The man behind a unique podcast tracking an eternity of supporting Watford in the afterlife can barely hide his disbelief his creation could be dubbed the best of its kind in Britain tonight.

Olly Wicken, who first came up with the idea for Hornet Heaven in the summer of 2015 as a written fiction piece in the second edition of Tales From The Vic, will go head-to-head with podcast royalty including European football journalist Graham Hunter, who reguarly interviews some of the biggest stars of the sport.

But while all his rivals for the Sport category at the British Podcast Awards in London concentrate on what's happening on the track, field, road or in the ring, Wicken's is focused more on something very different, and his 16 audio gems have offered an insght into what it might be like to follow Watford in heaven.

Indeed each of the podcasts, written by Wicken and read by audio book voice artist and Hornets fan Colin Mace, has a real-life edge to it, and is influenced by the goings on at Vicarage Road, but with a satirical edge.

Another Watford supporter Jon Moonie, who is also known for his work at From The Rookery End, has also been the podcast's producer since its birth.

"I never thought it would be as popular as it has been," Wicken told us in the build-up to the ceremony in London this evening. "It just started off as an idea for the Tales Of The Vic but once that happened, I enjoyed it and wrote some more.

"I met up with a friend and he liked the stories, but it wasn't really formulated into anything. Then speaking with Colin, who I've known for a while, we agreed to turn them into a podcast.

"If I was looking at it from the awards' point of view, the reason they chose it is because it's original, unusual and creative. It shows that anyone can make a podcast, too.

"If it gets chosen I would feel like I have died and gone to Hornet Heaven myself."