28th August 2013- League Cup Second Round, Watford 2 AFC Bournemouth 0 http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches BBC: Elliott Ward diverted the ball into his own net to give Watford the lead and Jonathan Bond tipped Cherries striker Brett Pitman’s free kick onto the post. Andrew Surman saw his header fly just wide while Shaun MacDonald twice went close for the visitors. But Watford sealed victory with Cristian Battocchio chipping Ryan Allsop to finish off a fine break. BHappy: And so the prospect of a second game against the same opponents in such a short space of time is unusually appealing, somewhat intriguing. Bournemouth took a kicking in the latter stages of the league game, but their approach was pretty successful until then, and they might well have squeaked out a lead to defend with more decisive finishing. No need to dig out Plan B just yet. As for us, even with a second-string line-up, there’s enough here to expect some artistry and adventure…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Cup Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
