Strikers Sign Extensions

Firming up the future of the front line, Watford signed contract extensions this week for Marvin Sordell & Danny Graham. Sordell has signed through the 2013 season and Graham has signed through 2012 with a one-year club option.

Watford 2-3 Swansea City 4-3-2 15 pts.

Brendan Rodgers' Swans took the Hornets down a notch today as Watford's streak of impressive performances came to an end.

Winger Scott Sinclair got Swansea on the scoreboard in the eleventh minute and a Steven Dobbie goal in minute 30 left the Hornets limping into the half.

If anything, Swansea turned up the heat in the second half, dominating possession and outshooting Watford on goal attempts. Frank Nouble came in for Dobbie in the 67th minute and promptly nabbed the Swans' third goal three minutes later, eroding the goal difference Watford had built up over the last two matches.

Watford mounted a comeback however, with Troy Deeney right-footing a Marvin Sordell-headed cross in from 12 yards out at minute 77. Martin Taylor added his contribution at the 86 minute mark, heading in a Lloyd Doyley cross from 6 yards out. Despite five minutes of added time, the Hornets ran out of road and failed to capture a point.

The result, coupled with a late Reading goal, left Watford in a clear 4th place in the league table.

The next match is Saturday at Sheffield United. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Watford 3-1 Middlesbrough 4-3-1 15 pts.

I was tooling through Iowa with only score updates during this match so I've linked in the BBC report.

Watford sits in third place, just one point off the automatic promotion zone thanks to a pair of Danny Graham goals and solo shot by Jordon Mutch.

The young Hornets are playing over their heads but don't tell them. With this terrific start they should avoid relegation barring a deduction for administration.

Locally, a last-minute goal propelled SLU past Drake Saturday night before a large Homecoming crowd at Hermann Stadium.

Next match is tomorrow when Vicarage Road welcomes Swansea City. The kickoff is 1:45 pm St. Louis time.

Watford Named Championship Team of the Week by the Football League

Well deserved after their 6-1 romp over Millwall.

Millwall 1-6 Watford 3-3-1 12 pts.

That's right - 6. At The Den. By six different scorers. A terrific showing away that puts Watford in 5th place in the League.

Millwall, League One playoff winners last year, had not lost a home match since November of last year and sat in the playoff zone in the Championship going into today's match.

John Eustace started the scoring conga line in minute nine off a Dow Cowie corner (his first of three assists on corner kicks). Jordon Mutch followed four minutes later with his first goal for Watford - a left-footed shot into the bottom left from six yards out on a rebound of a suspected handball (Millwall's).

The match was held up for a bit due to a pitch invasion by a shirtless Millwall fan who squared off against Lloyd Doyley.

When the stewards had restored order, the Hornets picked up where they had left off, Marvin Sordell scored in the last moments of the half from another suspected handball, this time from eight yards out.

The carnage continued when Watford went up 4-0 as Adrian Mariappa headed another Cowie corner into the net in the 55th minute, but Liam Trotter retaliated less than a minute later to put Millwall on the board.

Danny Graham scored his sixth of the season in the 77th minute from 12 yards out and Martin Taylor scored his first in a replay of Mariappa's goal one minute into added time.

This is the funnest game I've listen to so far as a Watford fan and the result can't help but raise expectations.

The next match sees Middlesbrough at Vicarage Road as the Hornets look once again for their first home win of the season. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Henderson Off To Colchester

Striker Liam Henderson has been sent out on loan to League One side Colchester until January.

Bristol City 0-2 Watford 2-3-1 9 pts.

Marvin Sordell continued his winning ways against Bristol City, right-footing a goal from 6 yards out just three minutes into the match (asst. Adrian Mariappa). Watford continued to dominate the half and the 0-1 score stood up at the half.

Proving that Watford's strong suit is the forceful start, Danny Graham scored the insurance goal two minutes into the second half from 12 yards out off a John Eustace cross.

The win moves the Hornets up the table, just one point off the playoff zone.

The next match is Saturday, September 18 at Millwall. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Watford 2-1 Doncaster Rovers 1-3-1 6 pts.

A last-minute corner lead to an equalizing goal for Doncaster, denying the Hornets their first league home win of the season.

Watford found themselves in a hole going into the half as the result of Simon Gillett's 33 minute goal and plodded along in the second half until Marvin Sordell came on for Stephen McGinn at the 55 minute mark.

The result overshadowed the Sordell show in the second half as the Watford striker netted a pair of goals, the first a blistering header off a Don Cowie cross, the second an out-and-out beating of midfielder Gillett to right-foot the ball in from 20 yards down the channel.

George Friend's goal in added time marks the second time in three matches a Watford lead has fallen in the last minute at Vicarage Road.

The Hornets look for their second league win again on Tuesday, September 14 at Bristol City. Kickoff is 1:45 pm.

Severin Out - Taylor In

Scott Severin is on his way to Dundee United on a free transfer while Watford has picked up 24-year old left back Andrew Taylor on loan from Middlesbrough through early January.