Match Report
| Watford | Watford |  |  | Northampton Town | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Barton | Jamie Barton | manager | Abdouelillah Lounici | Abdouelillah Lounici | |||||||||||||||||
| Jacek Boniek | J. Boniek |  | 71 | G |  | 1 | | G | 85 |  | Samuel Song | S. Song | |||||||||
| Stephan Gyan | S. Gyan |  | 71 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 61 |  | Arturo Lopez | A. Lopez | |||||||||
| Jose Fortes Suarez | J. Suarez | | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Pedro Guardiola | P. Guardiola | |||||||||
| Alain Nonda | A. Nonda |  | 68 | D | | 4 | | D | 62 |  | Carlton Ljungberg | C. Ljungberg | |||||||||
| Ronnie Schouten | R. Schouten |  | 66 | D | | 5 | | M | 48 | | Tim Cort | T. Cort | |||||||||
| Marek Malkowski | M. Malkowski | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 47 | | Nicholas Wetherall | N. Wetherall | |||||||||
| Pascal Frei | P. Frei |  | 66 | M | | 7 | | M | 49 |  | Don Gallacher | D. Gallacher | |||||||||
| Ivan Bergkamp | I. Bergkamp |  | 65 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 |  | Cauê Alberto | C. Alberto | |||||||||
| Carlo Brunner | C. Brunner |  | 77 | A | | 9 | | A | 44 | | Robert Gascoigne | R. Gascoigne | |||||||||
| Davor Petrovic | D. Petrovic | | 72 | A | | 10 | | A | 59 | | Bill Lisbie | B. Lisbie | |||||||||
| Stephan Gyan | S. Gyan | | 69 | A | | 11 | | A | 50 | | James Beckham | J. Beckham | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Vicarage Road where Watford play host to Northampton Town. A crowd of 19,549 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Watford are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Northampton Town appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Watford are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Northampton Town appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Watford kick off!
2.03
0-0Marek Malkowski knocks the ball forward to Davor Petrovic. Davor Petrovic goes all the way! Davor Petrovic shows great control and tries a shot on goal. Samuel Song easily smothers it.
3.43
0-0Carlton Ljungberg catches Davor Petrovic on the ankles. Carlton Ljungberg is shown the yellow card! Davor Petrovic hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
4.44
0-0Ivan Bergkamp controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Davor Petrovic. Davor Petrovic finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
8.33
0-0Cauê Alberto makes a simple pass to Bill Lisbie. Bill Lisbie knocks the ball forward to Robert Gascoigne but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
9.41
Marek Malkowski deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Davor Petrovic. Davor Petrovic finds some space and shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
12.14
0-0Nicholas Wetherall catches Ivan Bergkamp on the ankles. Nicholas Wetherall is given a warning by the referee! Ivan Bergkamp stretches but gets up unharmed.
18.50
Ivan Bergkamp controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Carlo Brunner. Carlo Brunner goes all the way! Carlo Brunner shoots from just inside the box. Samuel Song easily smothers it.
20.39
Nicholas Wetherall clumsily knocks into Pascal Frei. The referee calls over Nicholas Wetherall again and warns him to calm down! Pascal Frei runs off the knock.
24.24
0-0Don Gallacher knocks the ball forward to Robert Gascoigne. Robert Gascoigne knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Alain Nonda.
33.17
0-1Nicholas Wetherall flicks the ball to his team mate, Bill Lisbie. Bill Lisbie whips in a cross ball towards James Beckham. James Beckham powers a header at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
36.59
Ivan Bergkamp makes a probing pass to Davor Petrovic. Davor Petrovic makes a probing pass to Stephan Gyan but he's offside!
40.40
Ivan Bergkamp flicks the ball to his team mate, Stephan Gyan. Stephan Gyan lofts in a cross ball towards Carlo Brunner. Carlo Brunner is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but somehow Samuel Song manages to keep it out.
44.14
Marek Malkowski threads the ball through to Carlo Brunner. Carlo Brunner knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Arturo Lopez.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and Northampton Town get the second half underway!
61.54
Carlton Ljungberg knocks the ball to his team mate, Tim Cort. Tim Cort threads the ball through to James Beckham. James Beckham knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
65.55
Ivan Bergkamp passes the ball forward to Carlo Brunner. Carlo Brunner finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
72.58
Alain Nonda threads the ball through to Marek Malkowski. Marek Malkowski decides to run forward with the ball. Marek Malkowski goes all the way! Marek Malkowski cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's miles wide!
78.55
Arturo Lopez plays a long ball forward. Robert Gascoigne knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
81.50
0-1Watford are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
90.00
Ivan Bergkamp threads the ball through to Stephan Gyan. Stephan Gyan knocks in a cross ball towards Carlo Brunner. Carlo Brunner directs the ball goalwards with his head but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
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