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  • Martinez admits Watford missed Deeney

    Watford’s assistant coach Ruben Martinez admitted the Hornets missed the injured Troy Deeney during their 1-1 draw with Bournemouth. The Golden Boys’ captain suffered a hamstring injury on Tuesday night in Blackpool and is set to be sidelined for

  • Watford observed - stories from Septembers past

    Top gardener of 1979 – Mrs Heather Pinder, a Rickmansworth housewife – with a hefty wheelbarrow-load of Ernie Wise. No, she did not grow him. Ernie was one of the judges in the national competition, jointly sponsored by Woolworth, Cuthbert Seeds

  • 'Bitterly disappointed' but a 'top drawer' finish

    Eddie Howe was “bitterly disappointed” Bournemouth left Vicarage Road without a win this afternoon but acknowledged Craig Cathcart’s equaliser was “right out of the top drawer”. Having missed a penalty and seen a goal disallowed for offside, the

  • Cathcart volley secures Watford a point

    Watford had to settle for a point for the first time this season after they came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth at Vicarage Road this lunchtime. The Hornets should have been behind as early as the fourth minute when Gabriel

  • Discuss the action as Watford welcome Bournemouth

    The Watford Observer is hoping fans will enjoy interacting pre-match, during the game and after the final whistle has blown on our website. Twitter users can contribute just by adding the #WatfordFC hashtag and for those of you not on the social

  • Opposition profile: AFC Bournemouth

    AFC Bournemouth were certainly the league’s brightest starters on the opening day of the season. It only took 26 seconds for Marc Pugh to open the scoring in an impressive 4-0 rout away from home against Huddersfield Town; a victory that resulted in

  • On this date in Watford FC history

    Saturday, September 20, 2008 Watford entertained Reading at Vicarage Road. With the game 13 minutes old, referee Stuart Attwell awarded the visitors a goal on his assistant Nigel Bannister's advice despite the ball going no closer to the goal line

  • September 20, 1991

    A television crew beamed into Watford town centre last week determined to brighten up one of the town’s multi-storey car parks. Jeni Barnett and the team from Six O’Clock Live transformed the concrete surroundings of the Church Street car park