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19th November 2017- Premier League, Watford 2 West Ham United 0

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RELIVE – Watford v West Ham United: Hornets shake off off-field distractions for first win in four

Will Hughes and Richarlison fire Watford to 2-0 victory over West Ham United

Images as Watford returning to winning ways with victory over West Ham United

David Moyes admits ‘the better team won’ after West Ham United beaten by Watford

Watford’s Marco Silva ‘not in control’ of Everton job speculation after West Ham United win but hails ‘best home performance’

Abdoulaye Doucoure: Watford produced best performance of the season to beat West Ham United

Watford vs West Ham United ratings: Will Hughes on song in Premier League victory

Will Hughes explains how he adapted to unfamiliar role in Watford’s 2-0 win over West Ham United

BBC SportDavid Moyes said he was disappointed with West Ham’s “big players with big reputations” after his first game in charge ended in a 2-0 defeat at Watford.

skyThe appointment of David Moyes at West Ham failed to deliver an instant reaction as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Watford on Super Sunday.

guardianIf David Moyes had any illusions that keeping West Ham in the Premier Leaguewill not be among the biggest challenges of his career, then the manner of this defeat must surely act as a major wake-up call.

TelegraphA manager who would like to leave against one desperate to stay and, with inevitable irony, it was want-away Marco Silva who claimed the victory for Watford as they condemned David Moyes to a desperate, hostile defeat in his first game in charge of West Ham United.

BHappy imageThere was a Sunday afternoon feel about it all, to start with.  A sort of simmering sleepiness.  That lasted a matter of seconds, long enough for Andy Carroll to launch into his typical aggressive, aerial, flailing challenge and take out Marvin Zeegelaar, surprisingly given a debut in preference to Holebas.  Welcome to the Premier League.  Carroll avoided a card, somehow, perhaps by getting his assault in so early that if the “too early to book someone” line ever had any credibility to it he had to get away with it.

FranIt is the 25th anniversary of Watford’s Community and Education Trust and the club had chosen this game to celebrate.  As part of the commemorations, they had invited Ann Swanson back as guest of honour.  Ann had run the Junior Hornets back in the 80s and her efforts in ensuring that youngsters had a safe environment in which to watch football helped a whole generation of fans develop a love for the game, many of whom are now bringing the next generation along.  While I am too old to have been part of this group, I did want to shake her hand and thank her for all that she had done.  While waiting, it was lovely to hear her greet a guy with, “You’re one of my Junior Hornets.”  She seemed thrilled, but the warmth of the young man’s greeting showed the great esteem in which she is held by her former charges.

The Hornets NestA welcome return to winning ways with a dominant display. Watford were better in every area of the pitch and made it look easy at times.

Watford 2-0 West Ham The Hornets were back to winning ways against West Ham, however much they wanted to punch our lights out. A strong performances and first Premier League goal for Will Hughes, plus Ricky from Rio continues to shine. Of course the Marco Silva rumours from the last few weeks are discussed, I mean we couldn’t ignore it, however much we tried.

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19th November 2016- Premier League, Watford 2 Leicester City 1

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Relive all the action as Watford beat champions Leicester at Vicarage Road

Blistering start helps Hornets beat the champions

Performance and reaction pleases Hornets boss

Ranieri: We deserved a point

Watford midfielder couldn’t wait to get Liverpool game out of system – even on international duty

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SKY image report

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BHappy image Quite how the game would have panned out but for the penalty we’ll never know.  One possibility of course is that we’d have capitalised further on this extraordinary start, or that Leicester would have come back at us and, on failing to break through, overcommitted leaving us holes to exploit.

screen-shot-2016-10-03-at-19-13-20No sooner had we taken our seats after kick-off but we were out of them again as Capoue opened the scoring after Pereyra had broken forward and delivered a cross that was knocked down by Deeney for the Frenchman to hit home.  All of a sudden the cobwebs were swept away, the horror of Liverpool was forgotten and football was fun again.

screen-shot-2016-10-30-at-15-22-53 Prior to kick off, Leicester City kindly gave each of the travelling supporters a free hat.

screen-shot-2016-11-25-at-17-02-07 While walking to the station the Leicester fans were trying to salvage what they could. “Does anyone know if Watford have played in Europe?” I piped up behind them, “Yes, getting to the third round of the UEFA Cup, 1983-84.”

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19th November 2005- Championship, Watford 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1

So, much as I enjoyed watching our highly impressive, rousing start to the campaign, this, for me, is Adrian Boothroyd’s first landmark of genuine note. The nature of the man, it appears, is such that he wouldn’t greet it with more than a passing shrug and a sharp quip, but it is an achievement nevertheless. Because the consolidation is much more significant than the initial conquest: we might very easily have slipped back into mid-table by now, looking back upon those late summer days as a glorious, short-lived memory. Instead, we’re still here, claiming the right to consider ourselves contenders. That’s a bloody triumph, to my mind.

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19th November 1996-New Division Two, Watford 1 Wycombe Wanderers 0

BSAD image BSAD report: You can look at it one of two ways – “despite playing poorly, we’re still picking up points” or “sooner or later, our luck’s going to run out”. I’ll leave you to make your own minds up…

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