Today we traveled out to Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford to watch Watford FC take on Everton. The weather was warm, a great day for a football match. The stadium was nearly sold out as black and yellow filled the stands. It was a beehive, but as you looked around there was one packed section of royal blue (the Everton colors). Once the game began, Watford took the lead early with Adam Masina scoring in the 10th minute, and then they continued to dominate as Roberto Pereyra expanded Watford’s lead to 2-0 in the 42nd minute. The Watford fans were ecstatic while the Everton fans had gone completely silent. Everton wasn’t out though, and they managed to score twice in extra time before the first half ended. Yerry Mina put the ball in the back of the net for Everton both times. Songs rang out from the visiting section, silencing the home crowd into stunned submission. Coming out in the second half, Watford still seemed to be a marginally in control given that Everton was playing a man down for the majority of the second half. (Fabian Delph was sent off for receiving two yellow cards. We seemed to be heading for a draw until Theo Walcott capitalized off a Watford turnover and a few nice passes on the counterattack to score the game winning goal for Everton in the 90th minute. There was nothing more that Watford could do with 5 minutes of extra time due to Everton adopting a very defensive playing style for the remainder of the game. Home supporters were left speechless after the game winning goal and many of them began to yell out in anger and disappointment. The away victory pushed Everton to 9th in the premier league table, while the devastating loss dropped Watford down to the 19th slot (out of 20). Given their unfortunate position in the table thus far, Watford seems a candidate to be relegated to the Championship after the conclusion of this season unless the club can find a way to dramatically turn things around. Overall this was a fantastic experience for our group because it allowed us to once again experience high level English football, however, this time we were able to do so from the unique vantage point of sitting two rows back from the pitch, and with two teams whose playing style was more rough and opportunistic than the skillful, methodical style of a team like Manchester City.
Vicarage Road from our vantage point in the stands 
The home end of Vicarage Road, home of Watford FC
