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Photos of messages sent and received by Coventry City head of recruitment Dean Austin were taken at a match and published on social media

The English Football League (EFL) has secured record deals of at least £148million ($188m) for its international TV rights across a four-season period. The new deals ensure record guaranteed international rights fees for EFL clubs, with two agencies, Pitch International and Relevent Sports, representing the organisation across global TV markets until the conclusion of the 2027-28 campaign. The deals could see the EFL — which runs the second, third and fourth tiers of English football (the Championship, League One and League Two), as well as the League Cup and the EFL Trophy — bank more...

A man who worked for decades as a programme seller at Watford’s stadium has been handed a 14-month suspended prison sentence and was given a sexual harm prevention order for a period of 10 years after being convicted of two child sex offences. David Roxborough, 59, worked at Vicarage Road since the 1980s and in November 2023 he pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming, and attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child. Roxborough’s 14-month sentence was suspended for two years and he was told he had to undergo 30 days...

Edwards's diplomacy throughout his stint at Watford was impressive - history told him he wouldn't last long but he kept dignity throughout

There is a simple satisfaction in palindromic players, who retrace their steps through previous clubs, before ending up at 'home'

Former Forest Green Rovers head coach Troy Deeney threatened to punch a match official in the face before calling him a “weasel” during December’s League Two loss to Swindon Town. The 35-year-old former Watford striker received a four-game touchline ban and £1,500 fine this month following two Football Association (FA) charges relating to alleged improper, abusive, insulting and threatening language and behaviour. Forest Green lost the game 2-1 with Deeney dismissed in the closing stages shortly after what proved to be the winning goal. In the written reasons released...

Emmanuel Dennis has completed his return to Watford, rejoining his former club on loan from Nottingham Forest. The Athletic reported earlier this week that Dennis was set to sign for Watford, and the 26-year-old forward will spend the rest of the season in familiar surroundings at Vicarage Road. Dennis scored ten goals in 37 games for Watford during the 2021-22 season, in which they were relegated from the Premier League, prompting Forest to sign him for £10million in the summer of 2022. But he failed to hit the same form with Forest scoring twice in 19 appearances for the then-newly promoted...

Emmanuel Dennis is returning to his former club Watford on loan from Nottingham Forest. The deal does not have an option for a permanent move, and the 26-year-old’s medical is scheduled for the next 24 hours. Dennis is in the middle of a season-long loan spell with Turkish Super Lig side Istanbul Basaksehir. Forest have, however, agreed to terminate the existing loan deal with Basaksehir to allow the forward to move to his former club. Following Forest’s promotion to the Premier League in the summer of 2022, Dennis joined the City Ground club from Watford for a fee in the region of...

Outbursts against his players and a match official were central to Deeney's swift downfall in his first managerial job...

Watford owner Gino Pozzo could face trial on tax fraud charges in Spain related to his ownership of Granada. Spanish prosecutors say he was part of a “long-term criminal plan” and if found guilty he could face 12 years in prison and fines of £31million ($40m) for what they call “a fraudulent strategy”. After a five-year investigation the Public Prosecutors Office has now outlined its case against Pozzo and four other defendants, including Granada. If it progresses a criminal trial will take place at the National Court in Madrid. Pozzo has denied the charges to The...

The Championship club are in talks with a group headed by former U.S. Marine turned long-time Goldman Sachs executive Peter Grieve

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It has been an eventful weekend in the Football League with goals aplenty, an abandoned match and much more

Jonas Eidevall gifted Watford loanee trio the experience of a lifetime to play against their parent club - with an eye on the long term

Troy Deeney said there are “too many babies from top to bottom” at Forest Green Rovers after taking aim at his team following Saturday’s loss to Harrogate Town. The 35-year-old former Watford striker described the goalless first-half as so “boring” he would have “rather watched frigging Antiques Roadshow” in a frank, 12-minute post-match assessment. Forest Green were beaten 2-0 by Harrogate, Deeney’s third loss in six matches since he was appointed head coach in December. “The amount of nonsense you have to deal with at this place, from...