John Preston’s Watford Forever review – when Elton John bought football club This is the touching story of how the flamboyant pop star and humble club manager Graham Taylor became brothers What is the most unlikely thing to happen in football?
By Robert Crampton If John Preston hasn’t sold the film rights to this book yet, he certainly will soon.
Watford Forever is the moving story of the partnership and friendship between English football’s strangest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor: rock’n’roll brilliance meets suburban sanity Umbrella in the bad old days Racism, corruption and homophobia were rife, especially on the crumbling terraces and equally harsh sanctuaries of football clubs Older brother.
John told Preston: “Just walking into the boardroom at Watford was absolutely extraordinary for me.
“Even though I can say this place is absolutely terrible, it still feels like a religious experience.
” John bought the club and became chairman in 1976.
He initially arrived at Vicarage Road as
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