Nationwide Division One, 23/10/01
Watford
versus
Nottingham Forest
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 3-0 (03/04/01)
Lingering memory: Stern John. I see it, but I don't believe it.
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Millwall (A, 20/10/01, D3-3)
Last line-up: D.Ward, M.Louis-Jean, J.Brennan, J.Hjelde, R.Scimeca, G.Williams, D.Prutton, C.Bart-Williams, J.Jenas, S.John, D.Johnson (Subs: C.Westcarr, C.Edwards, E.Bopp, A.Reid, P.Roche)
Ex-Forest at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Forest: None
Mutual friends: Craig Armstrong, Dennis Booth, Jimmy Gilligan, Steve Hodge, Nigel Jemson, Jason Lee, Des Lyttle
Web sites: Forza Forest, Forest Fire (Rivals), Official

On this day

Previous reports: None
Celebrity birthdays: Diana Dors (1931), Pelé (1940), "Weird" Al Jankovic (1959)
Historical events: Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious attempted to commit suicide while awaiting trial for killing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen (1978), Tone-Loc is ordered to take an anger management class after fighting with a pizza delivery person (1995).
Saint of the day: When St John of Capistrano got religion at the age of thirty, he rode backwards through the town on a donkey, wearing a paper hat with his sins written on it. A few centuries later, this was part of the inspiration for John Beck's highly sophisticated and successful motivational techniques.