1. Elton John was once an active element of Watford's 70s firm, and penned the song 'Saturday's Alright For Fighting' following a successful ambush that led to the major shoeing of a group of Luton fans in 1973.
2. Formed in 1881 as Hertford FC, the name was changed in 1897 following a long running joke between board members. Hertford were renouned for their hospitality to vising clubs, a feat rarely reciprocated on their travels. On return from away games, the chairman would ask 'how was the food' to which the fellow directors would chuckle, and cohesively shout ' WHAT FOOD ?'.
'What Food' become their running joke, and following the resignation of the original chairman in 1897, the remaining directors changed the name to Watford FC to stamp their mark on the club.
3. Graham Taylor's famous 'Do I Not Like That' originated from Dec 1981, when the manager was offended by an x-rated present he had drawn from the chairman's Secret Santa competition.
4. Luther Blisset is believed to head of the UK branch of the Scientology Church, having introduced the religion to the UK following an extended holiday in Los Angeles in 1984. Luther delivered a reading at the 2006 wedding of his good friend Tom Cruise to Katie Holmes.
5. Watford's traditional colours are red and blue, but they changed to their yellow colours in response to the death of manager Bill Findlay's popular canary bird 'Coco' in 1946.
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Considering to be offensive, Elton John got rid of the name as he preffered to see a little pricks hence the change to "Hornets" who do have pricks.
10. In 1894 the off-side rule had to be changed so that players were only off-side in your own half following Watfords tactic of pushing all but one of their players in to the other teams penalty area so making an almost impossible to break off-side trap
11. The allottments that used to surround Vicarage Rd were destroyed by the CIA when it was discovered that they were being used to grow heroin poppies
This is indeed true, and purely for religious regions.
Hence Vicarage Rd.
Should they ever win a game played on a Sunday the freehold of the Eastern side of the ground would revert to the Retired Vicars Friendly Society, a charity that is the 4th largest landowner in England.
Thats his hat-trick sorted for the weekend then! ;-)
Elton John to play Selhurst summer 2008.
isnt' that Surrey? have we been here before?
In which case I was correct in my original post ;-)
They lost to QPR a few weeks ago.
17. Watford are the last of the other 23 Championship sides to face Charlton this season.
20.Never go out on a date with a Watford girl.You end up marrying them.
CORRECTION: Watford are the most Southern of the Dirty Northern B*stards category
Thus ensuring that Stanmore is in the "Southern Softy" catagory!
Anyone's who has met you would know that ; - )