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  • "At long last the club is on the move.Having read the constant complaints of our last owner it seems that we have a lifeline to progress hopefully..Like most i was pleasantly suprised with Seans management skills and today feel sad of his departure, i am sure other clubs will soon be after his services. If Zola does become our manager it would be in our interest to back him and his newly formed coaching staff both time and total back up....I for one thought he got poor treatment at West Ham. If a small part of his skills rubbed off on our side we would soon be a feared and well respected side....Just ask any Chelsea fan of there total respect for Zola........Lets move on with fond memories of the Bobby Bells and Tommy Harmers of the past, and i did stand on the old rookery embankment getting sopping wet....."
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Pozzo associate Raffaele Riva is Watford's new chairman

1:54pm Thursday 5th July 2012 in Watford FC News Photograph of the Author By Frank Smith , Deputy Group Sports Editor

Former chairman Graham Taylor left the club at the end of May Former chairman Graham Taylor left the club at the end of May

Graham Taylor's replacement as Watford chairman is a man called Raffaele Riva.

Hornets legend Taylor resigned as chairman at the end of May, with former owner Laurence Bassini taking on the interim position.

But following the Pozzo family's takeover of Watford, business associate Raffaele Riva has been named as the club's new chairman.

Scott Duxbury, who we expect to operate in a chief executive-like role, and Gianluca Nani are both executive directors.

Former Watford chairman Stuart Timperley and Hornets fan David Fransen, who is one of the club's bondholders, are non-executive directors.

It was reported that Sean Dyche was removed as manager on Monday, to be replaced by Gianfranco Zola, but Watford have yet to confirm that is the case.

This morning we reported that former Napoli coach Adolfo Sormani is set to become Zola's assistant at Watford but it is currently unclear what will happen with regards to the rest of the backroom staff.

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