Nationwide Division One, 08/11/03, 3pm
Nottingham Forest
versus
Watford
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 1-0 (14/09/02)
Lingering memory: A very quiet Larwood and Voce and a very distraught bar manager as the bulk of Watford's support sits on the M1
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Background: See season preview
Last match: vs. Walsall (A, 04/11/03, L1-4)
Last line-up: D.Ward, W.Morgan, G.Robertson, D.Walker, J.Thompson, M.Stewart, E.Jess, G.Williams, S.McPhail, A.Reid, M.Harewood (Subs: C.Doig, E.Bopp, D.Sonner, B.Gunnarsson, B.Roche)
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, Blooming Forest (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: Walsall 0 Watford 0 08/11/97
Celebrity birthdays: Keith Pritchett (1953), Dean and David Holdsworth (1968)
Historical events: Doc Holliday died of Tuberculosis aged 35 (1887), William H. Frost patented the insect exterminator (1910), FA secretary Ted Croker warned England fans not to travel to Turkey for the forthcoming World Cup Qualifier (1984)
Saint of the day: The Four Crowned Martyrs were actually a team of five Yugoslavian stonemasons who were martyred for their faith. The unlucky fifth member of the team was not honoured because he had only been pretending to be a Christian to improve his stone carving skills.