Chapter 18 – Consolidation
'I just wish he’d signed McClelland before he bought Tony.'Watford had survived two seasons in the First Division but Graham Taylor knew the club was not yet an established top-flight club. In the sum...
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Chapter 17 – A Day in the Sun
'I wish we’d been told it was just a normal game of football,' Neil PriceThe FA Cup final on May 19, 1984 put Watford on the biggest stage in world football, in front of a global audience of hundreds ...
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Chapter 16 – Yellow Brick Road to Wembley
'Once we’d beaten Luton, I felt it might be our year'Before the draw for the FA Cup third round was made, Graham Taylor told Elton John to keep FA Cup final day free. Elton was about to set off on a h...
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Chapter 15 – Big George and Little Mo
'When it kicks off, it’s always the big guy who gets it' – George ReillyAs Graham Taylor sought to revamp his team, he stuck to his tried and tested methods. One of his biggest challenges was replacin...
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Chapter 14 – Europe
'I looked out there on the pitch. They were just kids.'In autumn 1982, Watford embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. First stop was West Germany and a UEFA Cup first round date with Kaiserslautern....
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Chapter 13 – Losing a Son
'We’ve asked Milan for a million pounds, so that should be the end of that'In the summer of 1983, Watford prepared to say farewell to their favourite son, as Luther Blissett headed to Milan. Blissett ...
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Chapter 12 – Top of the League
'I told the players we would not be changing our style. We were going to attack.'Watford had reached Division One well ahead of the schedule initially laid out by Graham Taylor and Elton John in 1977....
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Chapter 11 – The Management
'I learned he was not the dictator the players thought he was' – John WardWe meet Graham Taylor’s backroom team, who embraced the gaffer’s inimitable style, and created The Watford Way. Both John Ward...
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