In football there are 3 things certain in life Death, Taxes and Watford changing managers under the ownership of Gino Pozzo and this season is no exception Paulo Pezzolano was sacked in October and replaced my Javi Gracia for his second spell in charge after leading the hornets to the FA Cup Final in 2018/19 during his first spell. So for this next upload we feature the hornets. This is actually Match of the Day of Watford's first ever Premier League home game against Wimbledon at Vicarage Road on the opening day of the 1999/2000 season. Watford got to the Premier League after becoming the first team since its berth in 1992 to get to England's elite via back to back promotions having won Division 2 now League 1 at a canter in 1997/98 and winning the Division 1 now Championship play offs in 1998/99 beating Birmingham on penalties in semi final and beating Bolton 2-0 in the final 4 other teams Manchester City, Norwich, Southampton and Ipswich have since emulated this feat. The reward for Sir Graham Taylor's men an opening encounter with Wimbledon themselves under new management, with Norwegian coach Egil Olsen taking over in the summer after long-serving boss Joe Kinnear was unable to return following a heart attack the previous season.
Who would draw first blood under the Vicarage Road sun? Jon Champion is your commentator.
