Football League Division Two, 19/03/05, 3.00pm
Watford
versus
Preston North End
 
Previous encounters

Last time: 2-0 (14/02/04)
Previous results: See Watford Versus...

Our opponents

Last match: vs. Sheffield United (A, 15/03/05, D1-1)
Last line-up: C.Day, G.Alexander, C.Davidson, C.Lucketti, Y.Mawene, C.Sedgwick, B.O'Neil, P.McKenna, E.Lewis, R.Cresswell, D.Nugent (Subs: Y.Folly, C.Davis, P.Agyemang, M.Hill, G.Ward)
Ex-Lilywhites at Watford: None
Ex-Hornets at Preston: Chris Day
Mutual friends: Nigel Jemson, Dominic Ludden, Stuart Rimmer, Allan Smart
Web sites: Who's that Jumping off the Pier? (Rivals), Official

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

On this day

Previous reports: None
Saint of the day: The story of Joseph is full of fabulous legends. Early mystery plays, attempting to explain the perpetual viginity of his wife Mary, often show him as a drunken old fool but by the Sixteenth Century the Roman Catholic church had stopped this sort of thing. They were unable to suppress the story of his flowering rod however. The suitors competing for the hand of the young Mary were all given a wooden rod. Joseph's miraculously bloomed, the others remained inert. In our post-Freudian world, this tale is worth a moment's thought. Careful now.

Further information

Nicholas Ralph's Numbers - Game 39: Along with all other two-digit numbers ending in nine, thirty-nine is the product of its digits, plus their sum.
Lucky animal: It's not an animal, technically speaking, but we're particularly fond of daffodils at this time of year.
Unlucky food: Number fifty-seven on the menu.