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
did you ever go in the dressing room, have a word with them before a game, though? no, i went in the dressing room after the game. yeah. would that have been out of the ordinary, though, wouldn t it? would it would graham have accepted it, do you think? um, i think he would have done, if i d have had the courage. it made sense. looking back on it, it made sense. i ve been there. i ve been to the big occasions. these guys haven t. and it s like, come on. don t be afraid. you can win this. everton aren t the greatest team in the world but they had old heads, they d been there several times before, and i regret that. crowd sings abide with me the famous image of that final, of course, is abide with me and you standing there with tears in your eye. very emotive. well, it s one of my favourite hymns of all time, anyway. and with the brass band, i ve always cried at abide with me. it wasn t just because we were there. i ve done it myself. ..it sjust a wonderful piece of music. and with