The final game of the season saw United head south for a match against Watford, who knew a victory would give them the chance at gaining promotion to the Premier League.
United manager Brian McDermott made some enforced changes to his starting eleven, after being without the injured Sam Byram and the suspended duo of Rudy Austin and El-Hadji Diouf.
Zac Thompson was handed his first start of the season in a United shirt after returning from a successful loan spell at Bury. Steve Morison returned and Adam Drury was also handed a start with Stephen Warnock dropping to the bench.
There was however late changes to both teams with Michael Brown stepping in for Thompson and Simon Lenighan stepping up to the bench for United. The home side needed to make a change in goal, with Manuel Almunia being replaced by Jonathan Bond.
There was an early worry for United when Steve Morison received lenghty treatment after a accidental whack to the face, he was replaced by Dominic Poleon after 10 minutes.