Features news coverage of Watford and its players, including match reports, transfer rumours and general football news.
It’s a lot more exciting on my end when there’s plenty to report to you from the transfer gossip pages, and that’s the case today. Let’s get on with it, shall we?
Written by Eddie Griffin. Leave a response
CARLING CUP holders Tottenham have been paired with Watford in the quarter-finals. Harry Redknapp’s men will travel to Vicarage Road after knocking out Liverpool.
Manchester United face Blackburn at Old Trafford, while Stoke host Derby.
Burnley,...
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The Carling Cup is in play today and tomorrow - and while we’ve questioned its importance in the past and ways...
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Mount Kailash is often regarded as the holiest mountain in Asia. Revered by the pre-Buddhists as the point of all creation and celebrated by Hindus as the recreational playground of Lord Shiva, dancing and smoking copious amounts of cannabis. Hidden...
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Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have...
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Written by Anthony McGuane. 10 comments
The ‘Respect the Ref’ campaign is something I fully support, after watching football players abuse the referee for years. Whilst as part of the crowd I have done this on numerous occasions, there is something so classless and disrespectful...
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Written by Scott the Red. 6 comments
Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument.
Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely for...
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Written by Richard Whittall. 7 comments
If you have never coached or managed a football team you will believe, like I did, that the fans feel the highs of victory and lows of defeat more than anyone else. You will believe that the players and staff just don’t care as much as you do.
Written by Graham Fisher. 2 comments
I hate Liverpool and I hate Liverpool fans. This isn’t to say that I don’t have a mate or two who is afflicted with Liverpool support and this isn’t to say that as a rule I believe all individual Liverpool fans are scum of the earth,...
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The Premier League has confirmed the first transfer deadline of the season has been extended until 1 September.
The window is scheduled to close 24 hours earlier but, following normal league guidelines, it has been put back because August 31...
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As a child, the summer holidays brought about a family trip to a campsite in Europe. We’d get in the car to travel down to Dover and I would always be wearing my United shirt. After hours and hours of driving, we’d pull in at our designated...
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Who’d want to be a ref anyway? All that stomping around, shouting and getting angry – and that’s from the players and supporters.
So what happens when an amateur star-studded football team tries to play 11-a-side without a ref? About the...
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It’s a pretty light day in transfer news and rumors, which is a little surprising seeing as how we’re in the thick of the week. But, there are still a good few tidbits to report on from around Europe.
Before I get started, I’d like...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
The English Championship 08/09 season stars in just two weeks, the League season starts in four weeks and the Soccerlens Championship Fantasy Football League is now open for business.
Budding managers will be given a budget of £10 million to...
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One of the sayings that I like to live by is ‘You don’t know if you don’t try.’ That’s the theme of today’s roundup, where a few clubs are making bids for players that they may well not get but are nonetheless going...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 18 comments
Well folks, another week has flown by, and it’s already Friday again. But, before you call it a week and do whatever it is you do on the weekends, check out today’s roundup of transfer news and rumors.
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All English Championship transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section.
This page is updated frequently, so if you find a transfer not listed here, put it in the...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
Sunday was a momentous day in the English Championship with the teams going up, getting in the play-offs, going down and staying up, changing constantly through ninety breathless, tension filled minutes.
As a Watford fan I was right in there....
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Written by Graham Fisher. 5 comments
Today I want to talk about the Gentlemen’s club that each level of football in England pretends to be. Should any team not deemed worthy of admittance to their particular club have the temerity to be successful and gain promotion to join them, they...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 10 comments
What a shame it was to see Derby County concede six at home to Aston Villa over the weekend. I’m sure Villa fans and probably all of Derby’s local rivals will have enjoyed the humiliation but no neutral football fans can enjoy watching a team so...
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One of the many privileges of being a football writer is that occasionally you can be totally self indulgent and write something just to get it off your chest. Today I am going to abuse my position and do just that.
Hello everyone, my name is...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 7 comments
It’s a fact. Nobody wants to go up. Stoke are failing to seriously threaten teams who are reduced to ten men, Bristol City are losing at home, Watford are missing penalties for fun and West Brom are losing 4-1 at home to a relegation threatened...
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So near yet so far away! If Big Darius Henderson had converted from the spot at Ashton Gate I would have been writing this article in a much more optimistic mood. What I didn’t know at the time was that Hendo actually had no...
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I’m sure many of you would never have given Millwall manager Kenny Jackett a second thought. His team currently sit in 18th place in English League One. He has never held down a really high profile job and to my knowledge has...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 5 comments
So Watford had a pretty good weekend. They didn’t play, but watched Charlton lose at home, Stoke and Bristol City pick up only a point each and West Brom continue to keep an interest in the FA Cup. Maybe we should have more weekends...
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“You’re writing a review of the championship games every Monday, so why don’t you do a preview of the games on Fridays?” Ahmed said to me.
“No problem, I’ll start this week,” I said.
“Yes,”...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 5 comments
This is the first of what will become a weekly round up of the events in the English Championship. A chance for me to let everyone know how my beloved Watford are doing, and to let you know how much hair I have left and how much of it has gone grey.
Written by Graham Fisher. 2 comments
As we approach the business end of the season the race for success is really starting to hot up with a whole host of clubs all in with a shout of glory!
It’s just a shame I am talking about the Championship as opposed to what has been labelled...
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Saturday was packed full of FA Cup fourth-round action, and as was the case in the third round, things didn’t come easy - and for some, at all - for several Premier League sides.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
It’s Friday, so if you’re going out this weekend, be safe, and don’t do anything that Cristiano Ronaldo wouldn’t do.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
