Nick Catley remembers his favourite season
It’s striking – although perhaps not surprising – that most the ‘My Season’ articles in the Watford Treasury reference a season where the author was between 15 and 20. This one’s no exception. Maybe it’s to do with finding your way in early adulthood,...
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To coincide with the launch of Golden Shots and Visions of Blue The Watford Treasury’s photo editor, Colin Payne, acknowledges the contribution to chronicling Watford’s history of the Watford Observer’s photographers. First published in Vol 8 of The Watford Treasury.
My heart sank as I held it ...
Geoff Wicken looks at the career of a truly multitalented footballer.
‘Superb is an inadequate adjective’ (Watford Observer, 19 February 1954).
Ted Bennett. GB Olympian. Multiple amateur international. FA representative tourist. Gifted accordion and piano player. 1950s Watford goalkeeper.
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What’s in name? Tom Brodrick tells why in 1892 the answer was, a lot.
On a fine afternoon on Saturday, 2 April 1892, eleven players calling themselves Watford Rovers defeated a spirited, yet defensively clumsy Hoddesdon side 5-2, to win the Herts County Cup. As holders, the Rovers players had k...
As Watford engaged on a short lived relationship with German electrical giant Blaupunkt, Ian Grant examines one of the promotional shots from the time.
A reminder that football wasn't always the smoothly-operated, elegantly Photoshopped, suavely media-savvy enterprise that it is today, this pr...
John Goodall, Watford’s first-ever manager, was memorialised in Vicarage Road cemetery in May 2018, thanks to a donation from the club. Geoff Wicken tells the story of how one of the greats of the Victorian game came to Watford.
From time to time in the past, Watford FC’s owners have felt the n...
Manchester United’s FA Cup visit in 1950 was the biggest game Watford had ever seen, and would be talked about for years, as Geoff Wicken relates.
‘Never before in the history of the Club has there been such excitement and enthusiasm in Watford since it was known that the Blues had been drawn ...
Colin Payne looks back at the formation of Watford Ladies FC
Now established as both a popular spectator and participant sport, ladies’ football continues to grow and develop around the globe. The TV audiences for the recent World Cup set new records, and top players became household names alm...
David Harrison remembers the wonderful Southampton League Cup ties 1980
I remember it clearly. Luther thrashed a loose ball into the roof of the net at the old Den and we were through to Round 2 of the League Cup. It was a hell of a goal, but with it being Millwall, despite the fact there was ...
David Harrison on the opening of Vicarage Road in 1922
With the Southern League incorporated into the Football League, as Division Three, with effect from the 1920/21 season, the limitations of the old Cassio Road ground became increasingly apparent. The fixture list looked much the same, but...
Geoff Wicken describes an afternoon’s events at Reading that have never been repeated.
These two action images illustrate a unique occurrence in Watford’s history: the only known match in which goals were conceded by three different goalkeepers. They come from Watford’s away game at Reading’s...
Colin Payne tells the story of greyhound racing at Vicarage Road.
Vicarage Road’s history is scattered with examples of the ground being used for more than just football. In today’s ideal of 365 day-a-year usage – be that for revenue flow or more community-minded motivations – the club strives...