Thursday, November 16, 1978

Ray Train signed for Watford from Bolton Wanderers for a club record £50,000.

Described on his arrival by his new manager Graham Taylor as "a sniffer, a ratter and a passer", the 5ft 4in midfielder cited his headed goals as his greatest asset in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek interview with the Watford Observer.

Watford were to more than treble this record outlay before the end of the year.

Reproduced by kind permission of Matt Rowson from his book, Watford FC On This Day