DESPITE the return to fitness of Marcus Gayle, Watford are likely to continue with the 4-2-4 formation at Sheffield United on Saturday, having enjoyed an unbeaten four-game run. Ray Lewington's preferred 3-5-2 approach will remain on the back burner for
WHAT happened to the £6m from the sale of the Vicarage Road ground? The net cost, after paying the former owners "Benskins" a further £750,000, was £5.3m and after paying two year's rent (at £630,000 pa) to cover the critical period of the inflated contracts
Relatives of Mother's Day murder victim Billy Sullivan cheered as his killer was jailed for life at the Old Bailey on Friday. Landscape gardener Richard Eccles, 38, of Leigh Hunt Drive, Southgate, was punched by Mr Sullivan in the former Northern Star
AN investigation is underway into a Kings Langley post-worker after mail failed to arrive at addresses or was found opened. This week the Royal Mail sorting office in High Street, Kings Langley, sent a letter to customers in Kings Langley iniviting customers
AN eight-page survey costing £12,000 has been commissioned by Watford Council so it can find out what residents think of town hall services. Residents have been asked 36 questions on a wide range of topics, from whether they have ever written to a borough
FEARS of an outbreak in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in west Hertfordshire have emerged as patients are being refused treatment at a drop-in clinic. People with concerns about their sexual health are being turned away from the genito-urinary medicine
BUS users in South Oxhey who claim they have been penalised by Arriva after vandals attacked buses with missiles, will have the opportunity to raise their concerns at a meeting organised by The Watford Rural Parish Council. The meeting will take place
SANDRIDGE ROVERS FC are running into some decent form of late, after Saturday's 3-0 success over Cuffley made it ten goals and three victories from their past three matches in the World Class Senior Homes League. Cuffley's suprisingly good form this season
HARPENDEN TOWN FC finally succumbed to the sting of blistering pace when they gave up the points and the South Midland Spartan League Division One's leadership to Tring Athletic on Saturday, when a 90th minute goal consigned Town to their first defeat
AFTER beginning the season in a shambles, London Colney are struggling to free themselves of the habit of taking less from games than they should, and Saturday's laboured 2-1 victory over Division One side Biggleswade United in the FA Vase has done little
A DIFFICULT season came to a difficult end at Porter's Park on Saturday, September 14, when Verulam lost their final scratch league match of the season and with it their place in Division One. Their 8-3 defeat was hardly the backs-to-the-wall display
BOVINGDON FC took full advantage of Sun Postal's inactivity to move to the top of the World Class Homes League Premier Division table with a 3-1 win over Met Police Bushey. Mark Swailes, the chief destroyer in the Jets victory, continued his fine form
Acontinuous programme of music from Jimi Hendrix to Bach and featuring organ, horn, recorder, violin, piano and rock bands provided by talented and enthusiastic performers of all ages to raise money for the New School of Organ Studies; refreshments available
Children's theatre Palfi the Clown presents an action-packed educational experience; age four to 11 years; Maltings Arts Theatre, The Maltings, St Albans; 3pm; tickets 4 from the box office on 01727 844222. September 27, 2002 12:00
Anglo-Saxon Churches by Michael Hardy; College of Law, Hatfield Road, St Albans; 7.45pm. September 27, 2002 12:00
DESPITE a strong start, Old Merchant Taylors Rugby Union club made an early first round exit from the Powergen Intermediate Cup with a 43-24 defeat away to Hampstead on Saturday. In a repeat of last year's fixture at the same stage of the cup competition
HARPENDEN RFC must be sick of the sight of Fullerians after Kevin Brind's side handed them defeat for the second successive week with a 26-3 victory in the first round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Coningesby Drive on Saturday. With seven changes
A training course for cricket umpires starts at Old Merchant Taylors Cricket Club, Durrants, Croxley Green on Tuesday, October 22. The course is aimed primarily at taking umpires through the two exams set by the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers
THE memories came flooding back. A few years ago 20 at least I was a semi permanent fixture in the Dick. I revisited the pub for something of a trip down memory lane. Nothing much has changed, not even the customers they have less hair to comb and more
THE appointment of Graham Simpson as new Watford chairman has resulted in Haig Oundjian standing down as acting-chairman. Oundjian has also chosen to relinquish his position as vice-chairman, to spend more time with his young family. He remains a director
YOUNGER clientele used to regard a drink at the Case as foreplay. It would be a quick pint and a Pernod and black in the pub before settling in for the night's main event in the car park. The car park was, and probably still is, legendary among courting
FOR the wide-eyed Antipodean arriving in deepest Rickmansworth, a culture trip to The Feathers pub for a couple of cheeky shandies is a must. Even as an Aussie who has lived in Pomland for four years, I was immediately charmed by the antique character
IF Watford went into administration, what would it mean? Firstly, it would provide the club with legal protection against their debts. But the irony is the club is not in debt other than normal trading debt and a small amount of bank finance for the supporters
SARACENS have been forced to send for front-row reinforcements as they bid to avert a dip becoming a trough when they entertain Northampton Saints at Vicarage Road tomorrow (Saturday). Andy Kershaw has been recruited on loan from London Wasps for a maximum
SARACENS are again launching the SOS Romanian Rugby charity appeal ahead of their trip to Dynamo Bucherest in the Parker Pen Challenge Cup match on Saturday, September 12. Following on from the success of Saracens' first kit appeal back in December last
WATFORD FC need £9.5 million to avoid going into administration, but where exactly has the debt come from? 1) The club has to balance the loss of ITV Digital's £2.8 million, which would have been received in September 2003. Offset against this is slightly
WHAT happened to the £6m from the sale of the Vicarage Road ground? The net cost, after paying the former owners "Benskins" a further £750,000, was £5.3m and after paying two year's rent (at £630,000 pa) to cover the critical period of the inflated contracts
A MOTORCYCLIST from Watford was killed in a collision in Aldenham - two days after his silver wedding anniversary. Mr Paul Josey, 49, was travelling south on a Kawasaki motorcycle in Hartspring Lane, near the junction with Hilfield Lane. A driver of a
GARDENING guru Alan Titchmarsh will be making a guest appearance at The Harlequin shopping centre on Thursday. The BBC's Ground Force star will be singing copies of his new autobiography Trowel and Error at Waterstones. Those who want to meet Mr Titchmarsh
VICTIMS of the 1952 Harrow train crash, the worst railway accident in UK peacetime, will be remembered at a memorial service at Christ Church in St Albans Road, Watford, on Sunday, October 6. The service, which marks the 50th anniversary of the accident
POLICE investigating a road rage incident in which a man was hit over the back of his head with an iron bar have made an arrest. Officers arrested a 40-year-old Watford man on Wednesday, September 25, in connection with the incident which took place at
GRAND SLAMS come in many guises, but Adrian DiPaola is concerned with only one after winning the NFAS National Archery Championships in the Lake District last weekend, adding to the list of national titles he has already won this year, and completing
EIGHT members of the St Albans Canoe Polo Club returned from Essen, Germany last week, where they were representing Great Britain in the World Championships. Alan Vessey and Dave Sanders were in the men's team which, under the captaincy of former St Albans
Hymns and classic songs from choir of 250 voices with conductor Nan van Groeningen and soprano soloist Etty van der Mei; St Albans Cathedral; 3pm; entrance free. September 27, 2002 12:00
CHESS VALLEY LADIES HOCKEY CLUB opened their Printwize East Division Two campaign with too many off-season cobwebs still showing, slipping to a disappointing 6-0 defeat against Tunbridge Wells. With illness and injuries affecting the selection for this
THE ChorleywoodD Cricket Club pavilion was full to capacity on Friday (September 20) evening as the colts section celebrated another successful season. Over 110 young players participated in training, nets and matches, both friendly and league during
THE memories came flooding back. A few years ago 20 at least I was a semi permanent fixture in the Dick. I revisited the pub for something of a trip down memory lane. Nothing much has changed, not even the customers they have less hair to comb and more
YOUNGER clientele used to regard a drink at the Case as foreplay. It would be a quick pint and a Pernod and black in the pub before settling in for the night's main event in the car park. The car park was, and probably still is, legendary among courting
FOR the wide-eyed Antipodean arriving in deepest Rickmansworth, a culture trip to The Feathers pub for a couple of cheeky shandies is a must. Even as an Aussie who has lived in Pomland for four years, I was immediately charmed by the antique character
ANDY GOODE expressed this week the players disappointment at the heavy defeat suffered at the hands of London Wasps on Sunday, September 22 and the subsequent backlash they suffered from head coach Buck Shelford. "Mentally having 50 points put past us
SARACENS' managing director Tim Lawler has moved swiftly to reassure fans about the possible ramifications if Watford FC, Saracens' landlords, were to go into administration. Some fez wearers had expressed their concern at the club's future at Vicarage
WATFORD FC's directors have remained tight-lipped on the subject of former chairman Elton John, but on Thursday, Tim Shaw was asked if they would be approaching the rock star for a contribution, considering the current desperate financial state of the
