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Watford Football Newspaper Book. Relive those glorious moments of a favourite football team captured in newsprint. From the early 20th century to the recent past, each book affords a unique perspective on your team or sport’s colourful history. They are not written by someone looking back in time, but by reporters who witnessed the games and events as they unfolded and in a language of the time. Capture the history and greatest moments of Watford through the newspapers, as written at the time. Starting with coverage of the English Cup 2nd round match against Spurs in 1923, this book charts a glorious history of great games and League titles through the decades of the 20th century. Top stories include, such classics as Watford's long running 10 - 1 best win over Lowestoft in 1926, the 6 - 1 annihilation of Reading in 1937, the shock away win in the 1950 FA Cup 3rd round over then mighty Preston, the 7-1 defeat of Crystal Palace in 1954, the 1-0 win over Liverpool in the 1970 FA Cup 6th Round, the famous 1-2 away win over Man Utd in the 1978 League Cup. Read about the 7-1 humiliation of Southampton in the 1970 League Cup; against all odds Watford pulled back a 4 goal deficit from the 1st leg and sensationally won in extra time. Relive the thrill of Watford's rise in fortunes under the management of Graham Taylor and Chairmanship of Elton John from 3rd Division minnows in 1978 to 1st Division stardom in the 1980s including the emotional 1984 FA Cup Final against Everton and numerous top scoring results such as the 8-0 defeat over Sunderland in 1982, the 0-4 away win over Leeds in 1984, the 5-0 win over West Ham in 1985 and many more. Newspaper coverage continues right up to the end of last season. A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Watford fans.

Official 06-07 Watford football shirt manufactured by Diadora. Authentic football shirt of Premiership football team available in sizes M L XL XXL. If the name and number you want is not available from the pulldown menu select 'other' and type the name and number you want in the order comments box as you go through checkout. Official lettering £12.95 Premiership patches £5.

Watford 1960's

Watford 70's

Watford 1959 - 1961 The Golden Boys became the GBs (also the Hornets) when they exchanged blue and white for old gold and black in 1959-60, this marking a brilliant season at the end of which they were promoted to the old Division 3. The photo is of the team for this season which includes in the front row centre Cliff Holton (46 goals in that campaign) and Dennis Uphill to his right (36 goals).

Watford 70 short sleeves. 100% Polyester

Watford Late 1970's

Everton V Watord 1984 FA Cup Final Quite simply...an afternoon that no self-respecting Evertonian will ever forget. It was a day of enduring images - Elton John's tears before the game, Andy Gray's controversial goal during it, and John Bailey's over-sized spectacles afterwards! But more importantly, it was the day that Everton's 14-year search for silverware finally ended and the sight of Kevin Ratcliffe, at the age of 23, lifting the most famous trophy in domestic football was a wonderful one. Re-live the match in its entirety as Everton fully lived up to their billing as pre-match favourites at Wembley. The Hornets had their moments, but The Toffees were never going to be denied and the 'Tartan Terrors', Graeme Sharp and Andy Gray, wrote their names into Everton folklore with a goal each to bring the Cup back to Goodison for the first time since 1966. Earlier in that 1983-84 season, Howard Kendall had been on the verge of actually losing his job as Everton manager but the Board, to their eternal credit, rode the storm, confident that their man would come good. He did...and this was the day that confirmed, beyond any doubt, that Everton were, once again, a force to be reckoned with. The Toffees went on to even greater achievements after winning the FA Cup in 1984, but don't they say the first time is the sweetest?,p- May 19th 1984 was the day that Everton Football Club announced to the football world: "We are back!"

Chelsea v Leeds FA Cup Final 1970 The first time is always the sweetest, as Osgood and co triumphed over treble chasing Leeds United after the two teams had battled it out for over 240 minutes of absorbing football. After a convincing run, which saw the Blue s brush aside the challenges of Birmingham; Burnley; Crystal Palace; Queens Park Rangers and Watford; amassing an impressive 21 goals in 6 games, Dave Sexton s side went into the final full of confidence that Leeds would be added to their list. On a sand-covered Wembley pitch, both sides produced a game oozing with bright attacking football, yet it was two defensive errors that opened the scoring. Jack Charlton headed Leeds in front, when the ball bounced awkwardly to evade a goal-line clearance, but Peter Houseman duly took advantage of the conditions when his long-range attempt slipped past Sprake in the Leeds goal before the interval. Leeds looked to have sealed the victory when Mick Jones drilled in an 84th minute goal, but not to be denied, the ever resilient Blue s fought back to equalise with only minutes remaining when Ian Hutchinson stole in with a fine equalising header. Extra time failed to find a winner, and to Old Trafford they went. In a physical encounter, Leeds once again took the lead midway through the first half via the boot of Jones. The game ebbed and flowed, and the Blues had to wait until the 78th Minute before they were back on level terms, when Peter Osgood rose to head home. The game once again entered extra time, but David Webb upset the pattern of the final, much to the delight of all Blues, when he forced the ball over the line from an Ian Hutchinson long throw. It was the first time Chelsea had been in the lead and that s how it remained! Chelsea s first FA Cup Triumph! Relive it all over again in this specially produced programme featuring extended highlights of the first match and the full 120 minutes of the Old Trafford Replay.