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  • 'We're deeply embarrassed by that second half'

    Lee Clark says Blackpool were “deeply embarrassed” by their second-half capitulation at Watford this afternoon. The Tangerines were on course for their first away win of the season at the interval after goals from Andrea Orlandi and Steve Davies

  • Watford hit SEVEN second-half goals to batter Blackpool

    In the years to come today is likely to be remembered as one of those ‘I was there’ occasions as Watford scored an astonishing seven second-half goals to beat Blackpool 7-2 and move to within four points of the top of the Championship. The Hornets

  • Watford Mayor opens new animal charity shop

    The Mayor of Watford performed the ribbon cutting duties to launch a new shop set up to support a Watford animal charity. Mayor Dorothy Thornhill opened the National Animal Welfare Trust’s new shop in New Road, Watford, on Saturday morning.

  • Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

    School holidays are over and, to the extreme disappointment of my son, there was no snow across the festive period, round here at least. Good job too, I hear you cry (although, as I write, it’s said to be imminent so maybe it’ll have arrived by the

  • Hornets' Under-18s beaten by Boro

    Watford’s Under-18s let a two-goal lead slip against Stevenage in the Youth Alliance South East Division on Thursday and suffered a 4-3 defeat. The Hornets led at half time after Alfie Young smashed home after Dennon Lewis had been denied.

  • Should fans be able to stand during games at Vicarage Road?

    Watford fans have responded to a letter from a season ticket holder who has threatened to report the club to the football authorities if it does not clamp down on supporters standing during games. In a letter printed in the Watford Observer, Ken

  • Discuss the action as Watford face Blackpool

    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

  • Watford heavyweight signs with promoter Steve Goodwin

    Watford heavyweight ‘Big’ Dave Abraham says he is aiming to fight in Las Vegas rather than just watching after signing a three-year deal with promoter Steve Goodwin. The 28-year-old spent part of 2014 working as a sparring partner with former WBC

  • Columns: Guilty pleasures of mail order buying

    Shock and shame hit our household last week when a sex tape from lovefilm.com landed on our doormat. There was no mistaking it; the words "sex" and "tape" were written in large red capitals all over it and naturally my immediate concern was how

  • Oaklands College pupil earns international call

    Oaklands College Rugby Academy and former Kings Langley School student Curtis Reynolds has been called up to the Welsh Academicals squad. Reynolds will hope to be selected to face Millfield on Saturday, January 24. An up-and-coming tight-head

  • Opposition profile: Blackpool

    Two late goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend condemned rock-bottom Blackpool to their 15th league loss of the season – leaving them nine points adrift of safety with 26 games played. Defeat at Molineux also extended the club’s run of

  • Looking back: January 24, 1975

    Bells were ringing as Watford’s Mayor, Councillor William Everett, entered Watford Post Office on Wednesday morning to purchase the first sheet of experimental charity stamps which are to be on sale from post offices throughout the United Kingdom for