Chiang Mai – the not quite football crazy city
The last home game of the 2018 seaon brought 4,600 people to the 700th anniversary stadium in the north...
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Real football – and the race for promotion from the Thai M-150 Championship
These are the Thai League 2 (Championship) stadiums for the 2018 season ranked by capacity. Most are generic sports...
The ugly realities behind the beautiful game
The Economist on the eve of the 2018 World Cup: “VLADIMIR PUTIN rarely speaks English in public, but he...
World Cup 2018 predictions
It is just a week until the start of the 2018 World Cup. Unfortunately being held in Russia –...
Martinez pitches Fighters to 5-3 win over Giants
From the Japan Times: and yes, we were there! Nick Martinez entered his first interleague contest in Japan with...
A new low for the season
Watching Watford this season is painful. It was last season. And that is the trouble. We are not progressing...
Australian cricket and the moral high ground
Australia captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner have been banned by Cricket Australia for a year for ball-tampering....
Arriverderci Walter
Another season ends and another Watford manager leaves. He will not be remembered. His football was plodding and dull....
“This remarkable, charming man”
Graham Taylor – by Ian Grant for the Watford fanzine – Blind, Stupid and Desperate. This article was not...
Graham Taylor – 1944 to 2017
Picture – Watford Observer In 1977 Elton John, then President of Watford FC, heeded the words of Don Revie...