Nationwide Division One, 02/03/02, 3pm
Watford
versus
Crewe Alexandra
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 3-0 (16/09/00)
Lingering memory: Nicky Wright on fire. Wonder what happened to him ?
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Everton (H, 26/2/02, L1-2)
Last line-up: C.Ince, D.Wright, S.Smith, E.Sodje, D.Walton, K.Lunt, W.Collins, D.Brammer, D.Vaughan, R.Hulse, D.Ashton (Subs: N.Sorvel, S.Foster, B.Rix, R.Jack, A.Bankole)
Ex-Railwaymen at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Crewe: None
Mutual friends: Jamie Moralee, Mel Rees
Web sites: Alex Net, crewealex.co.uk (Rivals), Official

On this day

Previous reports: Birmingham City 2 Watford 0, 02/03/01, Ipswich Town 3 Watford 2, 02/03/99
Celebrity birthdays: Dr.Suess (1904), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Lou Reed (1942)
Historical events: The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York (1933), Nick Leeson was arrested for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.(1995).
Saint of the day: St Agnes of Bohemia, a Thirteenth Century nun, refused two offers of marriage before taking the veil. She was declared a saint in 1989, 707 years after her death, but just in time to be invoked in a nationalist revolt against the godless Communist government of Czechoslovakia.