Burnley 2 Watford 0: Ireland international Jeff Hendrick and Michael Keane scored their first Premier League goals as Burnley brushed aside a ragged Watford 2-0 at Turf Moor last night.

Both countries won one game and exited Euro 2016 at the same stage, but what would the best combined Republic and Northern Ireland team look like? Brendan O’Brien, who swapped between the camps during the tournament and covered all eight games, makes his selection.

Liverpool 2 Watford 0: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has rescinded his invitation for all fans to travel to Basel for the Europa League final after admitting it was “not too smart”.

West Ham 3 Watford 1: Andy Carroll and Mark Noble were on target as West Ham kept their chances of a top-four finish alive with a 3-1 win over Watford.

Watford 1 Everton 1: Heurelho Gomes lauded a “great result” for Watford after they ended their run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats with a 1-1 draw against Everton at Vicarage Road.

Wales 1 Northern Ireland 1

Arsenal  1 Watford 2

Watford 1 Leeds United 0: Defeated Leeds manager Steve Evans has hailed cup counterpart Quique Sanchez Flores as a “fantastic addition” to the Barclays Premier League.

Tottenham 1 Watford 0: Erik Lamela believes Tottenham have momentum in the title race after this deserved win lifted them to second spot.

However the likelihood of Chelsea playing European football next term receded further.

Watford 2 Newcastle 1

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Watford 1 Manchester City 2: Manuel Pellegrini expects Sergio Aguero to launch another goalscoring run as Manchester City step up their hunt for the quadruple.

Watford 1 Tottenham 2: If Tottenham have ambitions to do more than simply finish in the top four, they will need more performances like this, where they showed character and resilience to grind out a somewhat fortuitous victory against a Watford side reduced to 10 men for the final half-hour.

Aston Villa 2 Watford 3: Remi Garde is contemplating changes in a bid to plug Aston Villa’s leaky defence.

Arsene Wenger faced an angry supporter at last week’s shareholder Annual General Meeting when he was accused of overseeing an ‘embarrassing’ run of recent results in the Champions League.

Alex Ferguson may be long retired, but his influence will still be felt at Euro 2016 in the shape of resurgent Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland head coach Michael O’Neill paid tribute to the team for buying into his philosophy after they sealed their place at next summer’s European Championship last night.

Watford 0 Crystal Palace 1: Alan Pardew hailed the resoluteness of Wilfried Zaha, who was publicly rebuked by the Eagles boss after being hauled off at half-time in the defeat to Tottenham last week.

Watford 1 Swansea 0: Captain Troy Deeney feared Watford would be made to rue a host of missed chances before Odion Ighalo scored a second-half winner against Swansea.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores has backed Troy Deeney to open his Premier League goal account soon.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has sought to avoid renewed conflict with referees by making a public apology to Kevin Friend following his side’s 3-0 FA Cup victory over Watford.

Chelsea 3 Watford 0

Azerbaijan 2 Northern Ireland 0

Martin Paterson's first-half header ended Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill's long wait for a victory as his side recorded a well-earned win over Russia at Windsor Park.

Media reform campaigners today backed a cross-party deal on industry regulation in the UK, claiming it would protect press freedom as well as victims of newspaper intrusion.

Q. Some weeks back you responded to a reader looking for alternative natural treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in her wrist as opposed to the Methotrexate approach.

Tom Ince and Alex Baptiste start for Blackpool in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at Fulham, despite speculation both are on the brink of quitting the club.

Northern Ireland’s record scorer David Healy claimed he would “die a happy man” after ending his long wait for another goal at Windsor Park.

Northern Ireland 1 Azerbaijan 1

Northern Ireland 1 Azerbaijan 1

Portugal 1 Northern Ireland 1

Russia 2 Northern Ireland 0