Elton, lovely to see you, lovely to talk to you. Congratulations on the book ive thoroughly enjoyed it. Theres something thats not in it. I came to watford with Leicester City a long time ago around 79 80 and one of our players got a terrible gash in his leg and was carried off and had to have stitches in the Dressing Room and you went down to comfort him. Do you have any memory of that . I dont. That was me. Really, i dont. That was me. It was you . It was me. And you came down in the second half to see if i was all right, and thats something thats always stuck with me. And it was a very special moment, yeah. Youve got the book, watford forever. Why now . Why are you doing that book now . I was approached byjohn preston, who wrote the book, and said, its a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i havent really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we werent given enough credit for what we did. And also, i think when you read the b
elton, lovely to see you, lovely to talk to you. congratulations on the book i ve thoroughly enjoyed it. there s something that s not in it. i came to watford with leicester city a long time ago around 79 80 and one of our players got a terrible gash in his leg and was carried off and had to have stitches in the dressing room and you went down to comfort him. do you have any memory of that? i don t. that was me. really, i don t. it was you? it was me. and you came down in the second half to see if i was all right, and that s something that s always stuck with me. and it was a very special moment, yeah. you ve got the book, watford forever. why now? why are you doing that book now? i was approached byjohn preston, who wrote the book, and said, it s a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i haven t really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we weren t given enough credit for what we did. and also, i think wh
and said, it s a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i haven t really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we weren t given enough credit for what we did. and also, i think when you read the book, it s about the sense of community that s not really in football any more not in the top six or anything like that. it s gone from football a bit, but not with the lower clubs. but i just love that sense of community, and that s what football must never lose. you started your interest in football when you were very young. very young. your dad brought you here. yeah, my dad brought me here when i was about six, five or six. but i also used to sit on the touchline at craven cottage because my cousin, roy dwight, played for fulham in the same team asjimmy hill, bedford jezzard, johnny haynes, tony macedo. so, i grew up watching fulham a lot as well but this was my local team and then, when roy went to nottingham forest,
elton, lovely to see you, lovely to talk to you. congratulations on the book i ve thoroughly enjoyed it. there s something that s not in it. i came to watford with leicester city a long time ago around 79 80 and one of our players got a terrible gash in his leg and was carried off and had to have stitches in the dressing room and you went down to comfort him. do you have any memory of that? i don t. that was me. really, i don t. that was me. it was you? it was me. and you came down in the second half to see if i was all right, and that s something that s always stuck with me. and it was a very special moment, yeah. you ve got the book, watford forever. why now? why are you doing that book now? i was approached byjohn preston, who wrote the book, and said, it s a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i haven t really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we weren t given enough credit for what we did. and als
i was approached byjohn preston, who wrote the book, and said, it s a really interesting subject and i thought, yeah, it has i haven t really talked about it and i wanted to get my side of the story out because i think we weren t given enough credit for what we did. and also, i think when you read the book, it s about the sense of community that s not really in football any more not in the top six or anything like that. it s gone from football a bit, but not with the lower level clu bs. but i just love that sense of community, and that s what football must never lose. you started your interest in football when you were very young. your dad. very young. ..your dad brought you here. yeah, my dad brought me here when i was about six, five or six. but i also used to sit on the touchline at craven cottage because my cousin, roy dwight, played for fulham in the same team asjimmy hill, bedford jezzard, johnny haynes, tony macedo. so, i grew up watching fulham a lot as well but this w