No Sting in the Hornets Tail

Newcastle went looking for a rare away victory on Saturday as we kicked off at the unusual time of 3pm. The weather did not help the game as we saw sunshine and rainfall on an already greasy pitch, however that did not stop the goals from coming as newcastle won a free kick on the left from what can only be described as a blatant dive from Gutierrez and what should have been a yellow card for the argie gave us the advantage as Guthrie took the free kick only for the ball to be popped around the box on the heads of the Newcastle players but finally the other argie in the mix put the ball in the back of the net. Watford never stopped plugging away but early in the second half Van Aanholt got down the left in his last loan match and won the vital corner that Guthrie sung in for Carroll to steer a quality header in to the near post.

Newcastle did have some defending to do in the second half and word were exchanged between mags Smith and ex Hornet Williamson. Watford did get one back but it did look offside as the shot came in but the deflection off coliccini put the ball into the path of Hoskins to make it an edgy finish but United held out to win and stay top of the championship as Forest lost to Leicester and West brom overcame Derby. So we go 6 points clear of second place West brom and forest lie 8 points behind us in 3rd.

The win gives us the confidence back as we have stumbled on away days the last few weeks. Barnsley up next at St James' on Saturday.


Highlights Watford 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd