Back-to-back wins have got Harrow Borough looking up the table for the first time in a long while, but on Saturday they couldn’t take their eyes from the pitch during a 3-2 thriller at Burgess Hill.
Wealdstone were up for the cup this week as they dispatched Hereford United and Hampton and Richmond Borough within three days of one another to progress in two competitions.
Wealdstone moved within four points of second-placed visitors Braintree Town with a 3-1 win at Grosvenor Vale, although they remain 11th in the National League South table for now.
Harrow Borough fell to their eighth defeat from nine league games but raised their game against league leaders Billericay Town last night.
Watford should have had a double-celebration when Roberto Pereyra won the Hornets a second-half penalty against Manchester United, in the view of head coach Marco Silva.
Jose Mourinho was in typically understated mood as he said Manchester United could have scored "four, five or six" at Watford, but was less impressed with the way his side came close to allowing Watford back into tonight's clash at Vicarage Road.
Marco Silva felt Manchester United's three-goal half-time lead was a Christmas gift come early from his Watford players tonight.
Watford defender Kiko Femenia has been a revelation since his summer signing from Alaves, making both the right-back and latterly right wing-back roles his own.
A blistering start to the season, with 32 goals scored in their first 10 games and nine wins to boot, put lingering questions over Jose Mourinho's pragmatism at Manchester United to bed.
Watford CEO and chairman Scott Duxbury says he wants people to believe the Hornets are a "big football club - because we are" and that it can have ambitions to match tonight's opponents Manchester United in the future.
