Nationwide Division One, 16/03/04, 7.45pm
Watford
versus
Derby County
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 2-0 (21/04/03)
Lingering memory: Jerel battering Ravanelli. Fabrizio who?
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Rotherham United (H, 13/03/04, W1-0)
Last line-up: L.Grant, J.Kenna, R.Jackson, Y.Mawene, M.Johnson, L.Osman, I.Taylor, C.Costa, T.Huddlestone, P.Peschisolido, M.Tudgay (Subs: P.Boertien, N.Whelan, L.Holmes, G.Labarthe-Tome, A.Oakes)
Ex-Rams at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Derby: None
Mutual friends: Nigel Callaghan, Steve Cherry, Steve Hodge, Glyn Hodges, Peter Kennedy, 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 (London)

On this day

Previous reports: Watford 3 Coventry City 0 16/03/02, Derby County 1 Watford 1 16/03/96
Celebrity birthdays: Isabelle Huppert (1955), Flava Flav (1959)
Historical events: Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket (1926), In France, ostrich meat was officially declared fit for human consumption (1993)
Saint of the day: Saint Herbert, a German saint, lived through Millennium panic of 1000AD. When a terrible drought hit Cologne, it was thought to be a sign that the end of the world was imminent. Herbert's prayers brought rain and calmed fears.