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).
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