Sunday, May 4, 2003 at Vicarage Road

RESULT:

WATFORD (0) 2 - Cox 64, Fitzgerald 78.

SHEFFIELD UNITED (0) 0

TEAMS:

WATFORD: Lee; Doyley, Cox, Gayle, Brown; Nielsen, Johnson, Hand, McNamee; Norville, Fitzgerald. Substitutes: Cook for Nielsen after 88 minutes; T. Smith, Mahon, Swonnell and Chamberlain not used.

SHEFFIELD UNITED: Kelly; Cas, Curtis, Page, Kozluk; McCall; Montgomery, Rankine, Ndlovu; Asaba, Windass. Substitutes: Tonge for McCall after 51 minutes; Kabba for Rankine after 60 minutes; Peschisolido for Windass after 68 minutes; Allison and Cryan not used.

WATFORD'S MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Allan Nielsen. Gave a typical all-action display spiced with moments of pure class. Scott Fitzgerald would have put him under severe pressure had he converted one of his other chances.

CONDITIONS: Summer afternoon.

ATTENDANCE: 14,320 (Sheffield United contingent: 2,290. Two Watford arrests: one for theft and one for disorder at a previous game).

REFEREE: Tony Hall (West Midlands). Had a sound afternoon in a game that was easy to handle. He even stepped over backwards not to book Jamie Hand.

ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: Fairly good second-half but the fans were in a forgiving mood anyway,

CRINGE-MAKING MOMENT: Stuart McCall turning and thumping the ground after going down to a challenge from Jamie Hand. Even Neil Warnock had no sympathy for him.

HIGHLIGHT MOMENT: A quality pass from Richard Johnson out to the left wing to send Anthony McNamee away in the first-half.

CLEAR-CUT CHANCES: Watford 6 (Fitzgerald 4, Cox 1, Gayle 1), United 1 (Asaba 1).

ASSISTS: Gayle-Nielsen; Gayle.

WATFORD GOAL ATTEMPTS BY: Fitzgerald 7, Norville 3, Cox 3, Nielsen 2, Hand 1, Gayle 1.

GOAL ATTEMPTS (ON-TARGET): Watford 11, Sheffield United 11.

GOAL ATTEMPTS (OFF-TARGET): Watford 6, Sheffield United 1.

CORNERS: Watford 7, Sheffield United 6.

FOULS COMMITTED: Watford 13, Sheffield United 16.

TIMES OFF-SIDE: Watford 2, Sheffield United 2.

BOOKINGS: Hand for a foul on Tonge (80).