Saturday, April 19, 2003 at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium Valley Parade
RESULT:
BRADFORD CITY (2) 2 - Jorgensen 12, Gray (pen) 41.
WATFORD (1) 1 - Helguson 40.
TEAMS:
BRADFORD CITY: Davison; Molenaar, Wetherall, Bower, Emanuel; Uhlenbeek, Francis, Atherton, Jorgensen; Gray, Ten Heuvel. Substitutes: Forrest for Ten Heuvel after 74 mins; Magnusson, Myers, Standing and Muirhead not used.
WATFORD: Chamberlain; Mahon, Dyche, Brown, Robinson; Nielsen, Hyde, Johnson, Cook; Helguson, T. Smith. Substitutes: McNamee and Chopra for Nielsen and Cook after 80 mins; Hand for Hyde after 80 mins; J. Smith and Lee not used.
WATFORD'S MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Richard Johnson played in a manner that took one back three years or more. He was not only good, his was the outstanding display for the Hornets.
CONDITIONS: Bitterly cold with a stiff, chill wind.
ATTENDANCE: 11,145. (Several ejections by Bradford's usually over-efficious stewards who took particular umbrage at fans standing up and stamping their feet on the spot in order to stay warm. But then such is the way of small-minded men given a little power).
REFEREE: G. Laws (Tyne and Weir). One of two brothers on the list, he is highly thought of but failed to demonstrate his pedigree. He did not need to use a card but he seemed to favour the home side with too many decisions, not least his close-call award of a penalty, which was decisive.
ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: A fair exchange in difficult conditions for spectator and player alike.
CRINGE-MAKING MOMENT: Heidar Helguson's seemingly off-the-line clearance to Tommy Smith's goal-bound chip.
HIGHLIGHT MOMENT: Heidar Helguson's determined run and superbly executed lob for the goal.
CLEAR-CUT CHANCES: Watford 3 (Helguson 2, Hyde 1), Bradford 4 (Jorgensen 2, Gray 1, Wetherall 1).
ASSISTS: Hyde.
WATFORD GOAL ATTEMPTS BY: Helguson 5, Hyde 2, Cook 2, Smith 2.
GOAL ATTEMPTS (ON-TARGET): Watford 6, Bradford City 7.
GOAL ATTEMPTS (OFF-TARGET): Watford 5, Bradford City 5.
CORNERS: Watford 6, Bradford City 7.
FOULS COMMITTED: Watford 10, Bradford City 17.
TIMES OFF-SIDE: Watford 3, Bradford City 5.
BOOKINGS: None.
April 28, 2003 14:30
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