Nationwide Division One, 14/12/02, 3pm
Ipswich Town
versus
Watford
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 2-3 (02/03/99)
Lingering memory: BEN IROOOOHHHHHE's missed it.....
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Brighton & Hove Albion (A, 10/12/02, D1-1)
Last line-up: P.Gerrard, F.Wilnis, J.Clapham, J.McGreal, T.Gaardsøe, H.Hreidarsson, J.Wright, J.Magilton, M.Holland, A.Armstrong, D.Bent (Subs: M.Richards, D.Ambrose, R.Naylor, P.Couñago, A.Marshall)
Ex-Blues at Watford: Alec Chamberlain, Paolo Vernazza
Ex-Hornets at Ipswich: Wayne Brown
Mutual friends: David Barnes, Steve Palmer, Trevor Putney, Stuart Slater, John Stirk, Brian Talbot
Web sites: Pride of Anglia, Bluesweb, Those Were The Days (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: Walsall 1 Watford 1 14/12/96
Celebrity birthdays: Nostradamus (1503), Paul Robinson (1978)
Historical events: Professor Max Planck of Berlin University revealed his revolutionary Quantum Theory (1900), Charles M. Schulz announced that he was retiring the "Peanuts" comic strip (1999)
Saint of the day: Saint Spiridon, a rough and ready sheep farmer, was an embarrassment to other bishops. To prevent him travelling with them, they cut off the heads of his white and brown mules. Under the cover of darkness he restored the animals' heads. But it was dark and he ended up arriving at his destination on a white mule with a brown head.