The Watford Courier
Squad15 Mar 2027
Rocco Vata is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Watford know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Kwadwo Baah gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Mar 2027
Watford come up short against Southampton
Southampton left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market15 Mar 2027
Peter Harvey steps up from the Watford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Harvey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Mar 2027
Robert Clark steps up from the Watford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Clark has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Mar 2027
John Pearson steps up from the Watford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Pearson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Peter Russell joins the Watford first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Russell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Egil Selvik reaches 200 appearances
200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A muscle injury and 15 days out for Sebastian Thrussell
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Watford will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
In brief
- Squad Words at Watford training over how hard people work
- The dugout Michael Matthews answers for it
- The dugout Mady Camara left out for the big one