From The Rookery End - A show about Watford FC
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From The Rookery End - A show about Watford FC
Established in 2010, From The Rookery End is the original Watford FC supporters podcast.Join lifelong supporters Mike, Jon and Jason, as they share their thoughts on anything and everything involving Watford FC. They'll be with you through the heartbreak and hope, the triumph and the trauma.This is...
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Adios Paulo. Hola Javi (not an emergency podcast)
Watford’s coaching carousel spins once more — Paulo Pezzolano is out, and Javi García is back in. In this episode, we dive into the emotions, the logi...
7 points in 7 days makes one Paulo weak? - Watford 2-1 Oxford United
In this week’s episode, Jon, Mike and Jordi break down Watford’s hard-fought 2–1 home win over Oxford United, with Jeremy Ngakia grabbing both goals a...
The Brigadier Reacts - Pompey 2-2 Watford
After being a Fratton Park on Wednesday night, Colin Mace (the Brigadier to you and I) sent in a message with his thoughts on the game and the Watford...
To Hull and Back: Watford Win at home
Another game, another shake-up — but how many changes is too many? Jon, Mike and Adam Drury, from the Watford Observer discuss how Watford looked lost...
Monday Night Malaise at The Den - Millwall 1-0 Watford
Mike, Colin and Olly gather the day after Watford's 1-0 defeat to Millwall at the Den on Monday night and attempt to make sense of another confusing t...
Now we KNOW that’s why they call it the blues - Watford 0-1 Blackburn
Watford fell 1-0 at home to Blackburn on a day that was about much more than football. As the club looks ahead to celebrating Elton John’s 50th annive...
Post-transfer window stock take with Opta's Matt Furniss
Dave and Jas are joined by Opta's Matt Furniss to take stock of the squad now that the transfer window is closed, with plenty of new faces through the...
Irankunda (and Baah) again! - Watford 2-2 Southampton
For the second weekend running, Nestory Irankunda delivered another sensational free kick — and somehow, this one was even better than last week’s str...
One Wonder Strike but only One Point: Watford draw at Swansea
As the Hornets made their second away trip of the season, this time down to south Wales to face Swansea City, the team behind the microphones was spli...
Luca at the double - Watford beat QPR 2-1 at the Vic
Dave, Mike and Jason gathered at the Mad Squirrel after Watford's 2-1 win over QPR to discuss the Hornets' first win of the season thanks to a first h...
First Impressions – Watford Lose Late at Charlton
As the 2025–26 season got underway for Watford, Jon, Mike, and Kieran headed down to The Valley to watch the Hornets take on Charlton Athletic — only...
Paulo in Profile - FTRE get to know the new Watford Head Coach
Pre-season is nearly done and we are days away from the season kicking off at the Valley on Saturday, when Paulo Pezzolano and the 2025-2026 Watford t...
Vibes FC - Breaking down the Watford Squad with Opta's Matt Furniss
The new season is creeping ever closer, and Watford’s 2025–2026 squad is beginning to take shape. But is it a squad capable of making a serious push f...
Sweltering at the Vale - Preseason Pondering and the WO's Adam Drury
It was a short trip to Grosvenor Vale to see Watford’s 2nd preseason game against AFC Wimbledon in the Football Manager Cup. The sweltering heat gave...
Kit Chat: Behind the Scenes of the 2025/26 Watford home kit
Ever wondered how Watford’s iconic yellow gets from sketch to Vicarage Road? This week, we’re joined by Watford FC’s Head of Retail, Kevin Newman, for...
SUPPORTERS BOARD AND TRUST UPDATE
With Watford announcing the formation of a Supporters Board and asking for applications from supporters to be a part of it, Mike spoke to Steve Temple...
Paulo, Hector & How We're Feeling
PAULO, HECTOR & HOW WE’RE FEELING
With the dust settling on Tom Cleverley’s departure, Jon, Mike and DCW got together to try and sum up their cu...
TOM’S GONE: Watford Sack Cleverley
Here we go again, then.
DCW was joined by Mike and Jas to discuss Gino Pozzo’s decision to sack one of the most popular Head Coaches in recent W...
FTRE 15th Birthday Party
Watford's 2024–2025 Season Ends with a 1–1 Draw Against Sheffield Wednesday, Luton Town were relegated, and we marked a major milestone with a 15th bi...
Limping in Lancashire: Blackburn 2-1 Watford
For the final away game of the season, DCW made the trip up to Lancashire to see a poor hornets performance against Blackburn. Joined by Charlie from...
TEN YEARS ON: Celebrating the 2014/15 Premier League Promotion
It’s now been 10 (TEN!) years since Watford sealed promotion to the Premier League on a sunny afternoon on the South Coast. Many will remember that fa...
Red cards regret: Watford lose twice over Easter
Easter is a great time to gorging on chocolate eggs. Watford gorged on red cards. In a two parts. Dave and Mike discuss the Burnley loss and Adam Drur...
Two-Thirds of a Good Team: Watford fall short at West Brom
After heading to the Hawthorns (via the brilliant Vine pub!) Mike was joined to discuss the game by Colin and Adam Drury.
The trio talk about To...
A Tale of Two Cities - 1-0 v Hull - U18 FA Cup Semi Final
Welcome to the latest episode of FTRE, recorded in two parts as we look back at Watford’s narrow win against Hull in the Chanpionship, and the U18’s h...
Defeat at Bristol City - how should we feel about the remainder of the season?
Mike and DCW look back at the defeat to Bristol City on Saturday and try to make sense of how we should feel about our season given that our already s...
Hopefuls Shine but Hornets fall short - Watford 0-0 Plymouth
It was a sunny day at Vicarage Road but the 0-0 draw against Plymouth Argyle was a little bit dull. Howeve, Jon, Jason, Mike and Kieran gathered outsi...
Paternity, Fraternity and Future Uncertainty
With so much to disucss, from two games of football (Watford 1-0 Swansea -- Oxford 1-0 Watford) to the lack of striker, the tired looking Georgi Chakv...
Second half slumber - Watford 1-2 Millwall
It was a cliche, as Watford v Millwall was a game of two halves. First half was great, the second was simply awful. Jon, Jason, Jordi and Mike met to...
Solid, Stoke Stalemate: Stoke 0-0 Watford
It was by no means a classic, but there were plenty of positives for Mike, Jordi and Colin to discuss after Watford’s Stoke stalemate.
The trio...
Shaping Futures: Inside the Watford FC Academy
The nature of youth football has changed over the years, and while Watford’s focus may have shifted at times, it feels as though the Academy is now fi...
Derby Day, Double Delight -Watford 2-0 L&^%n
After a 2-0 home win against them lot up the M1, Jon, Mike, Jason and Colin gathered at the Railway Arms to discuss the win, the players who stood out...
4 points out of 9 that ain't bad
After 1-0 win away at Middlesbrough. Jon, Jordi and Adam gathered to react to the win and how the Hornets might have started to revive their season at...
Louza, Selvik and Doumbia impress at the Stadium of Light - Sunderland 2-2 Watford
DCW and Mike convened the morning after Watford's 2-2 draw away at Sunderland to assess the performance and reflect on some much needed reasons to be...
CROW 0 CANARIES 1: Watford suffer narrow Norwich defeat
Jon, Jas, Mike and Kieran gathered at the Mad Squirrel to discuss an entertaining but ultimately disappointing early kick off against Norwich.
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Dennis, Iheanacho or Ndiaye (not the good one) - with Opta's Matt Furniss
DCW and Jas are joined by Opta's Matt Furniss for another rummage through the numbers and they attempt to work out why this Watford side are so bad in...
“All I care about is Watford FC”
After a tumultuous week (even by Watford standards!) Mike and Jon got their heads together to work thorough the events of the last few days in the wor...
Watford win at Derby: Fans Voices Heard
After a long and late visit to Cardiff in the week, Mike and Arlo headed to Derby to see Watford win 2-0... Away
Follow Mike through out his day...
A point rescued at Cardiff - pressure on Cleverley eased?
Mike, Andy and Arlo made the midweek trip across the border to South Wales and saw Watford emerge with a point after a largely miserable performance a...
A Rocket from Vata but worlds away from Fulham - FA Cup 3rd Round Fulham 4-1 Watford
We might have seen a wonder goal from Rocco Vata but having a Cup game on a Thursday night was not only weird but also unsuccessful. Mike, DCW, Jordi...
Slow starts and switching off: Watford 1-2 Sheff Utd
Watford slumped to a third straight defeat at Vicarage Road, as Chris Wilder’s depleted Blades took all three points in our first home game of 2025.