We’d already seen more goalmouth incident in 15 minutes than we had in the entire game against Reading.

It was all Rangers and Lee Cook was having a field day on the left. He whipped in another quality cross this time for Furlong to head inches wide. We were getting closer and it only seemed a matter of time before we took the lead.

Watford had one half chance from a corner as Bruce Dyer headed towards goal but Bignot did well to clear the danger under his own crossbar.

Rangers continued to push forward and were gifted a great chance to take the lead on 24 minutes. A clever free kick by Rowlands saw him pass to Ainsworth on the edge of the box, he flicked the ball to Furlong and Lee blocked the big strikers chance only for it to fall to Gallen who smashed a hot towards the back of the net. It was a certain goal but Brynjar Gunnarsson punched the ball away to give Rangers a penalty and the defender was shown the red card by Graham Poll.

Kevin Gallen stepped up to take it as the crowd held it’s breath. Gallen placed his effort towards the bottom corner but Richard Lee did brilliantly to get down and parry the shot, Gallen was first to the rebound but his header hit the bar and Rowlands then fired high over the bar as the crowds frustration began to show. Gallen was getting a bit of stick for his miss but to be fair to him it was a very good save.

That miss seemed to affect Rangers and we went quiet for a few minutes before being brought back to life by Danny Shittu. Shittu picked up the ball and the halfway line and ran towards goal before shooting from 35 yards out but his effort went just wide. That seemed to wake Rangers up and we were soon right on top again.

Martin Rowlands was doing an excellent job in midfield, coming back to get the ball off the defence and starting up attacks from deep.

We were keeping possession and looking for an opening and finally got one thanks to Lee Cook. Cook did well on the left to whip in a cross and Paul Furlong fired a shot past Lee for his 17th goal of the season.

Rangers were so comfortable now it was embarrassing. We were passing the ball around with great confidence with Rowlands at the heart of everything. We were putting together sustained passing moves keeping possession which was good to se although we weren't really going anywhere with the possession.

Rowlands changed that though launching a quality 60-yard cross-field pass to Ainsworth who took a great first tough to knock it past Darlington. Ainsworth stormed into the box and played a lovely cross to Gallen who made no mistake shooting past Lee from close range. It was a brilliant goal, so simple in it’s creation and thoroughly deserved.

So 2-0 up at half time and it was now just a case of how many would we get. Rangers carried on where left off at the start of the second half. Cook was a constant menace and he was soon setting up a third goal. A good run down the left saw him cross for Gallen but his ball into the box was half cleared back to the winger. Cook had another go this time finding Kevin Gallen who headed home from close range to secure the three points.

The Rangers fans were loving it and Soccer AM British Wrestling style the fans were lifting their hands over the heads to clap whilst shouting out “Easy”. It was very funny and it really was easy.

After that it could and should have been more. Cook again was the provider whipping in a brilliant cross for Furlong but the 36 year old fluffed the chance shooting wide with his left foot when it seemed easier to score.

Gallen seemed desperate for his hat trick and almost got a chance for it when Cook again caused problems and Jay Demerit clearly handballed in the box. Ref Graham Poll was unsighted though and his linesmen offered no help at all so nothing was given.

With half an eye on the upcoming Derby game Adam Miller replaced Paul Furlong as we switched to a 4-5-1 to try and kill the game off. Furlong was given a standing ovation with a chant of “36 He’s having a laugh” going down well with the brilliant Paul Furlong. Matthew Rose also went off to a standing ovation to give Richard Edghill a chance.

The change didn’t help though and allowed Watford back into the game. John Jackson almost made it, 3-1 with a brilliant shot, which Simon Royce superbly tipped over the bar. Rangers were stating to look edgy and Neil Ardley soon made it 3-1 with a wonderful finish. He chested the ball down and hit a looping volley over Royce which brought generous applause from the home fans and an ironic chant of “Easy” from the Watford fans.

Rangers quickly changed things again with Tony Thorpe replacing lee Cook as we went back to 4-4-2 and despite a few nervous moments we finished the game off thoroughly deserving the 3-1 win.

It was a superb performance by Rangers, possibly our best at home all season. The back four all looked good especially Matthew Rose who was brilliant getting forward helping out Lee Cook. Martin Rowlands was a star in central midfield whilst the front two were again excellent. The star men though were out wide.

Ainsworth had his best game for quite a while whilst Lee Cook was simply outstanding tearing his old team apart and for once he was able to do it for the whole game rather than just one half.

So the magic 52 point safety mark has been reached with 10 games to go. Very few fans expected us to still be in with a chance of the playoffs at this stage of the season but if we can continue to play like this then anything is possible.