Nationwide Division One, 01/05/04, 3.00pm
West Ham United
versus
Watford
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 0-1 (11/09/99)
Lingering memory: Di Canio's evil free kick
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Stoke City (A, 24/04/04, W2-0)
Last line-up: S.Bywater, A.Ferdinand, C.Dailly, A.Melville, H.Mullins, M.Carrick, S.Lomas, M.Etherington, B.Zamora, D.Connolly, M.Harewood (Subs: D.Hutchison, J.McAnuff, B.Deane, C.Cohen, P.Srnicek)
Ex-Hammers at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at West Ham: David Connolly
Mutual friends: Alan Devonshire, Colin Foster, David James, David Noble, Glenn Roeder, Mark Robson, Stuart Slater
Web sites: Knees Up Mother Brown, West Ham Online, On the Terraces (Rivals), Official

Shorts, Scarf or Souwester?: See Met Office (London

On this day

Previous reports: Gillingham 0 Watford 3 01/05/01, Barnsley 2 Watford 2 01/05/99, Oxford United 0 Watford 1 01/05/91
Celebrity birthdays: Joanna Lumley (1946), Oliver Bierhoff (1968)
Historical events: Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella to fund an expedition to the West Indies (1486), The Rolling Stones released "Brown Sugar" (1971), Terry Burton took over as Wimbledon manager from Egil Olsen (2000)
Saint of the day: The husband of the Mary and step-father of Jesus, Saint Joseph is portrayed in the Nativity as the ultimate family man. So it is fitting that he is the patron saint of fathers, pregnant women, house hunters and, er, Nashville Tennessee.