| Watford - giving it the biggun’ 18:44 - Jan 1 with 10743 views | Hastings_Hoops |
Have I missed something somewhere? From the Watford message boards, Watford seem to have a misplaced impression that they are bigger than QPR and somehow our ‘cup final’. A very strange team and lack of self awareness indeed. |  | | |  |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:34 - Jan 2 with 4068 views | BlackCrowe |
Always been a bit of an irrelevance to me. Provincial side that did amazing things back in the Elton days to get upto where they are now, but the fixture means nothing more than playing Oxford, Bolton, Shrewsbury etc etc |  |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:38 - Jan 2 with 4032 views | MrSheen |
At least we only lost 3-0 at Wembley (or so I’ve heard, seen no hard evidence). |  | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:46 - Jan 2 with 3981 views | GaryHaddock |
I mean, of course we aren’t rivals, but some QPR ‘fans’ attacked a Dad and his disabled son yesterday and smashed their people carrier because it had a Watford sticker on it apparently. |  | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:47 - Jan 2 with 3972 views | BlackCrowe |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:46 - Jan 2 by GaryHaddock |
I mean, of course we aren’t rivals, but some QPR ‘fans’ attacked a Dad and his disabled son yesterday and smashed their people carrier because it had a Watford sticker on it apparently. |
If that's correct, appalling and shameful. | |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:49 - Jan 2 with 3954 views | Boston |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:35 - Jan 2 by MrSheen |
I remember the corrugated iron tunnel from the railway halt through the allotments to the away end in the 80s, like we were going to a Stalag!
There was a frustrating period in the early 80s when both clubs were on the up but we just couldn’t beat them. Their football was pretty grim under Taylor, but Venables couldn’t find the antidote and they did have John Barnes. They were press darlings as the “family club” helped by Taylor and Elton’s profile, which grated on me as a punky herbert but which I have a lot of appreciation for now when the alternatives were singing about the Munich air disaster, unemployment or threatening to kill people.
Johnny Byrne broke the spell when he scored in the Milk Cup there after Paul Barron saved a penalty. They rolled over every time for a while after that. [Post edited 2 Jan 9:36]
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I remember the 'allotment walk' before there was any corrugation, just cabbages, otherwise known as the Rookery. |  |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:53 - Jan 2 with 3911 views | Paddyhoops |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:33 - Jan 2 by Watford_Ranger |
Some nice areas around it but it’s always been a bit of a dump IMO. A more expensive dump than when I grew up there. |
As a resident here for 25 odd years . It’s no better or worse than any other suburban town .
Town centre is a non descript concrete jungle but it’s got some very prosperous areas.
People are as good as gold . I should know . I married one.
Their fans thought are very weird ,odd bunch .
Passive would be the best way to describe them. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 22:21 - Jan 2 with 3824 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 21:34 - Jan 2 by BlackCrowe |
Always been a bit of an irrelevance to me. Provincial side that did amazing things back in the Elton days to get upto where they are now, but the fixture means nothing more than playing Oxford, Bolton, Shrewsbury etc etc |
The real kicker is that even then, when Graham Taylor was managing them and Terry Venables managed us, both clubs were shaking football up a bit, the playing styles of both clubs were a sort of battle for the soul of English football - we still didn't give a stuff about them, the only local derby that mattered back then was North Battersea. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 08:03 - Jan 3 with 3502 views | SK_hoops |
Only ever met one Watford fan in my life. Lived in London my whole life, pretty much, and don't even recall seeing any in public (bar when we play them, obviously). | | | |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:19 - Jan 3 with 3342 views | Landshark |
To be honest, I was more bothered about beating Norwich than Watford. I'm not sure what it is about Norwich but I see them as more of a rival than Watford. Watford are nothing.
I am always surprised when Watford come to play at Loftus Road how much animosity they had towards us. It felt like they really cared about beating us so if anything it's more a cup final for them. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:58 - Jan 3 with 3244 views | GroveR |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 20:22 - Jan 2 by Juzzie |
Feels to me all this cup final malarkey only started once Troy Deeney said it and the fans just follow it like sheep. Not a single QPR fan i know has felt Watford were anything such like or remotely close. |
Deeney's Cup Final was filling in a couple of students outside a nightclub. |  | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 17:59 - Jan 3 with 2890 views | Hoopsasteve |
With regards to the "smashed up car"
Im guessing this is the same car I saw, I mean I'm not condoning what happened but driving up Ellerslie Road whilst hundreds of fans are coming out is a silly thing to do and extremely dangerous in itself, not even sure how he was allowed to do it.
Maybe something happened after I had passed it but all I saw was a guy having a pop at him through his window. [Post edited 3 Jan 18:00]
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 18:40 - Jan 3 with 2795 views | GaryHaddock |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 17:59 - Jan 3 by Hoopsasteve |
With regards to the "smashed up car"
Im guessing this is the same car I saw, I mean I'm not condoning what happened but driving up Ellerslie Road whilst hundreds of fans are coming out is a silly thing to do and extremely dangerous in itself, not even sure how he was allowed to do it.
Maybe something happened after I had passed it but all I saw was a guy having a pop at him through his window. [Post edited 3 Jan 18:00]
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Well, I said apparently because the incident details came second hand, so please excuse me if the facts aren’t right but a couple of things…
1) I think disabled fans both home and away are advised to park on Blomfontaine so whatever happens they need to pass fans coming out the stadium.
2) This is the damage. Wasn’t just a bloke getting shouted at.
3) We won, and even if we didn’t why attack anyone?
4) Disabled. Children. [Post edited 3 Jan 18:53]
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 19:28 - Jan 3 with 2694 views | thehat |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:35 - Jan 2 by MrSheen |
I remember the corrugated iron tunnel from the railway halt through the allotments to the away end in the 80s, like we were going to a Stalag!
There was a frustrating period in the early 80s when both clubs were on the up but we just couldn’t beat them. Their football was pretty grim under Taylor, but Venables couldn’t find the antidote and they did have John Barnes. They were press darlings as the “family club” helped by Taylor and Elton’s profile, which grated on me as a punky herbert but which I have a lot of appreciation for now when the alternatives were singing about the Munich air disaster, unemployment or threatening to kill people.
Johnny Byrne broke the spell when he scored in the Milk Cup there after Paul Barron saved a penalty. They rolled over every time for a while after that. [Post edited 2 Jan 9:36]
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I was there the day Johnny Byrne got that goal and I remember walking through allotments too. I often wonder when I go there now where are the bloody allotments. For some time I thought I must of dreamt it or smoked something a bit potent as I used to in them days. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 19:34 - Jan 3 with 2669 views | BrianMcCarthy |
I have a friend who lives a couple of streets away from Watford's ground. She says one of the roads beside the stadium has been renamed. Yellow Brick Road.
Yellow.
Brick.
Road. |  |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 22:38 - Jan 3 with 2366 views | Hayesender |
They're not even the biggest club in Watford. I actually reckon there's more QPR fans in that part of the woods than them |  |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:26 - Jan 4 with 1995 views | enfieldargh |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 22:38 - Jan 3 by Hayesender |
They're not even the biggest club in Watford. I actually reckon there's more QPR fans in that part of the woods than them |
Baileys was a big club |  |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:44 - Jan 4 with 1961 views | hantssi |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:26 - Jan 4 by enfieldargh |
Baileys was a big club |
Blimey, that’s a rave from the grave! | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 11:13 - Jan 4 with 1853 views | Harbour |
My son in law is a Watford fan have enjoyed some nice wins there he got tkts in Watford end when we beat them 3-2. His view is most Watford fans think we are their bogey team. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:50 - Jan 5 with 1277 views | Dorse |
Don't get the supposed rivalry at all. Makes no sense. Most Rs couldn't care less. I mean, it's basically derived from a single comment about us seemingly raising our game, delivered by a former player who looks like a burst sofa. Cup final? Yeah, right. That would require not only Watford but QPR to beat someone in a cup match. What a melt. |  |
| 'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!' |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 13:44 - Jan 5 with 1025 views | Landshark |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 11:13 - Jan 4 by Harbour |
My son in law is a Watford fan have enjoyed some nice wins there he got tkts in Watford end when we beat them 3-2. His view is most Watford fans think we are their bogey team. |
Statman Jack on social said that QPR have beaten Watford more than any other team in the league (52 times). | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 14:09 - Jan 5 with 946 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:50 - Jan 5 by Dorse |
Don't get the supposed rivalry at all. Makes no sense. Most Rs couldn't care less. I mean, it's basically derived from a single comment about us seemingly raising our game, delivered by a former player who looks like a burst sofa. Cup final? Yeah, right. That would require not only Watford but QPR to beat someone in a cup match. What a melt. |
The irony is that we hate their rivals, and not them. | |
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| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 18:17 - Jan 5 with 679 views | Harbour |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 13:44 - Jan 5 by Landshark |
Statman Jack on social said that QPR have beaten Watford more than any other team in the league (52 times). |
Thanks will be having that stat ready for my son in law…!!! | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 14:39 - Jan 6 with 292 views | Beestonranger |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 09:44 - Jan 4 by hantssi |
Blimey, that’s a rave from the grave! |
Became Paradise Lost. Had a few "interesting" nights ought there in my late teens in the mid-80s. | | | |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 15:02 - Jan 6 with 219 views | Juzzie |
| Watford - giving it the biggun’ on 14:39 - Jan 6 by Beestonranger |
Became Paradise Lost. Had a few "interesting" nights ought there in my late teens in the mid-80s. |
I lived in north Watford (Leavesden Road) for a couple of years from 1988 and went there a few times. Back in the days when the DJ was just someone playing other people's records and often you didn't know where they where situated. Now they are still someone just playing other people's records but for some reason are now front of stage and given god-like status. |  | | |
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