Nottingham Forest 3-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Nottingham Forest 3-2 Watford: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Watford 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lee Martin opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Lee Martin (10'), Robert Earnshaw (35') and Nathan Tyson (69'). Watford scored through Mark Smith (22') and Mark Smith (61').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 20th on 1 point from 2 and Watford 9th on 4 points from 2. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Watford 13th with 58.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Lee MartinNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Nathan TysonNottingham Forest · 3-2

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