Troy Deeney admits Watford were overawed the last time they played at Wembley.

It’s partly why the Hornets failed to perform and lost the 2013 Championship Play-Off final to Crystal Palace.

But that experience will ensure a repeat display doesn’t occur, according to the skipper.

Watford will make the short journey to the national stadium next month to take on Alan Pardew’s Palace in the FA Cup semi-final.

A chance for revenge? Perhaps. Many Hornets fans still feel a tinge of frustration with the manner of Watford’s defeat to the Eagles almost three years ago.

The contest was tight, although the Golden Boys had struggled. It went to extra time.

In stoppage time of the first period Wilfried Zaha went down under a challenge from Marco Cassetti. A penalty was awarded and Kevin Phillips dispatched it calmly.

Palace went on to win the game and clinched promotion. They've since established themselves in the top flight.

Watford struggled the following season before clinching automatic promotion during the previous campaign.

They, under the guidance of Quique Sanchez Flores, have since impressed in the Premier League and have reached the last four of the FA Cup. It is there they will again meet Palace.

“Normally, in your best games, you can’t remember what happened,” Deeney said prior to the Hornets’ quarter final win over Arsenal.

“But I can remember everything from that match [the Play-Off final]. The flames when we were coming out, where my family was sitting and that drone camera that was zipping up and down above us.

“Those are the moments you should be concentrating on your football but you’re taking in the atmosphere instead. So that has set us up. It should hopefully be more of a normal environment.”

He added: “I don’t think the club was ready for promotion [that season] and, personally, I definitely wasn’t ready for it.

“Given what had happened at the start of that season it would’ve been too much too soon. So since then we’ve grown each year. It proved blessing in disguise.”