Side: Watford F.C.
Nickname(s): The Hornets, Yellow Army, The Horns
Ground: Vicarage Road
From Boro: not quite London calling as Watford sits in the north-eastern reaches of Hertfordshire – 4 hours by car
Kit: some evolution! The 2006-07 kit was streets ahead of that thing
It’s Not A Moose: the large game emblazoned on the crest is actually a hart, as in male deer, and as in Hertfordshire…Watford were the only profession club in the county until Barnet was conceived
Famous Wasps: Luther Blissett was the first Watford player ever capped by England; Kenny Jackett had a playing career shortened by injury, then turned manager (1996-1997); Ashley Young, Marlon King, David James, Ben Foster…none can outshine John Barnes though, who electrified for a 6 year spell from his debut in 1981 right up to the Liverpool departure of 1987
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