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PROOF IS STRANGER THAN FRICTION: What really matters in football is events on the pitch
18.10.26, 11:13 Updated 18.10.26, 11:18 5 Minute Read
Football was the winner, and not just because our old friend Nathan Jones’ banal approach was put in its place.
As is so often the case in the social media age, when push came to shove all the noise stayed on Twitter and there was barely a peep of mutiny in the stands.
Watford’s 2-0 win against Charlton Athletic, merciful release from the turbulence of the previous week, was a reminder that this is how weekends are supposed to feel.
Three points, a spring in your step, the Halley’s Comet of a clean sheet, a performance dripping with intent and a quantum leap out of the bottom three. Oh, and That Lot came a cropper on their big day out at a retail park.
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