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The Waiting Game…
Exactly two years ago (24 September 2011), this was the Watford line-up that was named to face Nottingham Forest at Vicarage Road:
Loach, Doyley, Mariappa, Taylor, Dickinson, Yeates, Eustace, Hogg, Forsyth, Garner and Sordell. The subs were Deeney, Iwelumo, Gilmartin, Mirfin and Murray. (The Hornets lost 0-1, with the game broadcast live on the BBC).Whilst there are a number of players that remain dear to our heart in that list, it was a squad that lead to more concerns about relegation than it did hopes for promotion.
We know what it costs. But what’s it worth?…
In the wake of the BBC’s annual report into the cost of football, most of you will have used their handy calculator to work out exactly how much we spend on football. And then probably wished you hadn’t.
Watford’s Greatest Captain?..
Prostate Cancer UK are once again the official charity of the Football League, and they will be running a series of campaigns and features throughout the 2013/14 season. They are creating a ‘Men United’ squad, and one of their first projects was to find a captain for this super squad. They asked supporters of every League club to nominate their suggestion for their greatest ever captain.
Interview with Sky Sports Johnny Phillips
With our new audioboo channel, this season we are trying to do some extra bits for Watford fans in addition to our normal monthly podcasts (out the first Sunday of the month – next one on 1st September). Johnny reporting on THAT Deeney goal. Here is an interview we did with Johnny Phillips who has reported for […]
A visit to Reading
As they make their way back down the M4 from Reading, Mike and his brother Andy discuss Watford’s 3-3 draw away at Reading – what an afternoon it was.
Cider powered Pozzo Army
With a 3-1 win away at Bristol Rovers, Jon and Mike did a Extra podcast in the car on the way down the M4. listen to ‘FTRExtra: Cider Powered Pozzo Army’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; po.src = “https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();
Interview with Emanuele Giulianelli
Emanuele is an Italian football journalist and has recently been tweeting a lot about possible Watford transfers. Jon had a chat with him on Skype about the Pozzo Family and Watford FC from an Italian perspective. listen to ‘Interview: Emanuele Giulianelli’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; […]
Milk (Cup) is Good for You
Here at From the Rookery End we take a keen interest in Watford’s youth development, so we were delighted to learn that podcast listener Colin Cowan was at the Milk Cup tournament in Northern Ireland. We were even happier when he kindly agreed to share his views on the Watford side that took part with us, and here he gives us his top 3 players from the tournament.
Old VHS Tapes
If you listened to our Play Off Semi Final podcast, you would have heard us talking about old VHS tapes we still have.
The signs are good
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