Watford 3-4 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Watford 3-4 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Watford · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Watford 3-4 Blackpool: match report

Watford lost to Blackpool 3-4 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

W. Hoskins opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from W. Hoskins (4'), Grzegorz Rasiak (36') and Mark Smith (68', penalty). Blackpool scored through Keith Southern (18'), Benjamin Burgess (56'), Gary Taylor-Fletcher (85') and Alan Gow (90').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 15 points from 14 and Blackpool 14th on 18 points from 14. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Blackpool 16th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 0 for Blackpool.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Blackpool's L-D-W-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · W. HoskinsWatford · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Keith SouthernBlackpool · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakWatford · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Keith SouthernBlackpool
  • 56'Goal · Benjamin BurgessBlackpool · 2-2
  • 68'Penalty goal · Mark SmithWatford · 3-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool
  • 80'Yellow card · Adam HammillBlackpool
  • 85'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 3-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Jon HarleyWatford
  • 90'Yellow card · Alan GowBlackpool
  • 90'Goal · Alan GowBlackpool · 3-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Blackpool 0.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King