- 1. Photo of the week ~ Front-row seats for Watford Ladies v Brighton ...
- (Stories)
- Watford Ladies v Brighton Ladies, 22/01/2006 Photo by Simon Gill for WSC Photography Follow Simon on Twitter Follow WSC Photos on Twitter Selected images available as prints ...
- Created on 24 October 2017
- 2. Manchester City pose toughest challenge yet for Marco Silva’s revamped Watford ...
- (Stories)
- ... City’s previous visit to Watford saw Walter Mazzarri’s reign ended in comically bad fashion. Mazzarri was greeted at the stadium by a fan holding a poster that featured a medley of encouraging messages ...
- Created on 15 September 2017
- 3. Classic match ~ Watford 2-3 Liverpool, 1986 ...
- (May 2016)
- ... 12 Liverpool travelled to Watford – who they host at Anfield in the Premier League today – having not won for over a month. The Hornets, whose team included John Barnes, were comfortable in mid-table having ...
- Created on 08 May 2016
- 4. Watford 2 Swansea City 0 ...
- (Match of the month)
- Since they last met at Vicarage Road over a quarter of a century ago Swansea and Watford's paths have diverged. However, as they meet again in the second tier it is the visitors who are building an ...
- Created on 21 April 2009
- 5. Newcastle, Watford, Chester City ...
- (Sharp end)
- ... League overreaching has been playing out at Watford, where boardroom convulsions led to the resignations of chairman Graham Simpson and then chief executive Mark Ashton last month. Hailed three years ago ...
- Created on 21 February 2009
- 6. Newcastle Utd 2 Watford 1 ...
- (Match of the month)
- ... their view of the action. Not that this, or the fact that they’re bottom of the league, seems to have dampened Watford supporters’ spirits. They keep up a constant racket throughout the game, which draws ...
- Created on 14 February 2007
- 7. Watford 0 Liverpool 1 ...
- (Match of the month)
- ... Liverpool, Manchester United and… well, Watford actually. The last four of the Carling Cup surely comprised precisely the mix that the sponsors would have ordered up. Three of the self-styled Big Four, ...
- Created on 14 March 2005
- 8. Watford ...
- (Brief guide to...)
- David Harrison gives us a brief history of Watford 1885 “Nearly 200” turn up for Watford Rovers’ first game, a 1-0 home win over Luton. Ha! 1909 A goat wanders on during a game at Cassio Road and, ...
- Created on 14 July 1999
- 9. WSC 380: Non League Special ~ out now!
- (Stories)
- November issue available now online The new WSC is out now, available to order from the WSC shop. Inside Newcastle fans take Direct action | The revival of Kettering Town | Watford: A model community ...
- Created on 02 October 2018
- 10. There To Be Shot At by Tony Coton
- (Players)
- De Coubertin Books, £20 Reviewed by Chris Stride From WSC 377, July/August 2018 Buy the book Throughout this lively autobiography, former Birmingham City, Watford and Manchester City goalkeeper ...
- Created on 25 July 2018
- 11. What Griffin Park lacks in glamour it makes up for with simple joy
- (Stories)
- ... n the floodlights to get a better view. One of the best games I saw there was against Graham Taylor’s Watford in 1979, a brilliant end-to-end contest that finished 3-3, and which, unusually, featured ...
- Created on 23 July 2018
- 12. Graham Taylor: In his own words
- (Managers)
- ... affection. The last of those represented a commodity massively prevalent in and around Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Lincoln, Watford, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. National perception, driven predominantly by ...
- Created on 20 April 2018
- 13. Being an away fan in the home end requires a special kind of supporter
- (Stories)
- ... prove your devotion to the team, thus ensuring you get every ticket applied for until the end of the season. The year after Leeds’ championship win, it was the League Cup fixture against Watford, whic ...
- Created on 26 February 2018
- 14. The best and worst moments of 2017 ~ part two
- (Stories)
- ... ollowed by Silva going to Watford, followed by the sale of Harry Maguire, Andrew Robertson, Eldin Jakupovic, Ahmed Elmohamady, Tom Huddlestone, Curtis Davies and Josh Tymon, then after Silva's woebego ...
- Created on 26 December 2017
- 15. Life during wartime: how the Second World War exposed football’s regional divides
- (Stories)
- ... clubs were unhappy at having been split up, with the majority in South “A” alongside clubs to the north and east, such as Watford and Norwich City, while the others were allocated to South “B” to play ...
- Created on 08 November 2017
- 16. City break: what’s it like to have not seen your team play for 15 years?
- (Stories)
- ... games you saw at Ashton Gate, there was a shaggy-haired bloke in goal for Watford who’s still between the sticks for his country even now. The bloke on today’s visitors’ bench was on the same bench 15 ...
- Created on 23 October 2017
- 17. From the archive ~ Traditional floodlights are a sad casualty of modern stadiums
- (Stories)
- ... Preston, Watford or West Bromwich, where one-off designs add a real touch of class, or at least variety, to the overall look. But if you’re still feeling nostalgic, visit the excellent National Football ...
- Created on 25 September 2017
- 18. Would relegation be so bad? Fans of Premier League also-rans stuck in limbo
- (Stories)
- ... may still be tantalised by the apparent possibility of real success while Burnley, Watford, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are presumably still enjoying the ride. But all inhabit the same limbo, below ...
- Created on 14 September 2017
- 19. Bournemouth struggling to match expectations as new signings fail to impress
- (Stories)
- ... displays against West Brom and Watford have dampened that somewhat – manager Eddie Howe’s baffled and downbeat response after the 2-0 reverse at home against the Hornets mirroring what the fans feel. Embed ...
- Created on 25 August 2017
- 20. There’s always last year ~ Premier League 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... relegated on May 14 after a 4-0 defeat away to Crystal Palace. Embed from Getty Images Watford and Burnley were expected to join Hull in the Championship next season but scraped together enough ...
- Created on 28 July 2017
