Saturday, October 17, 1998

Prenton Park was the venue as Watford travelled to Tranmere Rovers; defensive errors contributed to a 3-2 defeat, with the visitors' goals coming from Allan Smart and Gifton Noel-Williams.

The match saw the last outing of the five-man defence that had served the Hornets so well in winning the second division title the previous season; an injury to Keith Millen prior to the following Tuesday's trip to Bolton prompted a move to 4-4-2, a formation that would be retained the rest of the campaign.

The Tranmere defeat proved to be the last of Millen's 191 outings for the club.

Reproduced by kind permission of Matt Rowson from his book,Watford FC On This Day