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David Harrison looks at the remarkable career of a two-time Watford manager. Football managers come in all shapes and sizes but it’s fair to suggest Watford has seen few managers possessing the physical characteristics of Neil McBain. However, there was a great deal more to McBain than poundage. This was a man who joined Watford in 1928 as a seriously accomplished 33-year-old defender. As an indication of his quality, he had collected three international caps for Scotland, the first of which saw a memorable 1-0 win over England, followed by appearances against Ireland and Wales. We’...
Richard White tells the story of Watford’s first European venture. As many Watford fans are doubtless aware, the Hornets’ first-ever competitive European fixture was played at Kaiserslautern in the UEFA Cup. This was on September 14, 1983. However, Watford’s first venture to play abroad took place nearly 50 years earlier, when a friendly match was arranged with Ajax of Amsterdam on Sunday, September 8, 1935. The Ajax trainer was Englishman Jack Reynolds, who had played 29 times as a forward for Watford in the 1907/08 season, before embarking on a coaching career that saw him lift Aj...
The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from previous issues. David Harrison recalls Cliff Holton, a man who really was entitled to be called a true Watford great You’ll need to bear with me. This is a tricky assignment. I’m in no doubt I collected the Big Fella brief as the only member of the Treasury editorial group old enough to have seen Cliff Holton in his prime. And yes, I saw him play on a good few occasions. Probably 20-odd times while in his majestic pomp and another half-dozen or so when he returned, for a six-mont...