Watford win heaps additional pressure on Swans at Birmingham

Friday, 2 April 2021, 18:33
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It was just what we didn’t want to happen as Watford beat Sheffield Wednesday at Vicarage Road this afternoon to move nine points clear of the Swans in second place and increase the pressure on the squad for this evening’s game.

A 7th minute own goal proved to be the difference between the two sides but it was enough to give Watford another win on their road to promotion that possibly now leaves them just maybe four wins (or less) away from the Premier League.

Sheffield Wednesday were without manager Darren Moore after he tested positive for Covid-19 and his side were unable to peg back Watford and keep themselves in severe relegation trouble, six points adrift from our opponents this evening.

Watford’s next match is away to Middlesbrough on Monday night but all of a sudden tonight has definitely become a must win game if it wasn’t already.

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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