Watford Football Club

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. As of the 2006–2007 season, they will play in the FA Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. They were promoted to the Premiership after a 3-0 victory over Leeds United in the Championship play-off final on 21 May 2006.

The club was founded in 1881, firstly playing at Cassio Road ground, before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922, where they remain to this day. Since 1997 they have shared the ground with Saracens Rugby Club. The club has the nickname of “The Hornets,” because of its yellow and black strip. Watford have a long-standing rivalry with nearby Luton Town.

The club is best known for its two spells under the management of former England manager Graham Taylor. The first lasting from 1977 to 1987, when the club rose to the old Division One from Division Four, also reaching the FA Cup final in 1984 and competing in the UEFA Cup. The second lasting from 1997 to 2001, when Taylor took the club from Division Two to the Premiership in successive seasons. During both of these eras the club was owned by Elton John, who is now the club's honorary life president.

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Current First-Team Squad
1 GK Alec Chamberlain
3 DF Jordan Stewart
4 DF Malky Mackay
5 DF Clarke Carlisle
6 DF Jay DeMerit
7 MF Damien Francis
8 MF Gavin Mahon (c)
9 FW Marlon King
10 FW Darius Henderson
11 DF Chris Powell
12 DF Lloyd Doyley
14 MF Dominic Blizzard
15 MF Ashley Young
16 GK Richard Lee
17 DF Danny Shittu
18 FW Hameur Bouazza
19 MF Anthony McNamee
20 MF Alhassan Bangura
21 MF Toumani Diagouraga
22 MF Junior Osborne
23 DF Adrian Mariappa
24 FW Tamás Priskin
25 MF Matthew Spring
26 GK Ben Foster (on loan from Manchester United)
28 MF Albert Jarrett
29 FW Tommy Smith
30 DF Jordan Parkes
31 FW Claude Seanla
32 DF Sheku Kamara
33 GK Scott Loach
35 MF Alex Campana
-- FW Theo Robinson