Two points very much lost- Watford 2 Colchester United 2

Home to Colchester. It started really well with Adam Johnson scoring after 2 minutes and we looked like we'd thrash them as we had endless chances in the first 10 minutes or so. However, normal service was resumed and it became scrappy for the rest of the first half until a nice move by Colchester resulted in them hitting the post and then following up by hitting it past Richard Lee.

The second half had barely got going when Colchester scored a second from another nice move and suddenly we were in danger of getting nothing from a game we should have wrapped up in the first 10 minutes. Adam Johnson won a penalty which Marlon missed and things were getting desperate. Marlon suddenly had a determined look on his face and eventually forced the ball in with an overhead kick from a corner. We battled hard in the last 10 minutes and Darius had a great chance which the keeper was lucky to save but nothing doing. Two points very much lost.

Stewards- Norwich City 1 Watford 3

Another day off work. Took Dad to see Watford play Norwich away. Got to Norwich about 5 and drove round the city a couple of times trying to work out the best place to park for both the football and somewhere to eat. We struck gold by finding a multi storey a handy distance between both.

In fact the multi storey was right next to the Norwich night spots so we went into a busy Wetherspoons pub for something to eat. The pub was the spot to drink in before football but was very friendly and interesting watching all the Norwich fans congregating before the game. We stayed for a couple of hours as it was warm and interesting and we didn't leave for the ground until nearly 7.

It was even closer than we thought and so we spent another happy half hour having coffee underneath the away section. Having been to a good few away games now there were plenty of people that I recognised. The ground and its staff seemed friendly with a real sense that this was the main attraction in town. It was very busy considering Norwich were bottom of the league (although they have just changed their manager to former Watford boss Glenn Roeder) and we weren't surprised to learn the attendence was over 24,000.

After our coffee we found our seats and were right at the end of the stand on the goal line which suited us quite well really. We were in front of a really nice friendly chatty bloke who reminded me of Mark Dolan (in voice, not looks) and the people around us were true supporters rather than young hooligans.

However this didn't stop the Norwich stewards treating us all ridiculously. There were signs up before hand telling people to remain seated, but of course, no one did, especially during exciting bits. All the Watford fans kept being told to sit down despite the Norwich fans all standing at the same time. This caused people to get wound up and so they start standing up on purpose. It was no surprise during the second half that some people got turfed out, and the whole thing was crazy because no one was doing anything dangerous. It was quite entertaining however!

The tannoy was the loudest I'd ever heard at a football ground and meant you were unable to speak to the person next to you. This was only at certain times however when they tried to get the ground going such as for the 10 minutes before kick off. It didn't sound as desperate as at Coventry but was still a bit pathetic. Worse than Richard Short, although he has got loads better recently.

We started the match really well but it still took us a good half hour to score from a Doyley cross which Henderson tapped in. The second goal came quickly when Mariappa's shot hit the post and came back to hit their keeper on the back before going in. In the second half we looked less bothered so, of course, eventually Norwich scored to make everyone wake up. Luckily Marlon scored late on to secure the points.