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LATEST NEWS FROM THE TREASURY

New Mug - Back to the Seventies!

New Mug - Back to the Seventies!

As programmes disappear, recall a classic design from Watford's history, the team may not have been great, but the design on the programme cover certainly was!   Order yours here!  
The demise of the programme

The demise of the programme

Olly Wicken desperately wants to convince himself that it is a good thing The demise of Watford’s matchday programme is a good thing. (I keep telling myself this. Soon I’m going to believe it.) My life will improve immeasurably in its absence. Never again will my treasured pre-match moment of sme...
Happy Birthday to us!

Happy Birthday to us!

Seven years ago today, v1 of The Watford Treasury came back from print, and the vision of eleven enthusiasts became a reality. Residing on two pallets it was suddenly a daunting prospect, how on earth were we going to sell them all? The online orders were dispatched in handwritten envelopes and ...
The 1976 mug!

The 1976 mug!

Our newest mugs are just beautiful! Based on the 1976/77 programme cover they are the ideal antidote to modern life! Perfect with tea or coffee, but none of your rubbish new fangled infusions! Enjoy!  
Brian Owen

Brian Owen

Brian Owen, a member of Watford’s historic 1968/69 promotion-winning side, has passed away. Geoff Wicken offers his reflections.     About three years ago I had the great pleasure of interviewing Brian Owen. He was highly engaging, coming across as the sort of person who would get on with everyb...
Mixed Emotions

Mixed Emotions

Olly Wicken, creator of Hornet Heaven, offers us another yellow flavoured tale...   He lowers himself into his easy chair. Next to him is the large cardboard box he asked his grandson to lift down from the loft.  Joseph is 91 now and he’s having a clear-out — to reduce what his family will have t...
Wonderful things to be found in Gold!

Wonderful things to be found in Gold!

135 years old. This Fred Downer postcard from 1890 features in Gold! along with hundreds of other gems. Residing in Watford Museum, the postcard is fading away to nothing, much of the ornate design already gone, just the ghostly images of the players and the more durable red ink surviving ...
New Product!

New Product!

We've a new item out in our range of mugs. We go back to 1983, when GT took a ridiculously young side into Europe, and against all odds it went quite well! You can order yours here
KINTSUGI - A Hornet Heaven Tale

KINTSUGI - A Hornet Heaven Tale

KINTSUGIby Olly Wicken There’s a piece of Watford memorabilia he treasures more than any other.Alec is holding it now — as he lies in bed awaiting the end he knows is close.It’s an old mug.It’s black, with the yellow and red club crest from the early 1980s — the firstGraham Taylor era.He always t...
The Story of our Books... Champions

The Story of our Books... Champions

The Project that brought to life a long lost book... Portrait of Promotion, was a thin paperback volume written by Ken Furphy and edited by Oli Phillips following Watford finishing champions in 1969. It was a fantastic insight into a season that changed Watford forever and remains to this day a t...
The Story of our Books... The Dawn of the Golden Age

The Story of our Books... The Dawn of the Golden Age

Gold shirts, Big Cliff and the great turning point… After digitising the old Watford Observer photographic plates in the Museum basement plus those salvaged by the late Nick Beach (see also ‘Golden Shots and Visions of Blue’) it was clear that we had a gallery of the 1959/60 season. ...