please log in to view this image Watford vs QPR The Championship Saturday 30th November 2024 - 12:30pm Vicarage Road please log in to view this image How to get there; Drive : 40 minutes to an hour, 21.1 miles up the M1. Train : 1 hour and 16 minutes on the bus to Willesden Junction then mainline to Watford Junction then a 17 minute walk. Bike : 1 hour 50 minutes, 19.9 miles Previous meetings vs Watford; Games won: 53 Games drawn: 31 Games lost: 35 Ones to remember; 17 Sep 1930 Watford v Queens Park Rangers W 0-4 Division Three (South) 27 Dec 1947 Queens Park Rangers v Watford W 5-1 Division Three (South) 23 Mar 1963 Watford v Queens Park Rangers W 2-5 League Division Three 31 Dec 1966 Queens Park Rangers v Watford W 4-1 League Division Three 30 Apr 2011 Watford v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Championship Ones to forget; 16 Feb 1929 Watford v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 Division Three (South) 17 Dec 1938 Watford v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 Division Three (South) 24 Oct 1953 Queens Park Rangers v Watford L 0-4 Division Three (South) 01 Dec 1981 Watford v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Cup 09 Mar 1982 Watford v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division Two 05 Aug 2023 Watford v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Championship Players who have played for both; Tony Currie; 1967–1968 Watford 18 (9) 1979–1982 Queens Park Rangers 81 (5) Glenn Roeder; 1978–1983 Queens Park Rangers 157 (17) 1989–1992 Watford 78 (2) David Bardsley; 1983–1987 Watford 100 (7) 1989–1998 Queens Park Rangers 253 (4) Richard Johnson; 1991–2003 Watford 242 (20) 2004–2005 Queens Park Rangers 17 (0) Dennis Bailey; 1991–1995 Queens Park Rangers 40 (10) 1994→ Watford (loan) 8 (4) Paul Furlong; 1992–1994 Watford 79 (37) 2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (1) 2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2) 2002–2007 Queens Park Rangers 162 (54) Heidur Helguson; 1999–2005 Watford 174 (55) 2008–2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 7 (3) 2009–2012 Queens Park Rangers 68 (24) 2009–2010 → Watford (loan) 29 (11) Tommy Smith; 1997–2003 Watford 149 (33) 2006–2009 Watford 124 (27) 2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 50 (8) Steve Palmer; 1995–2001 Watford 234 (8) 2001–2004 Queens Park Rangers 127 (9) Michel Ngonge; 1998–2000 Watford 56 (11) 2000–2001 Queens Park Rangers 15 (3) Chris Day; 1997–2001 Watford 11 (0) 2001–2005 Queens Park Rangers 87 (0) Clarke Carlisle; 2000–2004 Queens Park Rangers 96 (6) 2005–2007 Watford 36 (3) Danny ****tu; 2001 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (1) 2002–2006 Queens Park Rangers 145 (15) 2006–2008 Watford 69 (8) 2011–2012 Queens Park Rangers 7 (0) Alex Bonnot; 1999–2001 Watford 12 (0) 2001–2002 Queen's Park Rangers 22 (0) Gavin Mahon; 2002–2008 Watford 189 (6) 2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 16 (1) 2008–2011 Queens Park Rangers 42 (3) Paul Jones; 2004–2005 → Watford (loan) 9 (0) 2006–2007 Queens Park Rangers 26 (0) Lee Cook; 1999–2004 Watford 59 (7) 2002–2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 13 (1) 2004–2007 Queens Park Rangers 119 (9) 2008–2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 23 (1) 2009–2012 Queens Park Rangers 27 (1) Lloyd Dyer; 2005→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 15 (0) 2014–2016 Watford 14 (1) Samba Diakité; 2012→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9(1) 2012–2016 Queens Park Rangers 14 (0) 2014→ Watford (loan) 6 (0) Match Preview; Watford will be looking to end the month well, having won three, lost one and drawn one so far in November. They currently sit 5th, on 29 points, but 4 points behind 4th placed Sunderland. Since returning to the Championship after promotion in 2019, relegation in 2020, promotion in 2021 and relegation in 2022, Watford have finished 11th then 15th, so they'll be looking to reverse that trend this season, and seem to be doing a good job of that so far. Their manager is Tom Cleverley, the 35 year old former Man Utd youngster, who took over on an interim basis before being given the job permanently after around six weeks. So far, he has managed 29 games, won 13, drawn 7 and lost 9, so a decent enough start. As for us, I mentioned in the Cardiff match thread that the Celar we were watching seemed a different person to the YouTube Celar we'd been led to get excited about...then he scored two and made me look a bit silly. Couldn't be happier to be wrong. More of the same and we'll be out of this mess asap. That said, until we scored it was a frustrating watch and we often offered very few options going forward...but we managed to score two, didn't concede and got the three points, but I can't help but feel against a better, more clinical opposition, we wouldn't have been so lucky. Improvements, but still got lots of work to do, and I'd still love to see two up front to at least have a go and putting the opposition under sustained pressure, as opposed to absorbing pressure and hitting on the break. Enjoy if you are making the trip, and having lived in Watford for four years...a recommendation...pre game they'll be a few pubs in the town centre or near the ground for a drink...but post game, to warm yourselves up after standing out in the cold on the last day of November, take a short detour away from Watford Junction Station, and head to The Nascot Arms (https://www.thenascotarms.co.uk/). Nice little pub and a really good and very affordable Thai food menu. Will warm you up in no time. Team news and manager comments to go up asap, and as always...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
Just a little teaser to perk up interest. I can remember the game in December '66 when we were clear at the top of Division 3 and Watford were one of the teams in the chasing pack. They must have felt job half done going in at 0-0 at half time. Then Alec Stock mixed it up a bit, bypassed Rodney and we scored 3 times in the first six minutes of the second half. That was before anyone came up with the 'concept' of 'Plan B'. Why did two wingers and a centre forward become unfashionable because it sure worked then?
Please direct your question to Sir Alf Ramsey, via an ouija board . He managed to win a World Cup without wingers a few months earlier. Obviously the news hadn’t filtered down to Div 3. Or Yorkshire.
I know. A fluke never to be repeated helped by home advantage -well not yet anyway. Wingless wonders never really caught on.at Loftus Road during our rise up the leagues with the likes of Mick Ferguson and Dave Thomas. I didn't even know where Yorkshire was at the time. My horizons stretched to Shepherds Bush market, Godolphin Road, Miles Coverdale school and the Sunday morning visit to the Church in Ladbroke Grove. My journey through England started off in Shepherds Bush (Hammersmith Hospital) then Ealing (considered dead posh in my community) before trekking South to Brentford and Kingston before I came to Yorkshire for work in 2009. The locals won't let me leave and I've been trapped up here ever since mixing with Leeds fans except when I go up to work when it's all Newcastle and Sunderland with a pretty clean split in two along the banks of the Tyne.
Fond memories of visiting vicarage road last season! At least this season I will be in the away end! My expectation is even lower than last season, think we got lucky against Cardiff, Watford will be a different proposition. Shame we have so many injuries
I read the previous government allowed the central reservations to crumble to the point various parts of the motorway system can’t be allowed to be 70. It’ll be worth it when our glorious knights lead us to victory.
