Watford vs Bolton Wanderers Play off final 1999

Watford claim their place in the Premier League by beating Bolton 2-0 at Wembley in 1999. The two Watford goals are worthy of the occasion and for once Graham Taylor leaves Wembley a happy man!

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Sports

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• Watford
• Bolton
• Wanderers
• Play
• off
• final
• 1999
• Wembley
• Graham
• Taylor
• Nick
• Wright
• Alan
• Smart

[bwfc]

did i say that?....no

[stevohorn]

What did you say then..

That you dident want to win the play off final and gain promotion?

I really would like to hear the reasons for that!

[bwfc]

Bolton never ever wanted to win that game every single bolton fans knows it FACT !!!

[stevohorn]

So you threw the game?!

[notlobian4ever]

My first-ever trip to Wembley was this. Thanks for ruining it, I'll NEVER forgive Watford for that day! But at the same time I'll never forget the outstanding atmosphere as the teams emerged from the tunnel. Never experienced a better one since.

[stevohorn]

Perhap you wouldnt be so bitter if you had witnessed us applauding Bolton Supporters as they left Wembley?

Plus you won the play off final yourself a couple of seasons later and you have been in the top division ever since..dident turn out too bad did it?

[statmatt09]

10 years ago today...

[nakatasnoodles]

Tranmere eh? Ah, past memories, especially in 2000

All together now: "Aldridge, whats the score, Aldridge, Aldridge what the score!!!" (it was 3-0) & "Your not dancing anymore"

[alterbridgegod]

bolton will be playing watford next season the way things are going.

[rjjcms1]

We'd been slipping out of contention in February and March and looked set for no more than a top half finish, when we played that fiery "turning point" game against Tranmere at Vicarage Road at the beginning of April. From a goal down and heading nowhere, the hostilities in that match got everyone going and we came back to win 2-1. Then with a new-found togetherness they just kept winning: Birmingham away, Bolton and Palace at the Vic, and so on to ultimately displace Wolves from the play-offs.

[rjjcms1]

What a great day, rather drunk out in N London to say the least by the end of it.

What were the mood and expectations of Bolton fans going into the game? You'd been up and down and up and (a bit unluckily I thought) down again in the seasons before it. How confident were you in the run-up?

I ask because Watford built up such momentum in the weeks leading up to it that we all seemed to believe we were going to do it. We were on the crest of this wave while Bolton appeared a bit subdued.

[TheWombatLAD]

I was there, aged nine, best day of my life, watching this video still gives me goosebumps

[vurogj]

@whicker14 At the academy maybe, I think he signed pro forms in 2001.

[ben98wfc]

great video,two great goals

[whicker14]

was doyley at watford in 1999?

[og87]

I was like 11 and it was a hell of a day!! Second best day ever ( the 2006 promotion is the best) first time

Id ever been to wembley an it was amazing ill always remember wrighty and smart!!

[notlobian4ever]

@bwfc I'm not sure about that mate there weren't many in the Bolton end that day that looked like they were happy Watford won...

[notlobian4ever]

@stevohorn I was 12 and it was my first ever visit to Wembley, it wasn't a dig at Watford I'd never have forgiven anyone that beat us that day. We did have some titanic battles though between that season and the year we got promoted aswell, I'm sure Jaaskelainen still has nightmares about Tommy Mooney and Gifton Noel-Williams!