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Watford Football Club was founded in 1881, and their home ground is Vicarage Road Stadium. Their nicknames include The Hornets, The Golden Boys and also the Yellow Army.
Club Name:
Club Address:
Watford
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0ER
Telephone:
01923 223023
Stadium:
Capacity:
Address:
Vicarage Road Stadium
22,200
Vicarage Road, Watford, WD18 0ER
Club Founded:
Team Colours:
1881
Yellow and Black
From the North:
Join the M25 and follow until Junction 20. Exit and follow signs for Hempstead Road, follow Hempstead Road into central Watford.
Follow the large roundabout system at the end of Hempstead Road and exit towards Rickmansworth A412.
Follow this road for 1/4 mile and turn left at the end of the underpass. Go through two traffic lights and turn left into The Hornets at the East end of Vicarage Road.
From the South:
Join the M25 and head north past M4/Heathrow, then past the M40 Oxford Exit at Junction 16. Take the exit at Junction 18. The slip road goes up to a bridge going across the motorway, turn left towards Rickmansworth.
Head down into Rickmansworth until you arrive at a large roundabout near Rickmansworth BR station. Turn left here along the A412 towards Watford. Follow signs into Croxley Green.
Continue straight over at the two roundabouts past Croxley, then take the fifth right exit on to Harwood Road. Continue straight down, heading straight over the traffic lights, until you come to the end of the road.
At the end turn left and you will now be on Vicarage Road, continue for a few hundred metres and you will see the ground on your right hand side.
The nearest station is Watford High Street, a ten minute walk away from the ground. Watford Junction train station is about a 20 minute walk.
There is no parking available for fans at the ground and street parking is exclusively restricted for local residents by way of matchday permits.
Parking is not permitted in Watford General Hospital.
Watford town centre has several car parks, the easiest of which for access to Vicarage Road is Church Car Park on the inside of the ring-road, opposite the turn-off into Vicarage Road.
All town centre car parks are within a ten minute walk of Vicarage Road.
There is also an additional car parking option in the Town Centre at Royalty House (on King Street, just off the High Street). Other possibilities are Watford Grammar School for Girls, Cassiobury Park Avenue, and Fishers Industrial Estate off Wiggenhall Road.
Date | Home Team | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Sat 3rd May | Watford | Sheffield Wednesday |
Date | Home Team | Away Team | Result |
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Sat 26th Apr | Blackburn Rovers | Watford | 2-1 |
Mon 21st Apr | Portsmouth | Watford | 1-0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | Leeds United | 45 | 97 |
2 | Burnley | 45 | 97 |
3 | Sheffield United | 45 | 89 |
4 | Sunderland | 45 | 76 |
5 | Bristol City | 45 | 67 |
6 | Coventry City | 45 | 66 |
7 | Millwall | 45 | 66 |
8 | Blackburn Rovers | 45 | 65 |
9 | Middlesbrough | 45 | 64 |
10 | West Bromwich Albion | 45 | 61 |
11 | Swansea City | 45 | 60 |
12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 45 | 57 |
13 | Watford | 45 | 56 |
14 | Norwich City | 45 | 54 |
15 | Queens Park Rangers | 45 | 53 |
16 | Portsmouth | 45 | 53 |
17 | Oxford United | 45 | 52 |
18 | Stoke City | 45 | 50 |
19 | Derby County | 45 | 49 |
20 | Preston North End | 45 | 49 |
21 | Luton Town | 45 | 49 |
22 | Hull City | 45 | 48 |
23 | Plymouth Argyle | 45 | 46 |
24 | Cardiff City | 45 | 44 |
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