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Watford Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Watford's 1978/79 League Cup journey stretched from an August tie against Brentford to a January semi-final against Nottingham Forest. Between those dates came a memorable comeback at Old Trafford. Use this page for the Hornets' current cup matches and for a guide to the different stages of that historic run.

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Watford: cup campaign

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Watford 1–5 Peterborough United. Full time. Peterborough United go through. Watford are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Luther Blissett turned the Old Trafford tie around

Watford beat Manchester United 2–1 at Old Trafford on 4 October 1978. Joe Jordan had put United ahead in the 40th minute, but Luther Blissett scored in the 46th and 71st minutes to reverse the result. The match was in the League Cup third round.

That sequence gives the victory its particular shape. Watford went into the interval behind, responded almost immediately after it and then found a second goal. Blissett's double, rather than a penalty shoot-out or an aggregate calculation, settled the contest on the night.

The historical match record names Graham Taylor as Watford's manager and provides the team information around the result. For anyone searching for the game, the October 1978 date is an especially useful detail: these clubs have also met in the league and the FA Cup, and those results belong to different stories.

From Brentford in August to Forest in January

The Hornets opened the campaign with home and away wins against Brentford, 4–0 and 3–1. A 2–1 home victory over Newcastle followed before the trip to Manchester United. After Old Trafford, Watford won 2–0 at Exeter to reach the quarter-final stage.

Stoke held Watford to a goalless draw before the Hornets won the replay 3–1 at home. The semi-final then brought Nottingham Forest: a 3–1 away defeat followed by a 0–0 home draw ended Watford's run. The campaign therefore included both a replay and two-legged ties.

The archive lists nine matches across those six opponents. That count is helpful when tracing programmes or comparing a season summary with individual results. A short description such as 'semi-finalists' is accurate, but the full sequence reveals the away victories and additional fixtures needed to reach that point.

Watford's League Cup history explained

Who scored Watford's goals at Old Trafford in 1978?

Luther Blissett scored both, overturning Joe Jordan's opener in a 2–1 third-round victory on 4 October.

Who ended Watford's 1978/79 run?

Nottingham Forest won the semi-final 3–1 on aggregate. Watford lost the away leg 3–1 and drew the return 0–0.

Was the Stoke replay a second leg?

No. It followed a drawn quarter-final and was listed as a replay. The Brentford opening tie and the Forest semi-final were the home-and-away ties in that campaign.

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