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

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

by John Preston, Elton John

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  • ISBN13: 9781324095477
  • ISBN10: 1324095474
  • Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • Publish Date: August 27, 2024
  • Page Count: 320
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Nothing has brought English soccer more immediately into the American mainstream than Ted Lasso, which captivated the nation in thirty-four episodes over three seasons. But before there was Jason Sudeikis's lovable and, at first, hapless AFC Richmond, there was Watford Football Club, a team from the outskirts of London with barely enough fans to fill its stands--and which, in the mid-1970s, was languishing in 92nd place at the bottom of the last division of the English Football League. That is, until rock superstar Elton John--who, with his dad, had followed the team as a boy--bought the lowly franchise and, with legendary manager Graham Taylor, transformed the luckless football club into a top-seeded Premier League team. Inspiring, funny, and ultimately heartbreaking, Watford Forever recalls the improbably tender relationship between Elton John and Taylor, a straight-talking former fullback, who together beat the odds and their personal demons to save a club and a struggling community.