Nationwide Division One, 21/10/03, 7.45pm
Watford
versus
Coventry City
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 5-2 (26/08/02)
Lingering memory: Turning on my mobile whilst on holiday in France and receiving five quickfire text messages...
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Cardiff City (H, 18/10/03, L1-3)
Last line-up: S.Shearer, A.Whing, S.Warnock, S.Staunton, R.Shaw, Y.Safri, M.Doyle, C.Jørgensen, P.Suffo, D.Adebola, A.Morrell (Subs: M.Konjic, C.Pead, I.Osbourne, G.Barrett, P.Arphexad)
Ex-Sky Blues at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Coventry: None
Mutual friends: Dave Bamber, David Bardsley, David Barnes, Paul Furlong, Carlton Palmer, Mick Quinn, Kevin Richardson, Kenny Sansom, Perry Suckling, Garry Thompson, Keith Waugh
Web sites: The Sky Blue Superplex, LAST!, GMK Online (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: Nottingham Forest 0 Watford 2, 21/10/00, Watford 2 Fulham 0, 21/10/97
Celebrity birthdays: Alfred Nobel (1833), Julian Cope (1957)
Historical events: The Can-Can was performed for the first time in Paris (1858), Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter (1918)
Saint of the day: Saint Teresa of Avila, a Sixteenth Century nun, had always tried to lead a holy life - at the tender age of five, she ran away with her brother in the vain hope that they'd get the opportunity to be beheaded for their faith. She came from a family where her father was obsessed with strictness and her mother was obsessed with romantic novels, so maybe it's not so surprising.