Nationwide Division One, 25/11/01
Watford
versus
Portsmouth
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 2-2 (10/02/01)
Lingering memory: None. Games against Pompey are like an eternal headache that you just dip into now and again. Like clothes shopping.
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Manchester City (H, 17/11/01, W2-1)
Last line-up: Y.Kawaguchi, J.Crowe, S.Hiley, A.Zamperini, K.Harper, N.Barrett, G.O'Neil, R.Prosinecki, C.Pitt, P.Crouch, L.Bradbury (Subs: D.Waterman, J.Vincent, L.Mills, S.Lovell, C.Tardiff)
Ex-Pompey at Watford: Paolo Vernazza
Ex-Hornets at Portsmouth: None
Mutual friends: Dave Bamber, Alan Garner, Jimmy Gilligan, Martin Kuhl, Warren Neill, Mick Quinn, Trevor Senior
Web sites: PompeyWeb, Pompey-Fans.com (Rivals), Official

On this day

Previous reports: None
Celebrity birthdays: Augusto Pinochet (1915), Christina Applegate (1971)
Historical events: Alfred Nobel patented dynamite (1867); Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opened in London (1952)
Saint of the day: St Catherine of Alexandria was the girl who put the "Catherine" in "Catherine Wheel". When she refused to marry the Roman Emperor Maxentius, he ordered her to be stretched on a spiked wheel. She was saved by angels who shattered the device, sending blades flying into the bystanders in the process. Which was nice.