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The feel-good football story of Watford Forever

From the age of six, Reggie Dwight followed Watford FC’s fortunes avidly – and when he became the multimillionaire Elton John decided to do all he could to improve them

Elton John at Watford FC’s Vicarage Road stadium in April 1974 [Getty Images]

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

    John Preston

    Viking, pp. 336, £22

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