Watford 0 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Won
Date: 2/12/1972
Manager: Stan Anderson
Attendance: 8109
Competition: DivisionTwo
Played at: Vicarage Road
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| John Hickton | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Mills | |||
| John Hickton | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| Eric McMordie | |||
| Nobby Stiles | |||
| Derrick Downing | |||
| Joe Laidlaw | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Gordon Jones | |||
| Jim Platt |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |