Nationwide Division One, 07/12/02, 3pm
Derby County
versus
Watford
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 0-2 (02/01/00)
Lingering memory: Branko Strupar in the Premiership, with half of our injured squad watching from the stands.
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Norwich City (A, 30/11/02, L0-1)
Last line-up: L.Grant, W.Barton, D.Higginbotham, S.Elliott, C.Riggott, C.Burley, R.Lee, P.Boertien, L.Morris, D.Burton, I.MacLeod (Subs: A.Bolder, G.Kinkladze, I.Evatt, A.Murray, A.Oakes)
Ex-Rams at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Derby: None
Mutual friends: Nigel Callaghan, Steve Cherry, Steve Hodge, Glyn Hodges, Martin Kuhl, Charlie Palmer, Mick Quinn, Craig Ramage, Eric Steele
Web sites: The Baseball Bat, From the eStand, Official

Shorts, Scarf or Souwester?: See Met Office (Burton on Trent)

On this day

Previous reports: Watford 5 Ashford Town 0 07/12/96
Celebrity birthdays: John McClelland (1955), Espen Baardsen (1977)
Historical events: Pearl Harbour, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes (1941), An estimated 25,000 people were killed when a major earthquake hit northern Armenia in the Soviet Union (1988)
Saint of the day: Saint Ambrose is the patron saint of beekeepers, and it certainly would've been handy to have one around when a swarm of bees settled in his mouth as a baby. Lucky Ambrose survived unharmed and the bees became regarded as an early sign of his later skills as an orator.