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Watford is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club were originally founded in 1881 as Watford Rovers and entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886. Watford joined the Football League in 1920. They spent most of their time in lower league divisions in their history.
The club played at several grounds before moving to the Vicarage Road in 1922. Their nicknames are “The Hornets” and “The Golden Boys”. Watford is currently owned by Gino Pozzo and the Pozzo family.
Watford have won the Football League Second Division, Third Division and Fourth Division before making their way into the Premier League. They have also come Runners-up at the 1983-84 FA Cup.
The Hornets’ current manager is Javi Gracia. Their all-time leading goalscorer is Luther Blissett with 186 goals. He also holds the record for the most number of appearances at 503.
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There are many fans who feel vindicated by Watford’s loss to Crystal Palace in the Championship playoff final, believing they are abusing the loan player system and bolstering their squad with Udinese and Granada players. The Hornet’s owners, the Pozzo family, own both the Italian and Spanish club and find it mutually beneficial for all … Read more
When the whole world is buzzing about the all German champions league final, we at Soccersouls want to remind everyone about the Monday’s £120million shoot-out game between Watford and Crystal Palace which will determine the future of the winner in a big way. Warm up to the game by listening to this song (Watford tribute) … Read more
They call it ‘The Most Valuable Game in Football’. It’s not the World Cup Final, a clash of the titans in the Champions League or a crucial match-up between leading clubs in any of the world’s top divisions. It is, of course, the nPower Championship play-off final which decides who will fill the last remaining … Read more
On the Monday the 27th of May, at 3pm GMT, the nPower Championship Playoff Final will be played out between Crystal Palace and Watford. The winning team will be promoted to the Premier League, and the losing team will have to try again next season. As the build-up to the game intensifies, both sets of fans … Read more
Deeney at the death sends Watford to Wembley A last gasp Troy Deeney strike sealed one of the most dramatic play-off semi-finals in Championship history and guaranteed Gianfranco Zola’s Hornets a place at Wembley for the first time in 14 years. Following the awarding of Anthony Knockeart’s controversial penalty and Manuel Almunia’s magnificent double save, … Read more
Of course there is a huge amount of promising prospects in the lower leagues and I could pick them out all day but I have just selected three here who have caught my eye recently. Sam Byram (Leeds United) Being a Leeds United fan myself I do not want to come across biased but having … Read more
We recently ran an article talking about the greatness of the Championships, Is this is the best league in the World? Well, yesterday’s play-offs between Watford and Leicester certainly makes a strong statement towards it. It is crazy to think that League One match between Brentford and Doncaster Rovers not so long ago, had the exact scenario like yesterday’s. Going … Read more
After a thrilling finale to the 2012-13 Championship season, I assess the Championship compared to different big European leagues. After Saturday lunchtime’s showing, the second tier of the English game has once again proven why it is one of the most exciting football leagues around in the current climate. With the second automatic promotion place still at … Read more
His resemblance to Lionel Messi is merely physical . Although quality has led the striker to be part of the Serie A, La Liga and now in English Champions with Watford. Fernando Forestieri has been tagged as the ‘new’ Messi by the physical similarity he has with Barcelona’s Argentinian star. Forestieri currently plays for Watford, a team fighting for the promotion to the top … Read more