When it comes to modesty, Watford Women's goalkeeper Jacqui Goldsmid is up there with the very best.

Either side of Poppy Wilson’s winning goal in the 1-0 Championship Promotion Play-Off win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, Goldsmid made saves that were every bit as instrumental as the header that won the game.

Ask her about them, though, and she quickly passed the praise around.

“All the girls have done their jobs, and it’s only right that I do mine as well. It’s a team effort and everyone does their part,” she said.

“It’s not about individual glory, it’s about winning as a team.”

There were only nine minutes on the clock when Goldsmid rushed off her line to smother a chance for Yasmin Mosby, and then once Watford had taken the lead, she made a very similar block at the feet of Sophie Domingo.

They were pivotal moments and preserved the Watford clean sheet, but Goldsmid refused to let the spotlight stay on the part she played for too long.

“To be honest Sophie [McLean] did most of the work on the second chance by tracking back so well,” she said.

“But these are the things you work on in training, and then auto-pilot kicks in during games and you just go and do the things you’ve worked on.

“That’s why the hours you spend in training are so important.”

In the build-up to the game there was plenty of talk about the possibility of Forest using their direct style and height advantage to launch an aerial assault on Goldsmid’s goal.

“I was ready for it!” she laughed.

“I think, as a keeper, if you come for the first high ball into the box and you claim it, then that sets the tone.

“It tells the opposition that if you do that, then I’m going to come and get it.

“That’s what I wanted to do. If the ball was there to go and get, I wanted to show the opposition that I was prepared to come off my line.”

When Forest did apply pressure, Watford did not divert from their passing game, which includes playing out from the back.

“That’s what is so nice about this team, we trust each other to play the ball out from the back and we back each other,” said Goldsmid.

“Even in moments when the press is on, if the chance is there to play out all the girls are good enough and confident enough to do that.

“That’s how we train, that’s how we work, that’s what we want to do.”

Despite looking in control, with only a one-goal lead there was always going to be pressure on Watford in the closing stages.

“In those last 15 minutes, that’s when I like to talk. That’s what keeps me switched on,” Goldsmid said.

“It’s a case of talking to the rest of the team, not continually looking up at the clock, and just remembering it’s football and it’s what you train for.”

And did she look at the clock?!

“Yes, yes I did! And then when it got to 90 it stopped counting and I knew there were five minutes of stoppages but I didn’t know how many we’d played!”

Throughout the game, the travelling Watford supporters gave the players tremendous vocal support.

“I think we have some of the best fans out there. I could hear them massively today.

“They have been fantastic this season and to see so many of them here today is great.

“I cannot praise them enough for their support, and how they have carried us and picked us up during the difficult moments.

“This is to pay them back for all their commitment to us.”