Hornet Heaven

In March 2024, as Watford Football Club’s fortunes decline, events in Hornet Heaven head in the wrong direction.
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To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ascension to Hornet Heaven of Watford FC's founder Henry Grover, on March 22nd 1949, here's a re-edited and re-mixed telling of our story of his arrival. 
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In August 1997, a former player materialises in the Watford Football Club afterlife — but only partially. 
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In December 2023, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife attempts to go to every Watford game ever.
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In February 2024, you — the listener — are transported via the medium of podcast into the eternal experience of supporting Watford Football Club.
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In December 2023, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, a former Watford player isn't seeing things with the usual clarity. 
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In December 1964, with Watford facing two festive fixtures against Them Up The Road, a resident of the Watford Football Club afterlife tries to make sure a double derby defeat won’t ruin Christmas.
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In September 2023, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, two Watford fans find themselves locked in a small room together. They have fiercely conflicting views. Can they find common ground? 
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In August 2023, two stalwarts from Watford Football Club’s glory days have been shut away in a lock-up garage in the club’s afterlife for nearly 40 years. Who are they?
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In August 2023, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife revisits old games and discovers he’s misremembered important details. What’s he got wrong?
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In Spring 2023, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, Cliff Holton, Watford’s greatest-ever forward receives an unexpected call-up. 
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In May 1996, an unlikely new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife helps a former player cope with the club’s recent relegation. (Part 4 of 4.)
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In May 1996, an unlikely new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife helps a former player cope with the club’s recent relegation. (Part 3 of 4.)
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In May 1996, an unlikely new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife helps a former player cope with the club’s recent relegation. (Part 2 of 4.)
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In May 1996, an unlikely new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife helps a former player cope with the club’s recent relegation. (Part 1 of 4.)
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The fourth and final highlight reel to mark our first 100 episodes.
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The third of 4 highlight reels to mark our first 100 episodes.
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The second of 4 highlight reels to mark our first 100 episodes.
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The first of 4 highlight reels to mark our first 100 episodes.
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In June 2023, a Watford fan adopts an unusual way of coping with his negative feelings about the club. 
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IIn January 2023, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, it’s time for transparency and honesty in making the club loveable. Part 4 of 4.
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In January 2023, a supporter in the Watford Football Club afterlife is refusing to have anything to do with the club. Part 3 of 4.
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In January 2023, a rivalry from the 1890s is still going strong in the Watford Football Club afterlife. Part 2 of 4.
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In January 2023, a previously unexplored part of the Watford Football Club afterlife is discovered. Part 1 of 4.
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In April 2023, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, something unusual happens at the local derby.
(The music in this episode is: 'We Have All The Time In The World' by John Barry.)
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In December 2022, a resident of the Watford Football Club afterlife tries to reconcile two feuding fans by giving them a joint Christmas present.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a mentor advises a young Hornet.
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In Autumn 2022, residents of the Watford Football Club afterlife reveal what made them fall in love with the club. 
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In 1922, Watford Football Club’s move to a new stadium provides a much-needed lift.  
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In 2018, a new arrival takes a circuitous route to the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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In November 2022, a recent arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife turns out to have an unusual talent.
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On August 30th 2022, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, two former players reflect on the club’s 100 years at Vicarage Road.
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In June 2022, a fan arrives in the Watford Football Club afterlife with an attitude that’s going to make his life hell.
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In May 2022, a disillusioned fan wants to leave Watford Football Club’s afterlife for a different heaven.
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In August 1922, the Watford Football Club afterlife undergoes a seismic shift.
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In April 2022, during Watford’s terrible relegation season, there’s some good news to tell in the club’s afterlife.
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In September 2021, the appointment of a new Chief Steward brings unexpected changes to the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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In August 2021, the Watford Football Club afterlife outlaws all forms of discrimination — with serious consequences for a senior member of staff.
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On New Year’s Day 2022, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife sees something he wasn’t expecting in the Rookery Stand. 
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Watford's relegation battle tests the resolve of a long-standing fan. (A poignant story from 1900/01 with strong parallels to 2021/22.)
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In December 2021, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the giving of Christmas gifts doesn’t go as planned.
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In late August 2021, the departure of Watford Football Club’s captain and legend Troy Deeney upsets residents of the club’s afterlife.
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In summer 1977, the change of manager at Watford Football Club brings out a rebellious streak in a young resident of the club’s afterlife. 
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In summer 1977, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife discovers he’s eight years out of sync with everyone else. 
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In summer 1977, a great transformation is about to occur at Watford FC — but a fan in Hornet Heaven isn’t ready for change. 
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In summer 2021, there are questions about the true identity of a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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In the summer of 2021, a contest is held to establish the best new terrace chant in the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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In February 2021, the chief steward in the Watford Football Club afterlife embarrasses himself and must make amends in time for Watford’s promotion celebrations.
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In 1929, down on earth, a former player watches Watford from the terraces at Vicarage Road, but the excitement proves too much. A dramatisation of a true story.
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In 2002, a Watford Football Club fan arriving in the club’s afterlife needs help in acclimatising. 
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In a post-apocalyptic future, a father and son search for what Watford Football Club has meant to them. A version of this story first appeared in the magazine YBR! (https://thewatfordtreasury.co.uk/yb...

In February 2021, there’s an unexpected new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife. It’s Troy Deeney.
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Plans to celebrate a resident’s 100th anniversary in the Watford Football Club afterlife, in January 2021, run into a problem.
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In the summer of 2020, a positive-minded character helps the residents of the Watford Football Club afterlife bounce back from the disappointment of relegation from the Premier League.
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In 1953, a renowned natural historian, who’d far prefer to be studying beetles, is disappointed to find himself in the Watford Football Club afterlife. 
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In November 2020, utter boredom with Vladimir Ivic’s football leads to an unexpected broadening of the Watford Football Club afterlife’s horizons.
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In December 2020, the annual Festival of Carols in the Watford Football Club afterlife has a surprise new singer.
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In October 1882, a local man discovers the new sport of Association Football and becomes a Watford fan forever.
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In summer 2012, Laurence Bassini’s terrifying ownership of Watford FC has an apocalyptic effect on Hornet Heaven.
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In October 2020, Hornet Heaven makes contact with Adrian Mariappa after he leaves the club — to say goodbye and thank you. (To help create this tribute to a Watford legend, we sampled an interview wit...

In September 2020, the absence of fans from Vicarage Road has a deep impact on the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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The ups and downs of one man’s 56 years as a Watford FC supporter. 
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In May 2020, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife is reluctant to reveal the truth about his past.
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The Watford Football Club afterlife stages a 1970s-style chat show as light entertainment during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown. 
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A story of returning to watch Watford Football Club at Vicarage Road for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. 
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In December 1927, on Christmas Eve, a seriously discouraged Watford fan on earth is sent a visitor from heaven to prove that life isn’t so bad after all.We wish all our listeners a joyous Christmas an...

In October 2019, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife is furious at Watford’s terrible start to the season.
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In September 2019, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife struggles to remember recent games. 
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In September 2019, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, The Father Of The Club has a strong reaction to Watford’s 8-0 defeat at Manchester City. 
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At the start of the 2019/20 season, a son discusses Watford Football Club’s dreadful form with his dad. 
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In April 2019, the narrator of the Hornet Heaven stories reflects on what he wants from Watford Football Club’s appearance in the FA Cup Final.
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In May 2019, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the man who founded Watford Rovers in 1881 is in a state of high excitement ahead of the Cup Final.
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In September 1997, some of the new arrivals in the Watford Football Club afterlife aren’t Watford fans.
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In April 2019, a new arrival finds that the Watford Football Club afterlife is suffering from an infestation of half-and-half scarves. 
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In March 2019, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, The Father Of The Club’s firm views on replica shirts are challenged.
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In March 1949, a man with no interest in Watford Football Club arrives in the club’s afterlife. He’s astonished to discover why he’s there. 
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On Christmas Day 2018, an entire afterlife of football fans comes under threat of destruction again. 
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On Christmas Day 2018, a former Watford manager ingratiates himself with the leaders of Hatter Heaven — the afterlife of Watford’s rivals.
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On Christmas morning 2018, a bullied resident exploits the Watford Football Club afterlife’s annual collision of afterlives to change the way people treat him.
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On Christmas Eve 2018, a former Watford manager attempts to make the club’s afterlife safe from destruction.
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In September 2018, Watford Football Club’s brilliant start to the season threatens the very existence of the club’s afterlife.
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: In October 2015, a new arrival in the Watford Football Club afterlife must overcome her deepest fear.
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In September 2018, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, a couple’s marriage is in crisis. Can Watford’s perfect start to the season re-unite them?
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In July 2018, a resident of the Watford Football Club afterlife gets a tattoo. But it's a terrible choice. Will he be stuck with it for eternity?
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In May 1977, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the ancient turnstile takes people to apparently fictitious matches. The situation is finally fixed.
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In May 1977, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the ancient turnstile takes people to matches from before Watford FC existed. 
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In May 1977, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the ancient turnstile takes people to random matches. 
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In May 1977, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, the ancient turnstile is jammed. If the residents can’t fix it, they’ll never get to watch matches from 1977/78 onwards.
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In May 2018, the greatest footballer ever to play for Watford finally has his achievements properly honoured.
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In January 2018, the Watford Football Club afterlife receives an unexpected visit from a former Head Coach.
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A Dallas Cowboys fan is surprised to find himself on Occupation Road. He has no idea what he’s doing there.
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In December 2017, the Watford Football Club afterlife has an unwelcome new arrival - a referee.  
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At Christmas 2017, a fan from another club’s afterlife paradise wants to come and live in Watford's.
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In September 2017, in the Watford Football Club afterlife, two former players - who played for other teams as well as Watford - become unsure which club they truly love.
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In September 2017, residents of the Watford Football Club afterlife discover a controversial new way to get through the enforced boredom of an international break.
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In August 2017, a glory-hunter is discovered in the Watford Football Club afterlife. A long-standing resident tries to get rid of him.
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In summer 2017, the Watford Football Club afterlife stages a match in tribute to Watford’s greatest-ever manager - but it doesn’t turn out as intended.
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In May 2017, a fan in the Watford Football Club afterlife can’t bring himself to blame Walter Mazzarri for Watford’s problems - despite everyone else wanting the head coach out.  
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In May 2017, Watford’s unattractive football under Walter Mazzarri makes a former manager want to quit the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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In April 2017, Watford’s lack of progress under Walter Mazzarri means a new arrival doesn’t want to enter the Watford Football Club afterlife.
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