Wednesday, September 3 – 1969
Match: League Cup, 2nd Round, at Vicarage Road, kick-off: 19:30.
Watford – Liverpool 1-2 (0-1).
Attendance: 21,149.
Watford: Bert Slater, Duncan Welbourne, Johnny Williams, Keith Eddy, Brian Garvey, Walter Lees, Stewart Scullion, Terry Garbett, Tom Walley, Barry Endean, Bernie Lewis. (Unused sub: Rodney Green).
Liverpool: Tommy Lawrence, Chris Lawler, Geoff Strong, Tommy Smith, Ron Yeats (C), Emlyn Hughes, Ian Callaghan, Roger Hunt, Bobby Graham, Ian St John, Peter Thompson. (Unused sub: Ian Ross).
The goals: 0-1 Own goal (Slater, 6 min.), 1-1 Eddy (pen, 60 min.), 1-2 St John (75 min.).
Match report from the Daily Express, Thursday, September 4 – 1969.