Watford 2-2 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009

Result

Watford 2-2 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 2-2 Blackpool: match report

Watford drew with Blackpool 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mark Smith opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Watford's goals came from Mark Smith (24') and Tom Cleverley (63'). Blackpool scored through A. Baptiste (56') and Gary Taylor-Fletcher (72').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Blackpool 13th on 3 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Blackpool 5th with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 1 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · A. BaptisteBlackpool · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · N. EardleyBlackpool
  • 63'Goal · Tom CleverleyWatford · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Ian EvattBlackpool
  • 78'Yellow card · Keith SouthernBlackpool

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 1, draws 2, Blackpool 1.

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