Ipswich 1 Arsenal 0

UNDERFIRE Roy Keane conceded that five successive league defeats is “unacceptable” after his Ipswich side threw away a lead to lose 3-1 at home to Swansea City on Saturday.

UNDER-FIRE boss Roy Keane guided npower Championship side Ipswich into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup — where they will meet favourites Arsenal — following a 1-0 win over top-flight West Brom last night.

Ipswich 3 Northampton 1

ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello feels he has found some young players who can help him build for the future after the 2-1 friendly win over Hungary at Wembley.

Gordon Strachan had no complaints after his new-look Middlesbrough side stumbled to a 3-1 opening-day npower Championship defeat at home to Ipswich.

ROY KEANE has endured some dark days at Ipswich this season – even by his gloomy standards – but now, at last, the sun is out on the club’s season.

ROY KEANE knows all about winning and losing, the highs and lows of football, and what it takes to succeed.

Watford 1 Tottenham 2

GOALS from Nick Barmby, Caleb Folan, Richard Garcia and Nathan Doyle helped Hull reach Wembley for the first time in the club’s 104-year history and set up a Coca-Cola Championship play-off final clash against Bristol City on May 24.

Hull 4 Watford 1 (Hull win 6-1 on aggregate)

AFTER a remarkable 104 years of frustration and false dawns, Hull City stand on the verge of finally ending their wait for Premier League football after virtually securing a path to the Championship play-off final.

ADRIAN Boothroyd may not have set much store by the FA Cup this season but that did not allow his Watford players to escape a tongue-lashing after this limp 4-1 defeat.

STOKE billed this game as a ‘Kids for a Quid’ fixture, but they could now stand accused of cruelty to children after an absolutely abysmal advert for the Championship.

Watford welcome back defender Clarke Carlisle for their final match of the season, against Newcastle at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

All of today's starting teams for the 3pm games in the Premiership.

Sheffield United 1 Watford 0

It was unfortunate that Ben Foster – Watford’s best player this season – should make the mistake that ensured Adrian Boothroyd’s team would be relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship.

BLACKBURN chalked up their first win in five games to retain their dreams of a UEFA Cup place for a second successive year.

WATFORD boss Adrian Boothroyd believes yesterday’s 4-2 win over Portsmouth was a crucial result ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Watford 4 Portsmouth 2

Watford hope to welcome back defender Jordan Stewart for their home match against champions Chelsea.

Watford welcome back three players for their Barclays Premiership trip to Tottenham.

WATFORD manager Adrian Boothroyd watched Ben Foster help knock Plymouth out of the FA Cup, then tipped him to become the finest goalkeeper in the world.

Watford moved off the bottom of the Premiership for the first time since early December but the 2-2 draw with Charlton effectively pushes both sides nearer to the drop.

Watford know they would climb off the bottom of the Premiership table with a draw or better at home to Everton today, a team they had not beaten for 20 years.

Watford welcome back goalkeeper Ben Foster for their crucial Barclays Premiership fixture at home to Wigan tomorrow.

Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster is ineligible for tomorrow’s trip to face his parent club Manchester United.

Watford striker Ashley Young was left out of the line-up to face Aston Villa ahead of his expected move to the midlands club.

Ashley Young is unlikely to play in tomorrow’s match at Aston Villa - regardless of whether he leaves Watford to join their opponents.

Fulham 0 Watford 0

Watford survived a ferocious first-half onslaught in an incident-packed Barclays Premiership clash with Fulham to leave Craven Cottage with a point.

Watford survived yesterday's abandoned match against Wigan to travel to Fulham tomorrow with no new injury worries.

Adrian Boothroyd will hand a late fitness test to Watford defender Danny Shittu ahead of tomorrow’s crunch meeting with Wigan.

Liverpool brought in Danish defender Daniel Agger and midfielder Luis Garcia in place of Sami Hyypia and Mark Gonzalez from the side that won 3-0 at Charlton last weekend.

Watford will be without defender James Chambers for the trip to Anfield to face Liverpool tomorrow.

Watford welcome back captain Gavin Mahon for their Barclays Premiership trip to Newcastle tomorrow.

Watford will be without captain Gavin Mahon for the home match against Reading.

Watford should welcome back forwards Hameur Bouazza and Ashley Young for Monday night’s match at Manchester City.

Chelsea v West Ham

Watford could have goalkeeper Ben Foster back for the trip to Barclays Premiership champions Chelsea.

NEWCASTLE manager Glenn Roeder had Steve Harper to thank after the goalkeeper’s penalty shoot-out save booked his side a place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals at Watford’s expense.

Tottenham made nine changes to their starting line-up for today’s Barclays Premiership clash at Watford.

Chris Powell is pushing hard for a return to the Watford starting line-up for the match against his former club Charlton.