Central midfielder Alhassan Bangura, known to all as 'Al', made the step up from the Academy Under-18 team to the Hornets' first-team without the time to put more than a handful of reserve team appearances under his belt.

Clearly highly thought of by manager Adrian Boothroyd, the west African native was hurriedly thrust into his senior debut after Gavin Mahon's injury half an hour into the crucial victory at Stoke City in April 2005.

He then built on on assured showing in Staffordshire with a 'Sponsor's Man of the Match' display at home to West Ham United a week later. Since then the Sierra Leone-born midfielder has been a regular in Boothroyd's promotion-winning squad, making 40 appearances in 2005/06, and scoring his first Watford goal, a last-minute equaliser against Derby County at Vicarage Road in March.

Bangura's development continued into the Hornets Premiership campaign and it is only a matter of time before he is called upon in the 2006/07 Championship season.

In late 2007 the young midfielder's name made national headlines as he and the club fought to keep him in the United Kingdom, following a ruling by The Home Office that would have seen him deported back to Sierra Leone as an illegal immigrant.

Players Kit and Shirt Sponsors:

20: Alhassan BANGURA	Home Shirt:	Away Shirt:
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Match Boots:	Match Kit:	Tracksuit
Glenn & Jackie Stanton	Nigel & Cate Ephgrave	David & Sylvia
Training Boots:	Training Kit:	Training Top:
Lee Sturgess	Linda Patel	Richard & Eleanor

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