Saturday, March 29, 2003 at Hillsborough
RESULT:
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (0) 2 - Bradbury pen 63, Maddix 90.
WATFORD (1) 2 - Smith 32, Norville 81.
TEAMS:
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Pressman; Westwood, Maddix, Smith, Barry-Murphy; Reddy, McLaren, Haslam, Evans; Crane, Bradbury. Substitutes: Owusu for Crane after 57 minutes; Holt for Owusu after 69 minutes; Stringer, Bromby and Donnelly not used.
WATFORD: Chamberlain; Cox, Dyche, Brown, Robinson; Ardley, Mahon, Vernazza, Glass; Smith, Chopra. Substitutes: Hand for Robinson after 46 minutes; Norville for Chopra after 69 minutes; Noel-Williams, Cook and Lee not used.
WATFORD'S MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: No one that outstanding.
CONDITIONS: Dry and chilly.
ATTENDANCE: 17,087. (Watford contingent: 507. No problems).
REFEREE: Neale Barry (Scunthorpe). Appeared to handle the game well in the first-half, although the frustrated Wednesday fans gave him a hard time for little reason. He gave the home side 14 free-kicks and Watford one in the second-half, which was not a fair reflection. As it transpired, Alec Chamberlain's foul was in the box, not just outside as first suspected.
ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: Certainly enough incidents to keep the paying public awake.
CRINGE-MAKING MOMENT: Waiting to see what coloured card Alec Chamberlain received.
HIGHLIGHT MOMENT: Jason Norville's dummy, run and unexpectedly clinical finish.
CLEAR-CUT CHANCES: Watford 2 (Smith 1, Norville 1), Wednesday 4 (Westwood 1, Bradbury 1, Reddy 1, Maddix 1).
ASSISTS: Vernazza; none.
WATFORD GOAL ATTEMPTS BY: Smith 3, Vernazza 2, Glass 2, Cox 2, Norville 2, Chopra 1, Ardley 1.
GOAL ATTEMPTS (ON-TARGET): Watford 10, Wednesday 13.
GOAL ATTEMPTS (OFF-TARGET): Watford 3, Wednesday 2.
CORNERS: Watford 3, Wednesday 8.
FOULS COMMITTED: Watford 17, Wednesday 5.
TIMES OFF-SIDE: Watford 3, Wednesday 0.
BOOKINGS: Robinson for a foul on Reddy (18); Chamberlain for a foul on Owusu (64); Glass for a foul on Reddy (74); Reddy for retaliation (74).
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