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Watford Forever

How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

John Preston Elton John

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English
Viking
21 November 2023
The story of how one of Britain's biggest stars transformed the fortunes of a struggling football club

Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment. Meanwhile, Watford FC were floundering in 92nd place at the bottom of the entire Football League. Enter Elton John, now the most successful rockstar in the world and a lifelong fan of the club.

Watford Forever is the remarkable story of Elton John's ownership of Watford Football Club and its transformational journey to the top of the first division under iconic manager Graham Taylor. Filled with incredible stories about legendary players and unlikely heroes, from Luther Blissett to Ross Jenkins, and a loveable supporting cast of eclectic characters, this a tribute to football's unlikeliest friendship and one of sport's great underdog stories.

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Imprint:   Viking
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 238mm,  Width: 158mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   540g
ISBN:   9780241597903
ISBN 10:   0241597900
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Preston is an award-winning journalist, novelist, original screen writer and writer of non-fiction with a proven track record for writing bestselling books which translate seamlessly to the screen. His most recent book, Fall- The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, was a Sunday Times bestseller, was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and won the Costa Biography Award in 2021. His previous book, A Very English Scandal, was adapted into a multiple award winning mini-series. Sir Elton John, CBE, is a multi-award winning solo artist and bestselling author. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and holds the record for the biggest-selling single of all time. Elton's most publicized involvement with the sporting world is his enduring connection with Watford FC. It was the club he supported as a boy and of which he later became Chairman, guiding it to the highest echelon of the professional game in England.

Reviews for Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

If John Preston hasn’t already sold the film rights to this book, he surely will soon. Watford Forever is the heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor * The Times * An ever-entertaining telling of a remarkable sporting fairy-tale. * Daily Telegraph * Entwining sport, music and social history, the absorbing Watford Forever is masterfully judged, saccharine-free, true-life fairy tale, which showcases another side of Elton John * i * A warm and redemptive tale . . . packed with anecdotes, moments that skewer the times with economy and prevision. Plus endless laugh-out-loud yarns…as Preston tells [Elton John and Graham Taylor’s] story, it rattles along at page-turning pace….it reads, indeed, like the script of a movie * Independent *


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