possibly the best game I've ever seen with Watford though i must say i absolutely loved the one we had at home agaisnt Sunderland in January 1999. That side was something else in the championship and we beat them - it was brilliant.
Thanks Dr Starkey. 1987 must be the Big Win at Highbury. Would be worst game ever attended if,like me, bought ticket from tout which turned out to be amongst the meanest looking Gunners People since Rambo on a good day....believe was 4 goals to away team....had to look glum every time but stopped short of swearing at J Barnes
