 For anyone worried that the season might fizzle out, a properly tasty game of football. Any mention of officials in the first thunk is inevitably followed by a tirade…but this is the exception, for Mr A Taylor’s contribution, while sometimes inconsistent and occasionally slightly bewildering, should be heartily applauded by all card-carrying members of the Campaign for Real Tackling.
 Norwich’s automatic promotion push was dealt another blow as they were held to a draw at Watford.
 Norwich’s quest for promotion was dealt another blow after a 2-2 draw at Watford saw them slip out of the top two in the Championship.
12th April 2011- Championship, Watford 2 Norwich City 2
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12th March 2011- Championship, Watford 3 Sheffield United 0
Relegation-threatened Sheffield United were reduced to nine men inside 34 minutes as they were beaten at Watford.
Interpretation of the result will be distorted by the perspective introduced by two red cards in the first half (see below), but it shouldn’t be. It’s perfectly possible to make heavy weather of a numerical advantage, and on this occasion we did anything but, belying the number of kids on show (which was considerable, even if this was as experienced a line-up as we’ve been able to field of late).
15th February 2011-Championship, Watford 2 Preston North End 2
29th January 2011-FA Cup Fourth Round, Watford 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 1
23rd October 2010- Championship, Watford 0 Scunthorpe United 2
Scunthorpe picked up a second league win of the week to cause an upset as Watford’s fine form came to an end.
The script suggested a leisurely stroll for the hosts. Starting the campaign among the favourites for relegation has galvanised Watford without the burden of expectation.
This one stank to high heaven… and there exists no more reliable an indicator of an awful performance than the home crowd, at 2-0 down, booing the display of four added minutes at the end of the game as being too long.
