Reading manager Steve Clarke is adamant Watford will finish in the top six and has tipped them to achieve automatic promotion. Clarke was speaking after his first game in charge of The Royals ended with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Hornets.
Slavisa Jokanovic expects Watford to keep improving as the players’ confidence grows following their third consecutive victory. Prior to this afternoon’s 1-0 win at Reading the Hornets' head coach described it as the most important match since
A Rickmansworth school pupil insists she will only go from strength to strength after learning from the very best at the 6th London Chess Classic. Arnett Hills JMI School’s Rebecca Rae was one of more than 2,000 children to have descended on Kensington
A Christmas miracle? Probably not. But despite playing the entire second half with ten men against Reading, and their defence coming under a torrent of pressure, Watford clinched a 1-0 victory against the Royals. Almen Abdi was the match winner
Judging by the frenzied atmosphere at Sunday’s Gerry and the Pacemakers’ show at the Gaumont, Watford audiences are prepared to take as much of this kind of entertainment as the promoters can give them, writes Patrick Stoddart. In the past three
Residents will be asked to help a council decide where thousands of houses and businesses should be built in the Watford Borough. Watford Borough Council has said it will have to build a minimum of 6,500 homes and create at least 7,000 jobs between
A couple from Garston will be reunited with their Aussie mates Down Under after winning the "trip of a lifetime" in a nationwide competition. Raymond Mitchell and his wife Linda are flying out next month in time to celebrate Australia day on January
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
Steve Finn has been named in England’s 15-man squad for the World Cup. The Watford-born Middlesex bowler was expected to be included and has duly made the cut for the squad that will now be led by Eoin Morgan, after Alastair Cook was axed as skipper
Last weekend’s 6-1 loss to Birmingham City not only condemned Reading to their tenth Championship defeat of the season but also resulted in Nigel Adkins being sacked by the club. In addition to the heavy defeat at St Andrews, Adkins’ Reading have
Tastes from around the world will be available today at New Watford Market's Street Food Festival. Ten street food traders will be putting up their decorations and laying on delicious festive specials. The Free Ranger will be offering Turkey
A freak result at Watford’s Vicarage Road dog track on Friday has cost bookmakers around £500,000. Two rank outsiders – Bethphage, which started at 25-1 and Coronach, a 20-1 shot, filled the first two places in the seventh race at Friday’s meeting
