Hornets land first league win of the season
Ashley Young got the decisive second goal
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Saturday, 04, Nov 2006 07:30
Watford lifted themselves out of the Premiership relegation zone with their first win of the season after a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough at Vicarage Road.
Their first came as Jonathan Woodgate deflected Hameur Bouazza's shot past Mark Schwarzer after just six minutes.
England under-21 international Ashley Young rifled home from the edge of the box on the hour mark to the delight of manager Aidy Boothroyd.
Another side on the rise was Charlton Athletic who escaped the foot of the league with a 1-0 win at home to Manchester City.
Darren Bent, whose fine goal-scoring form has continued in spite of his team's lowly position, netted his seventh of the season to take home the points.
The former Ipswich forward applied a wonderfully deft glancing header to Jerome Thomas's cross on 28 minutes.
On-loan keeper Scott Carson had to be at his best as City piled on the pressure and Micah Richards in particular stretched the young Englishman.
Elsewhere Bolton continued to lose ground on the teams around them in the upper reaches of the league as they lost 1-0 at home to Wigan Athletic.
Lee McCulloch scored the only goal of a dour game 11 minutes from the end, lashing home from 20 yards to give the Latics their third consecutive win.