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I rarely pay much attention to the table at this early stage of the season, but I'm fairly satisfied with our performance so far. The team is yet to show the kind of defensive strength that I want but I know this will take time. Birmingham lo...

Our campaign began with the kind of performance I want to see as often as possible this season. We dominated the physical battle against reigning League One champions Brighton at Turf Moor and earned a comfortable win. After a goal on the openi...

.......... Grant is the clear first-choice among our goalkeepers and in keeping with Dyche's reluctance to rotate his stoppers, he’s likely to start every game where possible. The veteran Jensen is a reasonable backup, while Stewart is...

Addressing the lack of depth in the full-back positions was my top priority in my first transfer market as Burnley manager. Brayford is a player who can make the right-back spot his own for a good few years and I was willing to meet Derby's h...

Ten years ago today, Burnley appointed Sean Dyche as their manager. In the decade that has passed since Dyche's arrival at Turf Moor, he has become one of the most recognisable coaches in English football. Dyche led Burnley to promotion to the P...

Recreating the one and only Sean Dyche's style of management and matching his achievements with Burnley.

• Sunday 10th June - Russia - Poznan • Friday 15th June - Netherlands - Poznan • Wednesday 20th June - Greece - Gdansk Main After missing out on the World Cup two years ago, Slaven Bilic's stock has fallen from the days wh...

The first team trained without three players ahead of tomorrow's Capital One Cup clash with Oxford. New signing Adryan has joined Adrian Mariappa and Mark Yeates on the sidelines after the Brazilian starlet picked up a hernia injury in trai...

Bristol City stole all three points late on as Watford began the season with a defeat. Gianfranco Zola named nine debutants in the line-up for the Golden Boys and his side occasionally strugged to find the attacking fluency that the Italian expe...

Gianfranco Zola is hoping for his Hornets side to play with smiles on their faces tomorrow. After a long, long summer, Watford will finally kick off the new season with a trip to Bristol City tomorrow afternoon. The Hornets squad is much-changed...

Watford FC have released the final list of squad numbers for the upcoming season. After a summer of much change at Vicarage Road, the list of first-team squad numbers is as follows: 1. Vito MANNONE 2. Lee HODSON 3. José SHAFFER 4. John E...

Watford FC is delighted to announce the signings of four new players. The club has completed the signings of Rodrigo Battaglia, Luis Muriel, Carlos Darwin Quintero and Alexandros Tziolis. Battaglia has joined the Hornets from Argentine Primera...

Watford have completed the signing of midfielder Roberto Pereyra from Udinese. The twenty-one year old has agreed to move to the Hornets on loan until the end of the season, joining eleven other Udinese players at the club. Pereyra had been earmar...

Cheers, I'm enjoying the save so I'll try to make it last.

Watford have completed the signing of Wolves duo Nenad Milijas and Richard Stearman. Ståle Solbakken has presided over a summer clear-out after Wolves were relegated to the Championship, telling several of last season's first-team regul...

. Watford have won the race to sign highly-rated defender Guilherme Siqueira from Granada. Siqueira, who had been tracked by several Premier League clubs including Everton, Liverpool and Newcastle, was expected to join Atlético Madrid after...

Another set of Udinese players have joined Watford on season-long loans. The Hornets confirmed the arrival of another four new signings from their Italian partners today. The relationship between Watford and the two other clubs owned by the Pozzo...

Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone has joined Watford on loan until the end of the season. The club has also confirmed the arrival of Benfica left-back José Shaffer on a season-long loan, taking Gianfranco Zola's summer signings to an imp...

Cheers man, it feels like ages since I wrote anything. I do miss the old style of stories sometimes.

Watford have welcomed eight new signings just days after they were taken over by the Pozzo family. New owner Gino Pozzo is the son of Italian businessman Giampaolo Pozzo, who owns both Serie A side Udinese and La Liga outfit Granada. The Hornets c...

Watford FC is delighted to announce the appointment of Gianfranco Zola as head coach. The forty-six year old has signed a two-year deal with the Hornets running until June 2014. The former Italian international was the unanimous choice of the cl...

The Pozzo family have completed their takeover of Championship side Watford. The deal was concluded yesterday, adding the Hornets to the Italians' portfolio of European clubs. Giampaolo Pozzo is the owner of Serie A side Udinese and La Liga c...

Building a continental club with the Hornets. (FM12)

Van Persie targets top spot Dutch skipper believes Netherlands can win Group B after Slovenia victory 16:07, 16 June 2016 - By Jacob Murtagh Robin van Persie has backed the Netherlands to see off Portugal to win Group B. The Dutch captain has been...

15:00 SUBS FOR BOTH TEAMS It's a double substitution for ten-man Slovenia as Katanec replaces the injured Robert Beric with Tim Matavz and brings Miral Samardzic on for the left wing-back Stojanevic. Hiddink replaces Daryl Janmaat with Virgil van...

14:00 STARTING LINE-UPS Slovenia: Handanovic - Maroh, Cesar, Balazic - Stojanovic, Krhin, Kampl, Vrhovec, Pucko - Beric, Bezjak. Netherlands: Cillessen - Janmaat, De Vrij, Veltman, Emanuelson - De Jong, Blind, Clasie - Lens, Van Persie, Depay. Share...

Greece 1-2 Portugal Late heroics from Ronaldo book second round place for under-par Portugal Last Updated: 15 June 2016, 21:57 BST Two moments of magic from Cristiano Ronaldo were enough for Portugal to see off Greece. Greece defended stoutly in Li...

New chapter in same old story for Ireland Euro 2016 must go down as a huge missed opportunity for Martin O'Neill's men Wednesday 15 June 2016 - 19.40 BST An all-too-familiar tale came to an end in Marseille as Ireland's tournament hop...

21:05 GOAL! IRELAND 2-2 BOSNIA (Vedad Ibisevic 50) Martin O'Neill's side have sat back far too much since Keogh's second goal and Bosnia claim a thoroughly deserved equaliser. Coleman's poor clearance gifts the ball to Prcic, who f...

20:00 STARTING LINE-UPS Ireland: A. McCarthy - Coleman, Wilson, McShane, Cunningham - J. McCarthy, Gibson, Meyler - Long, A. Keogh, Brady. Bosnia: Begovic - Mujdza, Bicakcic, Pandza, Lulic - Pjanic, Hadzic, Prcic - Susic - Dzeko, Ibisevic. Share 20:0...

France 4-0 Romania Brilliant hosts breeze into second round after another rout Last Updated: 14 June 2016, 21:59 BST France confirmed their place in the second round of Euro 2016 with an emphatic win over Romania. The hosts continued their scintill...

Group Stage - Matchday Two 14 June 2016 - 18 June 2016 Tuesday 14 June 20:00 - Group A - France vs Romania - Paris Wednesday 15 June 17:00 - Group A - Ireland vs Bosnia - Marseille 20:00 - Group B - Greece vs Portugal - Lille Thursday 16 June...

Standings

18:06 GOAL! SLOVAKIA 1-1 WALES (George Williams 51) Wales have come racing out of the blocks here. Chester brings down Ramsey's pass and picks out Bale. He holds off Cech and sprays it out right to Williams... and Wales are level! What a moment f...

Wales step into Euro spotlight • Coleman prepares Dragons for landmark game against Slovakia Published: 16:05, 14 June 2016 - By ADAM SMITH for MAILONLINE Wales will take the latest step in their extraordinary Euro 2016 journey this evening. C...

Wales step into Euro spotlight • Coleman prepares Dragons for landmark game against Slovakia Published: 16:05, 14 June 2016 - By ADAM SMITH for MAILONLINE Wales will take the latest step in their extraordinary Euro 2016 journey this evening. C...

Cheers! Sorry for missing a few days, been away this weekend but will try to catch up over this week.

15:00 SUB FOR GERMANY Sebastian Jung has struggled against the pace and trickery of Ivan Perisic and the right-back is replaced at half time by Shkodran Mustafi. Share 15:02 GOAL! GERMANY 1-1 CROATIA (Kevin Volland 47) Boateng has switched to the ri...

14:00 STARTING LINE-UPS Germany: Neuer - Jung, Boateng, Badstuber, Durm - Müller, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Reus - Götze - Volland. Croatia: L. Kalinic - Srna, Vida, Lovren, Strinic - Kovacic, Radosevic, Modric - Rakitic, Perisic - Mandzukic....

Löw expects Croatia test World Cup winners shape up for opening game in Group F 10:54, 14 June 2016 - By Jacob Murtagh Joachim Löw believes that Croatia will be Germany's biggest challenge of the group stages. Germany begin their Eur...

Ukraine 2-0 Russia Bezus and Zozulya fire Ukraine to the top of Group E Last Updated: 13 June 2016, 21:58 BST Ukraine began Euro 2016 on a high after a superb 2-0 win over neighbours Russia. An excellent team performance from Mykhaylo Fomenko'...

18:00 SUB FOR ENGLAND Lallana was clutching his leg as the first half ended and it's no surprise to see him replaced at half time. Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse comes on for his England debut. It looks to be a like-for-like change for H...

17:00 STARTING LINE-UPS Czech Republic: Cech - Kaderabek, Mazuch, Sivok, Limbersky - Darida, Jiracek - Dockal, Kolar, Krejci - Tecl. England: Ruddy - Walker, Jagielka, Stones, Shaw - Henderson, Milner - Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Sterling - Rooney....

Hodgson believes in youthful side England manager is confident of good start against Czech Republic Monday 13 June 2016 - 16.01 BST Roy Hodgson believes that it is England's young squad's time to shine at Euro 2016. England will begin the...

Spain 2-0 Switzerland Muniain at the double for reigning champions in Group D win Last Updated: 13 June 2016, 15:55 BST Spain's bid to win a third consecutive European title kicked off with a 2-0 win over Switzerland. Iker Muniain was the hero...

21:02 OFF THE LINE! Chiellini's long throws have been a real asset for Italy and the centre-back creates havoc once more. Florenzi comes out to collect it, turns Frederik Sørensen and drives the ball towards goal but Martin Braithwaite make...

20:00 STARTING LINE-UPS Italy: Buffon - Darmian, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Pasqual - De Rossi - Marchisio, Florenzi - Rossi, Destro. Denmark: Schmeichel - Andreasen, Sørensen, Bjelland, Boilesen - Højbjerg, Kvist - Kusk, Eriksen, Kroh...

Conte focuses solely on Azzurri Incoming Chelsea boss blasts critics ahead of Denmark clash 19:08, 12 June 2016 - By Jacob Murtagh Antonio Conte insisted that his move to Chelsea would have no effect on Italy's Euro 2016 chances. The forty si...

Albania 0-3 Belgium Vertonghen bags a brace as Red Devils cruise past Albania Last Updated: 12 June 2016, 18:56 BST Dark horses Belgium began Group C with a straightforward victory against Albania. The battle between the world's current number...

Belgium eye big chance Red Devils hope to become more than dark horses before Albania clash Sunday 12 June 2016 - 16.02 BST Marc Wilmots believes Belgium are ready to step into the limelight at Euro 2016. The Belgians will take on unfancied Albania...