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Watford

Hull City

  • Barmby 8’
  • Windass 22’
  1. Hull stun sorry Watford

    Hull stun sorry Watford

    First half goals from veteran duo Nick Barmby and Dean Windass put Hull in the Championship play-off driving seat with a 2-0 semi final first leg win at Watford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Watford
    • Hull City
    • 90+4 Final whistle, Hull win 2-0. Really difficult for Watford to come back from this.
    • 90+2 Campbell on the edge of the box, twisting and turning past Sadler and fires a superb curling effort that Lee flies across to tip wide! Superb play by Campbell.
    • 89' DeMerit with a cross from the right and Priskin rises but headed just wide! Watford come again and Bromby with the shot but blocked and cleared.
    • 87' Watford are really pressing to try and get a goal to take to Hull next week but they're chasing rainbows as Hull are well-organised and a man up.
    • 85' Campbell goes down just inside the Watford area but the ref waves play on.
    • 83' Doyle with some outrageously cheeky skill to take the ball on his chest and backheel it over McAnuff who shoulder-barges him to the ground in response. Doyle loses his head though and starts pushing McAnuff in front of the ref, who has a word but doesn't book him.
    • 81' The ball drops to Doyle, he does a step-over to take Sadler out of the equation and fires a wicked curling shot off the post and away! Great strike, unlucky not to score.
    • 78' Priskin is booked for going in with a high foot, although all the did was jump to head the ball. Bizarre.
    • 76' Priskin gets the ball on the left, takes a touch and fires in a rising drive but parried by Myhill! Good stuff from the Hungarian, shame he wasn't fit enough to start.
    • 74' WATFORD DOUBLE SUB: O'Toole and Priskin come on for Doyley and Ainsworth; HULL SUB: Doyle on for Garcia.
    • 72' Campbell races clean through and it could be three but Lee rushes out to save well!
    • 69' HULL SUB: Windass comes off for Folan.
    • 67' Corner to Watford on the left, swung over to the far post and it drops to Doyley unmarked with the drive but blocked by the legs of Myhill!
    • 65' Campbell sprints in on the left and tries a half-volley on his left foot but DeMerit hurls himself in front of the on-loan Manchester United striker and forced him to mis-hit the shot into the ground and wide.
    • 64' HULL SUB: Barmby comes off to a standing ovation, Fagan on in his place.
    • 63' Barmby feeds Campbell, who takes the ball on his chest, spins and shoots but just wide.
    • 61' WATFORD SUB: Shittu can't go on, DeMerit on in his place, a hamstring strain apparently.
    • 60' And Eustace is shown red! The second time in his brief Watford career that the experienced midfielder is sent off and quite frankly I'm not sure why! It must have been for his involvement in the row afterwards.
    • 59' Handbags as Hull and Watford's players clash near the touchline after a fairly innocuous tackle from Eustace.
    • 58' Free-kick to Watford just outside the Hull box on the left, which is blocked. Shittu comes back on.
    • 57' Shittu is down on the ground now and has to limp off, he hurt himself landing awkwardly. Jay DeMerit is on the bench if needed.
    • 55' Shittu seems to have picked up a knock.
    • 53' Hull have barely touched the ball since this second half started as Watford continue to pump long balls at their guests.
    • 50' Great spell of pressure for Watford with consecutive corners, but Hull weather the storm and the ball is back with Myhill.
    • 49' The corner comes in from Ainsworth, a bit of a scramble and it's back with Ainsworth but the cross is cleared. Shittu now on the ball, great bit of skill to get into space on the left, he drills a low cross for SADLER WITH THE FINISH BUT AN INCREDIBLE SAVE BY MYHILL! That was headed for the back of the net but the American keeper somehow got across to tip it wide for a corner.
    • 48' Shittu flies in with a header which comes off the top of the bar and out for a corner, Friend deciding that Myhill got a touch.
    • 46' Second half underway - and no changes for Watford, oddly.
    • 45+2 Tommy Smith gets the ball just outside the area, he weaves past two players and fires in a shot that Myhill has to tip over for a corner. The corner is sent far post but is put behind again, not enough time to take it though, half-time and Hull in control.
    • 45' Two minutes added time being played.
    • 44' Campbell gets a booking for a foul on Lee, late on the Watford keeper again, and continues to mouth off at Friend, clapping him too, and quite frankly is lucky not to see red.
    • 42' Sadler with a terrible shot from outside the box, which flies miles over and was entirely unnecessary as he had time, space and support to work something decent.
    • 39' Smith on the left, cuts inside to his favoured right foot and tries a far-post cross but he swings it too deep over Ellington and out of play for a goal kick.
    • 37' Corner to Watford, the ball drops to SMITH but he fires over!
    • 36' Again a superb first touch on the left by McAnuff, who cuts inside past Ricketts like he isn't there and fires a shot that Myhill tips over! Great play by the former Wimbledon man.
    • 33' An off-the-ball incident sees a Hull player go down... Ashbee it seems was struck by Eustace. Phil Brown is angry but it seems the ref and assistant missed it so no action can be taken.
    • 32' Watford have a free kick on the left which Williamson will swing in right-footed, but it's a poor delivery that Hull clear with ease.
    • 30' Sadler with a surge forward from left back, he slips while crossing but manages to get the ball back to McAnuff... Hull clear but Watford pump it back in looking for McAnuff although Myhill comes out in commanding fashion to claim the ball.
    • 28' Hull counter after that and Windass is free on the edge of the box, he tries to place it into the top left but Watford block and clear.
    • 27' McAnuff again with a good run on the left, he drills the ball across goal for ELLINGTON WHO MUST SCORE but he takes a touch that allows Williamson to block, corner.
    • 22' Hull come forward again, Garcia puts it wide on the left with Dawson bursting into space and Doyley is caught in two minds, Dawson swings a high cross into the box and Campbell with the header IT TAKES A DEFLECTION AND CANNONS OFF THE BAR but Hull can still score AND WINDASS FOLLOWS UP WITH THE HEADER INTO THE EMPTY NET FOR 2-0! Watford all over the place and the veteran striker puts Hull firmly in control of this play-off semi final!
    • 16' Good play by McAnuff on the left, making mincemeat of Ricketts before pinging it across to Ellington, but the Hull defence close him out and he puts it well wide.
    • 14' Campbell is chasing everything and almost latches onto a loose ball to go one-on-one but Lee gets out to claim.
    • 12' Fortunately for Kevin Friend the corner is well-cleared. I still can't see why he disallowed that Shittu goal. There's no reasoning behind it other than he saw a load of bodies and just assumed there must have been a foul.
    • 11' The rub of the green not favouring Watford and neither is the ref - he gives Hull a corner when the ball clearly comes off Campbell.
    • 8' Campbell surges forward on the right, Shittu gets dragged wide out of position and Campbell just cuts the ball back for BARMBY WITH THE LATE RUN AND A SWEET FINISH PAST LEE FOR 1-0! Hull take the lead! And it's an error from Shittu - who had a goal harshly ruled out - that gives them the opportunity!
    • 6' Hull go down the other end and Campbell slides in on Lee, it's a foul but as with all incidents involving keepers being caught Watford are asking for a card. Nothing given other than the foul though.
    • 4' The corner is swung over to the six yard box AND SHITTU RISES WITH A POWER HEADER FOR 1-0! Watford ahead but noooo, the ref blows for a foul! Looking at the replay I cannot see for the life of me why he's disallowed that! Shittu was nowhere near Boaz Myhill, and if anything he was impeded by his own player.
    • 3' Great run run from McAnuff, cutting in from the left and smashing a shot on goal that takes a touch and flies just over.
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - HULL TEAM NEWS: No big surprises for the Tigers, with former Prem duo Caleb Folan and Craig Fagan on the bench.
    • - WATFORD TEAM NEWS: Tamas Priskin stays on the bench with Nathan Ellington partnering Tommy Smith up front.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the second of the Championship's play-off semi final first legs, with Watford hosting Hull from 12:00!

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Campbell on the edge of the box, twisting and turning past Sadler and fires a superb curling effort that Lee flies across to tip wide! Superb play by Campbell.
    • 89' DeMerit with a cross from the right and Priskin rises but headed just wide! Watford come again and Bromby with the shot but blocked and cleared.
    • 81' The ball drops to Doyle, he does a step-over to take Sadler out of the equation and fires a wicked curling shot off the post and away! Great strike, unlucky not to score.
    • 76' Priskin gets the ball on the left, takes a touch and fires in a rising drive but parried by Myhill! Good stuff from the Hungarian, shame he wasn't fit enough to start.
    • 72' Campbell races clean through and it could be three but Lee rushes out to save well!
    • 67' Corner to Watford on the left, swung over to the far post and it drops to Doyley unmarked with the drive but blocked by the legs of Myhill!
    • 63' Barmby feeds Campbell, who takes the ball on his chest, spins and shoots but just wide.
    • 60' And Eustace is shown red! The second time in his brief Watford career that the experienced midfielder is sent off and quite frankly I'm not sure why! It must have been for his involvement in the row afterwards.
    • 49' The corner comes in from Ainsworth, a bit of a scramble and it's back with Ainsworth but the cross is cleared. Shittu now on the ball, great bit of skill to get into space on the left, he drills a low cross for SADLER WITH THE FINISH BUT AN INCREDIBLE SAVE BY MYHILL! That was headed for the back of the net but the American keeper somehow got across to tip it wide for a corner.
    • 48' Shittu flies in with a header which comes off the top of the bar and out for a corner, Friend deciding that Myhill got a touch.
    • 45+2 Tommy Smith gets the ball just outside the area, he weaves past two players and fires in a shot that Myhill has to tip over for a corner. The corner is sent far post but is put behind again, not enough time to take it though, half-time and Hull in control.
    • 37' Corner to Watford, the ball drops to SMITH but he fires over!
    • 36' Again a superb first touch on the left by McAnuff, who cuts inside past Ricketts like he isn't there and fires a shot that Myhill tips over! Great play by the former Wimbledon man.
    • 27' McAnuff again with a good run on the left, he drills the ball across goal for ELLINGTON WHO MUST SCORE but he takes a touch that allows Williamson to block, corner.
    • 22' Hull come forward again, Garcia puts it wide on the left with Dawson bursting into space and Doyley is caught in two minds, Dawson swings a high cross into the box and Campbell with the header IT TAKES A DEFLECTION AND CANNONS OFF THE BAR but Hull can still score AND WINDASS FOLLOWS UP WITH THE HEADER INTO THE EMPTY NET FOR 2-0! Watford all over the place and the veteran striker puts Hull firmly in control of this play-off semi final!
    • 8' Campbell surges forward on the right, Shittu gets dragged wide out of position and Campbell just cuts the ball back for BARMBY WITH THE LATE RUN AND A SWEET FINISH PAST LEE FOR 1-0! Hull take the lead! And it's an error from Shittu - who had a goal harshly ruled out - that gives them the opportunity!
    • 4' The corner is swung over to the six yard box AND SHITTU RISES WITH A POWER HEADER FOR 1-0! Watford ahead but noooo, the ref blows for a foul! Looking at the replay I cannot see for the life of me why he's disallowed that! Shittu was nowhere near Boaz Myhill, and if anything he was impeded by his own player.
    • 3' Great run run from McAnuff, cutting in from the left and smashing a shot on goal that takes a touch and flies just over.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Kevin Friend

  • Watford

    Manager: Aidy Boothroyd

    On the Field

    • Lee
    • Doyley Substitution Out (74′)
    • Shittu Substitution Out (61′)
    • Bromby
    • Sadler
    • Ainsworth Substitution Out (74′)
    • Eustace Red Card
    • Williamson
    • McAnuff
    • Smith
    • Ellington

    Subs

    • Poom
    • Demerit Substitution In61′
    • Mariappa
    • Priskin Substitution In74′ Yellow Card
    • O'Toole Substitution In74′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    On the Field

    • Myhill
    • Ricketts
    • Turner
    • Brown
    • Dawson
    • Barmby Goal Substitution Out (64′)
    • Ashbee
    • Hughes
    • Garcia Substitution Out (74′)
    • Windass Goal Substitution Out (69′)
    • Campbell Yellow Card

    Subs

    • Fagan Substitution In64′
    • Walton
    • Folan Substitution In69′
    • Duke
    • Doyle Substitution In74′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None