Slavisa Jokanovic believes his Watford reign got off to the perfect start at Sheffield Wednesday and the Hornets boss says he doesn’t yet know how good his side can become. The Golden Boys more than deserved their comfortable 3-0 win at Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday manager Stuart Gray believes Matej Vydra was “blatantly” offside for Watford’s opening goal this afternoon. The Hornets took the lead after Vydra breached the Owls’ offside trap to set up Odion Ighalo and a mistake from the
A Matej Vydra-inspired Watford ensured Slavisa Jokanovic started his Hornets’ reign with a 3-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday as the Hornets went top of the Championship. With new signing Sebastien Bassong helping to provide a firm foundation at
A man injured while serving in Afghanistan has thanked a Watford company who saved his house after dodgy builders scammed him for thousands of pounds. Mark Denton, 41, was working for the Ministry of Defence when he inherited his grandfather’s
THE 26-year-old mystery of Sandringham Road’s missing Sunday joint has been solved. The story dates back to the tragic day in July 1944 when a flying bomb fell on the Watford street. When Jean Groome recalled the incident in an article last
Watford have made a bright start to Slavisa Jokanovic’s reign. The Hornets lead 2-0 at half time of their match with Sheffield Wednesday thanks to goals from Odion Ighalo and Almen Abdi. Set up by Jokanovic for the first time, Watford started in
A FILM to highlight the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning has been produced by the father of an ex-Watford Observer reporter who died while having a bath. Katie Haines, 31, drowned when she was overcome by the gas and slipped under the water
A rural surveyor from St Albans has been shortlisted for national award. Alex Porter, who works at property consultancy Bidwells, has been shortlisted for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards in the Rural category. The award recognises
Bottles of champagne, jewellery and electrical goods were stolen during a spate of burglaries in North Watford this week. A TV and CD player were taken from a house in The Harebreaks between 2.30pm and 9pm on Wednesday, police said. Computer
Postal coding, to accelerate sorting and delivery of the mail, will be introduced into the Watford area on Monday. Machinery will be installed later. The first three characters of the code represent the town – e.g. WD1, WD2, WD3 for Watford, according
A folk music concert will be held in Croxley Green next month to commemorate World War One. Musicians from Watford, Croxley and Redbourne folk club will be performing at the All Saints Church, The Vicarage on Saturday, November 8. Organisers
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
Staff at a supermarket in Harpenden have been raising money for a hospice that cares for people from St Albans. The workers at Sainsbury’s recently held a cake sale raising £40 for the Hospice of St Francis. Later this month a team of 12
A West Hyde church will be holding its Autumn fayre today. St Thomas Church, Old Uxbridge Road, will be holding its autumn fayre at the Community Centre in Hornhill Road, Maple Cross. Organisers say tombolas and cakes will be on display and
The international break will have given manager Stuart Gray an opportunity to ponder the form of Sheffield Wednesday, currently sitting in ninth place. A strong start to the season saw two wins and two draws in the opening four matches, before
Doctors, nurses and clinicians at Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals have added their backing to the national ‘Be Clear on Cancer - Blood in Pee’ campaign which launched earlier this week. The initiative, which is being led by Public
Saturday, October 18, 1986 A first division fixture against Aston Villa was preceded by the formal opening of the new two-tiered (later 'Rous') Stand by Elton John. This replaced the Shrodells Stand on the west side of the ground; the demolition
A tired but happy Raphael Tuck took a few days off from politics at the weekend after romping to victory as Watford’s MP with his biggest ever majority. But the 64-year-old barrister was adamant that his health – he suffers from painful arthritis
