My first ever visit to Vicarage road on Saturday was not a happy one.
After writing last week that the result doesn’t matter on West Ham away days I have to admit I was wrong and I ended up sulking most of Saturday evening and Sunday.
As my best friend would say, a perfectly good day spoilt by 90 minutes of football, maybe 80 minutes on this occasion as the first 10 minutes were OK.
Watford certainly turned up and deserved the win. Vicarage Road is an old fashioned ground but I was surprised to find they don’t sell alcohol in the ground which made Saturday’s loss even worst as we were all sober.
Watford fans celebrated each goal like they had just scored against a top four side, well I guess we were at the time although we have since slipped back into sixth place after Spurs won earlier tonight.
Someone told me after the game we are like the Robin Hood of the Premier League, stealing from the rich clubs to give away to the poor.
One experience at Vicarage Road did make us cringe. Watford fans who had been quiet before their two goals simultaneously got out their smart phone turning on their torches and started waving them in the air like it was an ‘One Direction’ concert. This was met for chants of ‘That is embarrassing’ from the West Ham faithful. If this is modern football they can keep it.