Nationwide Division One, 04/05/03, 1.30pm
Watford
versus
Sheffield United
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 0-3 (06/04/02)
Lingering memory: Abject misery.
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Bradford City (H, 29/04/03, W3-0)
Last line-up: P.Kenny, J.Curtis, P.Jagielka, R.Page, R.Kozluk, S.McCall, M.Brown, M.Tonge, P.Ndlovu, D.Windass, C.Asaba (Subs: S.Murphy, W.Allison, M.Rankine, S.Kabba, P.Peschisolido)
Ex-Blades at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at United: Wayne Allison, Robert Page
Mutual friends: Tony Agana, David Barnes, Dave Bassett, Willie Falconer, Mick Henderson, Peter Hetherston, Glyn Hodges, David Holdsworth, Martin Kuhl, Tommy Mooney, Mark Morris, Cliff Powell, Mel Rees, Wilf Rostron, Keith Waugh
Web sites: The Red and White Wizards, The Blades Online (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: None
Celebrity birthdays: Jay Aston of Bucks Fizz (1961), Herwig Walker (1972)
Historical events: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury (1471); Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister (1979)
Saint of the day: Saint Florian, an Austrian martyr, is the patron saint of soap boilers. Why he is prayed to by soap boilers - and, indeed, what soap boilers are - remains something of a mystery.