Saturday, December 17, 1983
Watford travelled to Highbury to face an Arsenal side under the management of Don Howe, Terry Neill having been sacked the previous day.
Raphael Meade's hat-trick won the game for the home side, Mo Johnston getting the Hornets' consolation in a 3-1 defeat, their first in the league to the Gunners.
Watford's teenage left-back Neil Price was dismissed by referee Clive Thomas.
Reproduced by kind permission of Matt Rowson from his book, Watford FC On This Day
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