Nationwide Division One, 21/02/04, 3.00pm
Walsall
versus
Watford
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 0-2 (22/02/03)
Lingering memory: Lactose Intolerance
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Nottingham Forest (A, 14/02/04, D3-3)
Last line-up: J.Walker, D.Bazeley, Z.Aranalde, M.Carbon, I.Roper, N.Emblen, S.Osborn, G.Wales, V.Samways, G.Birch, J.Leitão (Subs: J.Lawrence, P.Matias, M.Wright, K.Taylor, A.Petterson)
Ex-Saddlers at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Walsall: Darren Bazeley, Colin Lee
Mutual friends: Dave Bamber, David Byrne, Steve Cherry, David Holdsworth, Carlton Palmer, Gary Porter, Stuart Rimmer, Lee Sinnott, Ray Train, Gary Williams
Web sites: Up the Saddlers.com, Ninety Minutes from Europe (Rivals), Official

Shorts, Scarf or Souwester?: See Met Office (Birmingham)

On this day

Previous reports: York City 1 Watford 1 21/02/98, Watford 1 Liverpool 0 21/02/70
Celebrity birthdays: Kelsey Grammar (1955), Charlotte Church (1986)
Historical events: George Reilly leaves Watford for Newcastle (1985), David Hasselhoff and his wife Pamela are injured in a motorcycle accident. The accident is caused by a strong gust of wind (2003)
Saint of the day: Saint Peter Damian was a cheery soul who as a young man would throw himself into a thorn bush if he started to have an impure thought. He later became a hermit and a fierce critic of those with less austere lifestyles than himself, once rebuking the Bishop of Florence for playing a single game of chess.