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Watford 1-0 Bradford - December 21, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 24

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 21, 2002

12 579

1 - 0

Bradford

(penalty) Neil Cox

90'

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45' - Substitution Heidar Helgusonis substituted by Dominic Foley45

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71' - Substitution Tommy Smithis substituted by Gifton Noel-Williams photo Anthony McNamee

71' - Substitution Paolo Vernazzais substituted by Anthony McNamee71

87' - Substitution Andy Todis substituted by Paul Evans

90' - Goal Neil Cox90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 0

Bradford

Watford Bradford

Team line-ups

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age38 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Cox90

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Smith71

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age22 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Vernazza71

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Helguson45

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		38	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	90	31	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	71	22	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza	71	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	45	25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bradford

Davison

Aidan Davison

Northern Ireland

B.date11/05/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Tod87

Andy Tod

Scotland

B.date04/11/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Molenaar

Robert Molenaar

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1969

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Bower

Mark Bower

England

B.date23/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Francis

Simon Francis

England

B.date16/02/1985

Age17 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Emanuel

Lewis Emanuel

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/10/1983

Age19 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Lawrence

James Lawrence

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Standing

Michael Standing

England

B.date20/03/1981

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Jorgensen

Claus Bech Jorgensen

Faroe Islands

B.date20/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date15/11/1977

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aidan Davison		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Tod	87	31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Molenaar		33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Bower		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Francis		17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lewis Emanuel		19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Lawrence		32	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Standing		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claus Bech Jorgensen		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Anthony McNamee	71	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dominic Foley	45	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gifton Noel-Williams	71	22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Evans	87	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paolo Vernazza

Stephen Glass

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Tod

Delroy Facey

OUT

Mark Bower

Andy Myers

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lewington vs Bradford

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Lewington vs Law

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Nicky Law

Success rate in this team:

24 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Law vs Watford

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Law vs Lewington

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Referee

Alan Butler

1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Watford3 matches	General total	Bradford3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Bradford2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 20, 2003					Latest figure on March 18, 2003

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Key figures

Bradford keeps its 8 consecutive losses away from home running (since 17/09/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/09/1968 (7 matches)

It's the first time Neil Cox scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Bradford keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 17/08/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/03/2000-19/09/2000 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 1-0 Brighton & Hove05/10/2002

VWatford 2-0 Grimsby Town12/10/2002

VWatford 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/2002

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton02/11/2002

LWatford 0-2 Ipswich Town17/11/2002

VWatford 2-1 Burnley30/11/2002

Overall

LRotherham United 2-1 Watford09/11/2002

LWatford 0-2 Ipswich Town17/11/2002

LReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

VWatford 2-1 Burnley30/11/2002

LDerby County 3-0 Watford07/12/2002

LIpswich Town 4-2 Watford14/12/2002

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 3-0 Bradford28/09/2002

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Bradford19/10/2002

LReading 1-0 Bradford29/10/2002

LBrighton & Hove 3-2 Bradford02/11/2002

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Bradford16/11/2002

LMillwall 1-0 Bradford30/11/2002

Overall

LBradford 3-5 Wimbledon FC09/11/2002

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Bradford16/11/2002

LBradford 0-5 Sheffield United23/11/2002

LMillwall 1-0 Bradford30/11/2002

LBradford 1-3 Gillingham07/12/2002

VBradford 1-0 Nottingham Forest14/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	7	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	11	10
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
10	Victories (Competition total)	5
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.26	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
4	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Heidar Helguson	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Andy Gray
Tommy Smith	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Andy Gray
Neil Cox	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Andy Gray
Tommy Smith	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Andy Gray
Tommy Smith	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robert Molenaar

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

5 v

1 d

0 l

15 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

7 gf

13 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

1 d

5 l

22 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

13 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

1 d

5 l

3 gf

15 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

1 d

5 l

16 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	December 16, 1989
Home	7 - 2	December 16, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	February 06, 1999
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 29, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

0 - 0

Bradford

October 27, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Bradford

4 - 3

Watford

October 09, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Watford

4 - 1

Bradford

January 22, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Bradford

3 - 2

Watford

August 21, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Watford

1 - 0

Bradford

Best historical scorers against Bradford

Heidar Helguson	2 goals	2000 - 2001
Gifton Noel-Williams	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Tommy Smith	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Micah Hyde	2 goals	2000 - 2001
Ramon Vega	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Tommy Mooney	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Eoin Jess	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Ashley Ward	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Peter Beagrie	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Andy O'Brien	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Matthew Etherington	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Gareth Whalley	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bradford

Paul Robinson	5 matches	1999 - 2002
Heidar Helguson	4 matches	2000 - 2002
Micah Hyde	4 matches	1999 - 2002
Neil Cox	4 matches	2000 - 2002
Patrick Blondeau	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Stephen Glass	3 matches	2001 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

David Wetherall	5 matches	1999 - 2002
Wayne Jacobs	5 matches	1999 - 2002
Stuart McCall	4 matches	2000 - 2002
Gunnar Halle	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Gareth Whalley	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Eoin Jess	3 matches	2001 - 2002