A new Watford book is now on sale from The Hornets Shop either in person at Vicarage Road or from our online shop.

Written by respected Watford FC historian Matt Rowson, Watford FC On This Day tells the story of the Hornets' long and eventful history.

With individual diary entries for every day of the year, plus multiple listings on busier dates, it features Vicarage Road's heroes (and villains) from Billy Biggar, Walter Coles and John Goodall to Nigel Gibbs, Ross Jenkins and the other Ross Jenkins.

The book tells the tales of the matches and the characters, the promotions and relegations - indeed, all the events, however big or small, that have helped make Watford the club it is today. 

The journey through the calendar features the Cup Final in 1984, key games in promotion and relegation seasons, managerial appointments and player signings and departures as well as a motorcycle gymkhana on the Vicarage Road pitch, a downturn in form being blamed on the death of a canary and Graham Taylor advertising for fit and available players in the national press. 

To purchase online please click here.

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Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win copies of the new book. The lucky winners win a signed copy of the book by the gaffer, Malky Mackay.

The question was - which summer departee from Vicarage Road set a new club record, now boasting the shortest competitive on-field Watford career of any player in the club's history to have made it onto the pitch?

And the answer? It was of course former defender Andrei Stepanov. He appeared for a total of five minutes for the Hornets against Southampton in April 2009. This beat the previous holder, Elliott Godfrey, by two minutes.