Sunday, April 17, 1983
Watford manager Graham Taylor ran the London Marathon to raise money for the club's mooted Family Terrace.
Taylor, whose sponsors included chairman Elton John, at £100 per mile, completed the run in a highly respectable three hours 21 minutes.
Reproduced by kind permission of Matt Rowson from his book, Watford FC On This Day
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