Nationwide Division One, 01/03/03, 3.00pm
Watford
versus
Nottingham Forest
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 1-2 (23/10/01)
Lingering memory: I couldn't remember last season's result. So I looked it up, and discovered that we lost. Which sums up the whole campaign rather well, no?
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Stoke City (H, 23/02/04, W6-0)
Last line-up: D. Ward, J. Brennan, M. Dawson, J.O. Hjelde, M. Louis-Jean, R. Scimeca, J. Thompson, G. Williams, M. Harewood, D. Johnson, A. Reid (Subs: B. Roche, C. Doig, D. Oyen, E. Jess, C. Westcarr)
Ex-Forest at Watford: Sean Dyche
Ex-Hornets at Forest: None
Mutual friends: Craig Armstrong, Dennis Booth, Jimmy Gilligan, Steve Hodge, Nigel Jemson, Jason Lee, Des Lyttle, Carlton Palmer
Web sites: Forza Forest, Forest Fire (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: Watford 3 Tranmere Rovers, 01/03/68, Watford 3 Bristol City 0 01/03/97
Celebrity birthdays: Harry Belafonte (1927), Nik Kershaw (1958)
Historical events: Jim Morrison of the Doors was arrested and officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness in Miami (1969); "The Doors" movie debuted. Val Kilmer played the role of Jim Morrison (1991)
Saint of the day: Saint David not only gave Wales their flag and patron saint. He's also responsible for the national emblem of the leek - the only vegetable he would ever eat!