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13 February 2021 Everyone at Crystal Palace Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Alan Woan aged 90. Woan played for Palace between 1959 and 1961, featuring 46 times and scoring 23 goals. His contribution in the first half of the 60/61 season helped Palace secure promotion from Division Four, famously netting a hat-trick in a 9-2 win over Accrington Stanley. The former inside forward left Palace for Aldershot Town in 1961 before winding down his...

Tubridy commits to another year with Clare as he details his Covid battle February 04, 2021 by Paddy Hickey Ace forward David Tubridy has provided Clare football boss Colm Collins with a major boost by deciding to soldier on at the top level for yet another year. Now 33 years of age, the free-scoring Tubridy first lined out for the Banner County back in July 2007 in a Tommy Murphy Cup clash against Tipperary, at Ardfinnan, an occasion which also marked the final outing for the host county’s ...

A colourised image of the Watford team in 1906 Edward VII was King, Henry Campbell-Bannerman was Prime Minister and Watford were playing in Division One of the Southern League under the clubs first ever manager John Goodall. The year was 1906 and the picture at the top of this page is how the team looked in their hooped shirts. The Watford Treasury team has again been looking back through our archives to more than 110 years ago and colourised the team image from 1906/07, as well as this one...

Terry Challis allegorical painting The Watford Observer has teamed up with Watford Museum and its curator Sarah Priestley to take a journey back to the town’s past through items or places of historical significance. The 22nd item in ‘a history of Watford in 50 objects’ is a poster produced by this newspaper - "slightly scuffed around the edges and with tell tale drawing pin holes in the corners" - that is one of the most popular items in the museums Watford Football Club gallery. Sa...

"Its very naïve to try and split it down the middle to 16 and 16" January 25, 2021 ©INPHO/Presseye/Lorcan Doherty. Fermanagh captain Eoin Donnelly says he doesn’t think a second-tier football championship will fix the problem to make games more competitive. The Tailteann Cup had been scheduled in for 2020 but did not go ahead as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, but is in the GAA’s plans for 2021 and would include Fermanagh if they fail to gain promotion from Division 3 or land what woul...

25 Jan 2021 Be kind, no matter what. That’s one of the biggest lessons my parents taught me. Both of them went through difficulties in their own manner - and very hard ones as well - but the way they were able to put them all behind them and be so thoughtful to everyone else is amazing. Let me explain… My dad’s back story is interesting to say the least! He was actually born by the side of the lake – not quite a swamp, but a pond. So, because he wasn�...

Coldwater, MI, USA / WTVB | 1590 AM · 95.5 FM | The Voice of Branch County Jan 17, 2021 8:45 PM BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Two months later than originally scheduled, the M.H.S.A.A. Girls Volleyball tournament concluded on Saturday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. After defeating Bronson last Tuesday in the quarterfinals, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central defeated Schoolcraft 25-19, 25-16, 25-8 to win the Division Three state championship. Battle Creek St. Philip won the Division Four title i...

Watfords greatest ever manager Graham Taylor died four years ago today.

Tony Gregory also played for Luton in the FA Cup final A member of Watford’s 1959/60 promotion-winning side who also played for Luton Town in an FA Cup final has died, aged 83. Tony Gregory moved to Vicarage Road from the Hatters in March 1960 and scored four goals in the final 13 games of the season as Ron Burgess’ side finished fourth in Division Four to clinch promotion. Gregory, who initially filled the outside-left position before adapting to a wing-half role, only played 12 matc...

Reflections on 2020: Disposal Of An Un-needed Year. Revival Of Glory Days. Posted on “The stars glitter from afar. Feel their beauty pierce the heart. I dreamt about you long before we met” – Tim Wheeler. As the year 2020 fades out of view, many of us inhabitants of planet earth wish the year hadn’t started, hadn’t existed and could be banished to the dustbin of history. We cannot do that. Marty McFly and Doc were living a pipe dream which never came to fruition. With the “don�...