Watford 3-4 Blackpool

For the second consecutive weekend, Watford surrendered three points at home to a team who had at one point had seemingly no way back into the game.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory has become a nasty habit of the Hornet`s of late with Wolves coming to Vicarage Road last weekend and taking all three after Tommy Smith`s penalty miss proved costly. This weekend, the former Derby man converted his penalty to put Watford 3-2, but once again it was the route to failure as Blackpool snatched two goals.

Watford took the lead after four minutes, Will Hoskins benefiting from Grzegorz Rasiak`s beautiful backheel which set the former Miller free to fire the Hornets ahead clinically. Blackpool were level just fourteen minutes later though, Keith Southern blasting home from a similar position to where David Jones struck with his left foot a week ago.

Rasiak`s contribution continued as he nodded Watford into the lead from a Tommy Smith free kick on the wide right.

Half-Time: 2-1

Blackpool were back level on 66 but not before Smith had rolled a penalty calmly into the bottom right-hand corner. A sublime-cum-ridiculous chip from Ben Burgess that strangely caught Richard Lee out nestled in the top corner to leave the sides just a goal apart before Gary-Taylor Fletcher levelled things up following a penalty area scramble.

Glasgow Rangers loanee Alan Gow then settled the contest in the second of three injury time minutes, blasting home to beat Lee all ends up.

Full Time: 3-4

Watford: Lee, Sadler, DeMerit, Ward, Doyley, Eustace, Harley, Smith, O’Toole, Rasiak, Hoskins.

Subs: Tyler, Robinson, McAnuff, Williamson, Mariappa.

Blackpool: Rachubka, Coid, Evatt, Vaughan, Barker, Southern, Taylor-Fletcher, Jorgensen, Edwards, Gow, Burgess.

Subs: Broomes, Hammill, Fox, Camara, Mitchley.