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WE USED TO BEAT ARSENAL EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK! Porter reveals Watford even managed to beat them when jetlagged
21.10.26, 22:20 Updated 21.10.26, 22:23 6 Minute Read
Those were the days, my friends, we thought they’d never end.
Although the golden era may seem a lifetime away now, Watford literally used to beat Arsenal every day of the week.
And when we aggregate 14 seasons of top-flight football between 1982-83 and 2021-22, hilariously the Hornets took more points off Arsenal (32) than any other club.
Then there was the small matter of the FA Cup quarter-final in 1987, which ended with Gunners midfielder Steve Williams throwing his toys out of the cot and a kerfuffle over a penalty controversy which the referee got absolutely right.
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spent 40 years on Fleet Street as a top sports writer and a regular in the Press box at Vicarage Road. His first game as a wide-eyed Watford fan was a 5-0 FA Cup win against Reading 55 years ago and, coupled with his national newspaper experience, few supporters are better-equipped to cover English football's original family club.