Watford 1 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 2/26/1971
Manager: Stan Anderson
Attendance: 14112
Competition: Division Two
Played at: Vicarage Road
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Willie Whigham | |||
| Alan Moody | |||
| Alex Smith | |||
| Bill Gates | |||
| Gordon Jones | |||
| Derrick Downing | |||
| Eric McMordie | |||
| Joe Laidlaw | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| Hugh McIlmoyle | |||
| John Hickton |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Mills |