WATFORD v BRENTFORD SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Venue: Vicarage Road Date: Tuesday 30 September Time: 19:45 Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website All change again in the manager’s seat at Vicarage Road as Billy McKinlay takes charge of Watford for the first time after replacing Oscar Garcia. Midfielder Almen Abdi (dead leg) is now fit but Gabriele Angella (ankle), Gabriel Tamas (knee), Troy Deeney (hamstring) and Keith Andrews (calf) are all unavailable. Former Hornets keeper Richard Lee (shoulder) is absent for Brentford. Nico Yennaris (thigh) and Sam Saunders (knee) are close to full fitness but are not yet available for selection. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head Watford won the last meeting 2-1 at Griffin Park in the old Division Two in January 1998. Watford are unbeaten in the last 14 meetings in all competitions, winning nine. Brentford's last win was 1-0 at Vicarage Road in the old Division Four in April 1977. Watford are unbeaten in the last seven meetings at Vicarage Road in all competitions, winning the last six. Watford Watford have won only one of their last four games, drawing two and losing one. Their only win this month was 1-0 away at Blackpool. Watford have lost only one of their five home games in all competitions this season. Their only defeat at home was 2-1 against Doncaster in the Capital One Cup on 26 August. Brentford Brentford won 2-0 against Leeds at home on Saturday - their first win in three games. Brentford have won three of their five away games in all competitions this season, losing the other two. Match Fact: My first ever Watford match was Watford v Brentford on Tuesday 25th April 1978
Thanks for the thread What was the score in the first match you attended? Might be a sign! Should be interesting tomorrow, new coach and all.
1-1 Mex. I've got the programme in front of me. My favourite bit is the following: Homely Lodgings Required for young 16-18 year old players Please reply to: Mr G.Taylor c/o Watford FC, Vicarage Road
The 1979 promotion season match against Brentford at Griffin Park was shown on the Big Match. The recording can be found here. (I won't tell you the result but make sure you don't read the accompanying article if you want to see what unfurls). http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rewind-brentford-v-watford-big-7852979?
Looks like there may be a stream for the game; http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=282388&part=sports Will be interesting to see how McKinlay sets the team out. Will he go for the tried and tested 3-5-2 or stick with the 4 at the back? Can't see the team changing too much from the weekend, although hope Fessi starts ahead of Ighalo.
My only real memory of Brentford is a vague recollection of Nigel Gibbs scoring a beauty in a 2-0 win during one of our seasons in Div2, maybe 1996-97. The old memory is going so it might not have been Gibbs and it might not have been Brentford but there you go.
my recollection of being at Brentford is a loss (i think!) of a cup game a few years ago. The chips were yummy! lol. Best way to judge a ground is by it's chips, obviously. Good atmosphere if i remember rightly. Looking forward to going back but hopefully to do the double! Will be an interesting night and i don't expect too much as we don't seem to play well for new managers, so much as i would love to go for a 3-1...oh sod it...3-1! .... Great thread Bloother, thanks
Ãscar Garcia was the first manager/coach since Gianluca Vialli not to hafa played Lloyd Doyley, if even he was chosen for the match squad for Charlton Athletic.
Guess Hoban will come in for Angella... Seems like we gain a key player but lost one at the same time! BTW Vialli gave Doyley his debut I think?
we will go 2 nil up then brentford will get 1 back on about 65th min then its squeaky bum for the last 30 min lol
My memory of my only trip to Brentford - back in the 1970s - a friend's dad took us in his hippy style campervan - and at some point in the game a ball was hit into the crowd and smashed him right on the head , breaking his glasses - shameful to say we all found it hilarious and we won 3-0 to boot.
Brentford have just come up but are doing well. If we want to go up we need to beat newly promoted teams, especially at home. COYHCOYHCOYH!
No its Heurelho Gomes Juan Carlos Paredes Joel Ekstrand Craig Cathcart Daniel Pudil Daniel Tozser Gianni Munari Diego Fabbrini Lloyd Dyer Matej Vydra Odion Jude Ighalo
