HATTERS FANS FC deservedly took the derby spoils after a somewhat attritional 2-1 victory over the Internet ‘Orns on a sunny morning in Stockwood Park, Luton.
Both the host’s goals came from set-pieces – one in each half and split by a Hornets’ penalty won and converted by striker Mark O’Connor.
Luton enjoyed the lion’s share of possession but both sides struggled to create too many clear-cut chances with the sloping and bobbly pitch not proving conducive to any attempts at good football.
Played in the good spirit that’s become the norm between these two local rivals, the Hatters took the lead on 25 minutes when an inswinging free-kick was guided home from eight yards by an unmarked attacker.
Watford were on level terms eight minutes before half-time when O’Connor was tripped near the byeline as he shaped to head towards goal. Atoning for his miss against the same opposition at the start of a Covid-abridged season, he went for power and drilled the spot-kick home low with the Hatters’ keeping guessing to dive in the other direction.
WIFC had been particularly competitive during the game’s first 30 minutes but were unable to sustain their momentum and Town gradually took a grip on territorial advantage before a corner was converted by a near-post flick – possibly lastly off a Watford head – with around 30 minutes left for play.
O’ Connor spurned a glorious chance to equalise for a second time when, having pounced on a short back-pass, he struck a post before awkwardly volleying the rebound over the bar.
Having carved out another chance, well saved, soon after through individual skill, O’Connor’s was the last real sight of the Hatters’ goal as Watford’s efforts petered out towards full-time.
Hornets: Mesiano; Ladell, Anderson, Moss, T Brandy; Sperinck, Murphy, St-Cyr, Nicholls (c), Soloway, C Bateman.Subs used: D Sitkowski, Wood, O’Connor, C Brandy, Stone.
Internet ‘Orns back at the races
WATFORD IFC marked the official resumption of Internet FA action for the 2020/21 season with a 6-3 come-from-behind win at home to AFC Wimbledon.
The Wombles raced into an early two-goal advantage with the Hornets seemingly still emerging from footballing hibernation – despite a midweek Powerleague get-together.
It took 16 minutes for the arrears to be halved during the first half of the 12-a-side match on the giant playing surface inside Watford FC’s training ground inflatable dome. Ben Kelly drove down the left flank and stabbed low across the face of goal for Alex Newman – arriving at the far post – to poke home.
Kelly then levelled the scores himself, breaking free of two challenges to drill the ball low past the Dons’ keeper.
Adam Gallichan put the Golden Boys 3-2 ahead shortly before half-time, but the goal of the game – as the momentum edged back in the host’s favour – came eight minutes into the second 45 when a sweeping passing move through the thirds ended with a neat low finish by Charlie Wood.
The Wombles re-pressed their claims and found a third goal to set up the potential of a nervy finish to the game for WIFC. But two Mark O’Connor goals, separated by just two minutes, put some added gloss on the final scoreline with just over ten minutes left for play.
Hornets: Mesiano; T Brandy, J Sitkowski, D Sitkowsi, Ainsley; A Newman, T Labbett, Stone, Anderson, St-Cyr; Gallichan, Kelly. Subs used: O’Connor, C Brandy, Viney, Church, Wood, Hill.
Goals: A Newman, Kelly, Gallichan, Wood, O’Connor x 2
Newman treble seals Cup Final berth for Internet ‘Orns
Watford Internet FC reached the final of the Covid-delayed 2019/20 South East Cup with a spirited come-from-behind 3-1 victory at AFC Wimbledon.
Teenager Alex Newman will rightly take the lion’s share of the headlines with a second-half hat-trick which saw the Hornets recover from the set-back of going a goal down on the hour after a goalless and somewhat attritional first 45 minutes – albeit goalkeeper Matt Mesiano having to make two fine stops.
Newman wasn’t alone in his second-half heroics, however, with centre-half Ben Bateman turning in a particularly impressive display against a barrage of free-kicks and long throws launched into Watford’s box on an uneven Raynes Park pitch which proved tricky going for both sides.
A masterful tactical switch from manager Richard Walker saw the Hornets deploy the pace of Cleveland Brandy as sweeper as well as pushing the livewire Newman up alongside first Ally Hill and then stand-in striker Tom Anderson.
Wimbledon struck first with a fierce cross-shot, and they were ahead until the 72nd minute when Newman raced clear, rounded the goalie and coolly slotted home from a diminishing angle. This was evidence of the visitors taking the aerial route after the break, preferring to avoid the pitfalls of trying to play through the thirds.
Cleveland Brandy – whose cousin Tyrone Brandy made an impressive debut at right-back – picked out Newman for the first and then, with eight minutes to go and penalties looming, Hill flicked on for Newman to slot home.
It was 3-1 and game over in injury-time when Newman was felled for a penalty which he eventually took himself; despite the best efforts to grab the ball of Lamar St-Cyr whose 50-yard run from the left flank sought to deny the youngster his treble.
So an evenly-matched and good-spirited contest finally went the way of the Hornets, who go through to meet long-time rivals and friends West Ham IFC in a final yet to be arranged.
Hornets: Mesiano; T Brandy, Bateman, D Sitkowski, St-Cyr; Anderson, Moss (c), T Labbett; C Brandy, Hill, A Newman.Sub used: Kelly. Sub not used: P Labbett.
Brave Hatters deflated by late winner
Subs used: Lamar St-Cyr, Charlie Wood, Connor Church, Dean Maloney, Ben Kelly.
The WIFC website is back !
Following a two year hiatus, the WIFC website is back up and running.. all stats and pages have been updated and you can expect to see match reports and new player profiles in the near future.
If anyone thinks something has been missed, please let Dave Messenger know.
2019/20
The overall playing record for 2019/20.
The season was curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The IFA league positions as at March 14th stood and Worldnet was cancelled.
Cup competitions were completed in season 2020/21.
WIFC 19/20 | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
League | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 24 |
Friendlies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Cup Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 35 |
Goals Per Game | 5.44 | 1.56 |
Leading Scorer |
Adam Gallichan – 10 |
Leading Appearances |
Stuart Nicholls, John Sitkowski, David Sitkowski and Charlie Wood – 8 |
Final League Position |
8th |
Final English League Position |
3rd |
Results and scorers
Date | Comp | Opposition | Score | Scorers | |
20-Sep-19 | FR | S & Co XI | H | W 11-0 | Gallichan 2, O’Connor 2, Mesiano 2, Church, Moss, St Cyr, Nicholls, Anderson |
28-Sep-20 | LGE1 | Shrewsbury | A | D 4-4 | Wood Murphy Tomlinson 2 |
5-Oct-19 | LGE2/SECQF | Cambridge | H | W 6-4 | Gallichan 3 Jenkins O’Connor OG |
2-Nov-19 | LGE3 | Shrewsbury | H | W 3-1 | Hill 3 |
4-Jan-20 | LGE4 | Halifax | H | W 8-1 | Wood 2 Gallichan 2 Kelly 2 Jenkins Anderson |
25-Jan-20 | LGE5 | Luton | A | W 6-0 | Wood 3 Nicholls Murphy Kelly |
1-Feb-20 | LGE6/IFACQF | Dunfermline | H | W 3-1 | Gallichan 2 Wood |
15-Feb-20 | LGE7 | MK Dons | A | W 6-2 | T Labbett 3 Wood 2 St Cyr |
6-Mar-20 | LGE8 | Luton | H | W 2-1 | OG Gallichan |
Appearances
Name | 19/20 Apps |
Stuart Nicholls | 8 |
John Sitkowski | 8 |
David Sitkowski | 8 |
Charlie Wood | 8 |
Adam Gallichan | 7 |
Rob Stone | 6 |
Matt Mesiano | 6 |
Richard Walker | 5 |
Richard Murphy | 5 |
Ally Hill | 5 |
Ben Kelly | 5 |
Tom Anderson | 5 |
Stuart Sperinck | 5 |
Mike Viney | 4 |
Dan Moss | 4 |
Tom Labbett | 4 |
Matt Ainsley | 3 |
James Jenkins | 3 |
Lamar St Cyr | 3 |
Connor Church | 3 |
Sol Tomlinson | 3 |
Alex Newman | 3 |
Ben Pegram | 2 |
Mark O’Connor | 2 |
Ben Bateman | 2 |
Paul Labbett | 2 |
Dean Maloney | 2 |
Kevin Newman | 2 |
Matt Ladell | 1 |
Dave Messenger | 1 |
Scott Mathers | 1 |
Sam Elvery | 1 |
Paul Carrington | 1 |
Lewis Koch | 1 |
Simon Wood | 1 |
Luke Gardner | 1 |
Owen Arnold | 1 |
Jamie Thomas | 1 |
Goalscorers
Name | 19/20 Goals |
Adam Gallichan | 10 |
Charlie Wood | 9 |
Ally Hill | 3 |
Ben Kelly | 3 |
Tom Labbett | 3 |
Lamar St Cyr | 3 |
Mark O’Connor | 3 |
Stuart Nicholls | 2 |
Matt Mesiano | 2 |
Richard Murphy | 2 |
Tom Anderson | 2 |
James Jenkins | 2 |
Sol Tomlinson | 2 |
Dan Moss | 1 |
Connor Church | 1 |
2018/19
The overall playing record for 2018/19
WIFC 18/19 | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
League | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 17 |
Friendlies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Cup Games | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
TOTAL | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 22 |
Goals Per Game | 3.25 | 1.88 |
Leading Scorer |
Charlie Wood – 16 |
Leading Appearances |
Charlie Wood – 8 |
Final League Position |
18th |
Final English League Position |
9th |
IFA Cup |
Quarter Finals |
South East Cup |
Semi Finals |
Worldnet |
Quarter Finals |
Worldnet Vets |
Did Not Enter |
All of the results and scorers from 2018/19
Date | Comp | Opposition | Score | Scorers | |
06-Oct-18 | LGE1 | Stevenage | H | L 2-6 | Wood Gallichan |
13-Oct-18 | LGE2/SECQF | Northampton | A | W 4-0 | Soloway 3 J Sitkowski |
27-Oct-18 | LGE3 | Coventry | H | W 6-1 | Nicholls (Pen) O’Connor 2 Wood Gallichan Elvery |
10-Nov-18 | LGE4 | Portsmouth | A | W 5-1 | OG Hopkins 2 Walker Anderson |
17-Nov-18 | LGE5 | Luton | A | W 4-2 | B Bateman Walter Gallichan 2 |
19-Jan-19 | LGE6 | Hampton & Richmond | H | W 5-0 | Wood 2 Church O’Connor C Bateman |
09-Feb-19 | LGE7 | Luton | H | W 5-0 | Wood 2 Gallichan 2 B Bateman |
23-Feb-19 | LGE8 | MK Dons | A | W 4-2 | Gallichan Kelly 2 Wood |
02-Mar-19 | LGE9/SECSF | Stevenage | A | L 2-3 | Wood Kelly |
09-Mar-19 | LGE10/IFACQF | Rochdale | A | L 1-6 | Church |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Manchester City | N | W 6-0 | OG O’Connor 3 Kelly R Sterry |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet Friendly | Livingston GS | N | W 4-1 | Viney Nicholls Kelly 2 |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Barnsley | N | D 1-1 | R Sterry |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Aberdeen | N | L 0-3 | |
02-Jul-18 | Worldnet Last 16 | Hull | N | W 3-1 | Anderson R Sterry 2 |
02-Jul-18 | Worldnet QF | Preston | N | L 0-3 |
Appearances
Name | 18/19 Apps |
Charlie Wood | 16 |
Mark O’Connor | 13 |
Tom Anderson | 12 |
Connor Church | 11 |
Matt Ladell | 11 |
Ben Kelly | 10 |
Stuart Nicholls | 10 |
Mike Viney | 10 |
Lamar St Cyr | 10 |
Ally Hill | 9 |
Adam Gallichan | 8 |
Rob Stone | 8 |
Richard Murphy | 8 |
Matt Mesiano | 8 |
Rob Sterry | 6 |
John Sitkowski | 6 |
Ben Bateman | 6 |
Sam Elvery | 5 |
Matt Ainsley | 5 |
David Sitkowski | 5 |
Mat Ball | 5 |
Ciaran Bateman | 5 |
Richard Walker | 4 |
Dave Soloway | 3 |
Stuart Holdham | 3 |
Jeremy Hinds | 3 |
Max Walters | 2 |
John Machin | 2 |
Paul Shelock | 2 |
Stuart Sperinck | 2 |
Dan Moss | 2 |
Harry Hopkins | 1 |
James Jenkins | 1 |
Dave Messenger | 1 |
Jamie Parkins | 1 |
Laurence Wells | 1 |
Mark Brennan | 1 |
Tommy Twelves | 1 |
Dean Mitchell | 1 |
Rob Booth | 1 |
Reece Gohil | 1 |
Liam Martin | 1 |
George Pennington | 1 |
Jake Elvery | 1 |
David Walter | 1 |
Goalscorers
Name | 18/19 Goals |
Charlie Wood | 8 |
Adam Gallichan | 7 |
Mark O’Connor | 6 |
Ben Kelly | 6 |
Rob Sterry | 4 |
Dave Soloway | 3 |
Tom Anderson | 2 |
Stuart Nicholls | 2 |
Own Goals | 2 |
Harry Hopkins | 2 |
Connor Church | 2 |
Ben Bateman | 2 |
Sam Elvery | 1 |
Richard Walker | 1 |
Mike Viney | 1 |
John Sitkowski | 1 |
David Walter | 1 |
Ciaran Bateman | 1 |
2017/18
The overall playing record for 2017/18
WIFC 17/18 | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
League | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 32 | 9 |
Friendlies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cup Games | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 32 | 9 |
Goals Per Game | 2.73 | 2.13 |
Leading Scorer |
Ally Hill – 8 |
Leading Appearances |
Matt Ainsley/Stuart Nicholls – 12 |
Final League Position |
23rd |
Final English League Position |
13th |
IFA Cup |
Withdrew |
South East Cup |
Semi-Finals |
Worldnet |
Last 16 |
Worldnet Vets |
Did Not Enter |
All of the results and scorers from 2017/18
Date | Comp | Opposition | Score | Scorers | |
05-Aug-17 | LGE1 | Stevenage | H | D 4-4 | O’Connor, Hill 2, Mesiano |
26-Aug-17 | LGE2 | Hampton & Richmond | H | W 7-3 | Viney, O’Connor 2, Wood, Beck, Nicholls, Hill |
09-Sep-17 | LGE3 | Portsmouth | A | D 0-0 | |
16-Sep-17 | LGE4 | Northampton | H | W 8-1 | Holdham, Kelly 2, O’Connor, Wood, Murphy, Gallichan, Walker |
30-Sep-17 | LGE5 | Coventry | A | L 3-7 | Viney, Payne, Wood |
28-Oct-17 | LGE6 | Millwall | H | D 5-5 | Wood 2, Mesiano, Hill, Murphy (Pen) |
04-Nov-17 | LGE7 | MK Dons | A | D 1-1 | Soloway |
12-Feb-18 | LGE8 | West Ham | A | D 3-3 | Hill 2, O’Connor (Pen) |
24-Feb-18 | LGE9 | Leyton Orient | A | W 5-2 | Nicholls (Pen), Smithson, Waller, Hill 2 |
24-Mar-18 | LGE10/SECQF | Gillingham | H | W 5-4 | St Cyr, Gallichan 2, O’Connor, B Bateman |
07-Apr-18 | LGE11/SECSF | Maidstone | H | L 0-1 | |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Bury A | N | W 1-0 | Twelves |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Runcorn | N | D 1-1 | Twelves |
01-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | AFC Wimbledon | N | L 0-1 | |
02-Jul-18 | Worldnet A’s | Ayr | N | L 0-1 |
Appearances
Name | 17/18 Apps |
Matt Ainsley | 12 |
Stuart Nicholls | 12 |
Adam Gallichan | 11 |
Richard Walker | 10 |
Ally Hill | 10 |
Charlie Wood | 10 |
Richard Murphy | 8 |
Mark O’Connor | 8 |
Lamar St Cyr | 6 |
Ben Bateman | 6 |
Matt Mesiano | 6 |
Ben Kelly | 5 |
Connor Church | 5 |
Rob Stone | 4 |
Dave Soloway | 4 |
Tom Davison | 4 |
John Sitkowski | 4 |
Jeremy Hinds | 4 |
Max Walters | 4 |
John Machin | 4 |
Dean Mitchell | 4 |
Sol Tomlinson | 4 |
Phil McBride | 3 |
Stuart Holdham | 3 |
Rob Sterry | 3 |
Tommy Twelves | 3 |
Vince Machin | 3 |
Paul Shelock | 3 |
Kye Simons | 3 |
Mike Viney | 3 |
Ciaran Bateman | 3 |
Joel Moody | 2 |
James Jenkins | 2 |
Andy Myall | 2 |
Cleveland Brandy | 2 |
Derek Payne | 2 |
Ryan Viduka | 2 |
Kevin Affleck | 2 |
Andrew Ibbott | 1 |
Steve Eustice | 1 |
Ben Pegram | 1 |
Matt Ladell | 1 |
Tom Beck | 1 |
Dave Messenger | 1 |
Paul Labbett | 1 |
Neil Hall | 1 |
Josh Freedman | 1 |
Tom Smithson | 1 |
Stuart Sperinck | 1 |
Sam Walller | 1 |
Reece Gohil | 1 |
Liam Martin | 1 |
Chris Marsh | 1 |
Dayle Littlejoin | 1 |
Ali Cameron | 1 |
Thomas Payne | 1 |
Tom Curson | 1 |
Lewis Bentham | 1 |
Goascorers
Name | 17/18 Goals |
Ally Hill | 8 |
Mark O’Connor | 6 |
Charlie Wood | 5 |
Adam Gallichan | 3 |
Ben Kelly | 2 |
Matt Mesiano | 2 |
Mike Viney | 2 |
Richard Murphy | 2 |
Stuart Nicholls | 2 |
Tommy Twelves | 2 |
Ben Bateman | 1 |
Dave Soloway | 1 |
Derek Payne | 1 |
Lamar St Cyr | 1 |
Richard Walker | 1 |
Sam Walller | 1 |
Stuart Holdham | 1 |
Tom Beck | 1 |
Tom Smithson | 1 |
2020/21
The Overall Record for 2020/21 is below..
Games were suspended between October and April due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The cup competitions listed below started in 2019/20.
WIFC were crowned winners of the IFA Cup as St Johnstone defaulted from the final.
WIFC 20/21 | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
League | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 |
Friendlies | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
Cup Games | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
TOTAL | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 42 | 17 |
Goals Per Game | 2.81 | 2.00 |
Leading Scorer |
Mark O’Connor – 11 |
Leading Appearances |
Tom Labbett & Charlie Wood – 15 |
Final League Position |
League voided due to Covid-19 |
Final English League Position |
6th |
IFA Cup |
Winners |
South East Cup |
Winners |
Worldnet |
Runners-Up |
Worldnet Vets |
Round of 16 |
Results and scorers
Date | Comp | Opposition | Score | Scorers | |
26-Sep-20 | FR | Luton | H | L 0-3 | |
17-Oct-20 | LGE1 SECSF | AFC Wimbledon | A | W 3-1 | A Newman 3 |
3-Apr-21 | LGE2 | AFC Wimbledon | H | W 6-3 | A Newman Kelly Gallichan Wood O’Connor 2 |
17-Apr-21 | LGE3 | Luton | A | L 1-2 | O’Connor (Pen) |
24-Apr-21 | LGE4 SECF | West Ham | N | W 6-0 | O’Connor Gallichan 2 Wood 2 Kelly |
1-May-21 | LGE5 | Brentford Hey Jude | A | W 4-0 | Wood J Sitkowski Walker D Sitkowski |
15-May-21 | LGE6 | Preston | H | L 3-5 | Nicholls Wood Hill |
5-Jun-21 | LGE7 | Luton | H | W 4-1 | T Labbett Kelly Wood Hill |
26-Jun-21 | IFACSF | Queens Park | N | W 8-3 | O’Connor 4 (2pn) Gallichan 4 |
16-Jul-21 | FR | WIFC Blues | N | D 5-5 | Twelves Wood 2 L Wells T Labbett |
16-Jul-21 | FR | WIFC Blacks | N | D 5-5 | Hill Anderson 3 O’Connor |
17-Jul-21 | WNet | Brentford Hey Jude | N | W 1-0 | Twelves |
17-Jul-21 | WNet | AFC Wimbledon | N | W 2-0 | Wood O’Connor |
17-Jul-21 | WNet | Grimsby | N | W 3-0 | Payne Kelly Anderson |
17-Jul-21 | BTV | Brentford Vets | N | L 0-1 | |
17-Jul-21 | BTV | Chester | N | L 0-2 | |
17-Jul-21 | BTV | Portsmouth Vets | N | L 0-3 | |
18-Jul-21 | BTV Last 16 | Forest Vets | N | L 1-4 | Standing |
18-Jul-21 | WNet QF | Bury | N | W 1-0 | Smith (Pen) |
18-Jul-21 | WNet SF | AFC Wimbledon | N | W 4-1 | Kelly O’Connor Twelves Wood |
18-Jul-21 | WNet F | WBA | N | L 2-3 | Kelly T Labbett |
Appearances
Name | 20/21 Apps |
Tom Labbett | 15 |
Charlie Wood | 15 |
Dan Moss | 14 |
Lamar St Cyr | 14 |
Connor Church | 13 |
Ally Hill | 13 |
Tom Anderson | 13 |
David Sitkowski | 13 |
Mark O’Connor | 13 |
Ben Kelly | 12 |
Mike Viney | 12 |
Matt Mesiano | 11 |
Matt Ladell | 9 |
Stuart Nicholls | 9 |
Matt Ainsley | 8 |
Stuart Sperinck | 8 |
John Sitkowski | 8 |
Frank Smith | 8 |
Richard Murphy | 7 |
Paul Labbett | 7 |
Cleveland Brandy | 7 |
Tommy Twelves | 7 |
Derek Payne | 7 |
Dave Soloway | 6 |
Tyrone Brandy | 6 |
Matt Wells | 6 |
Paul Shelock | 6 |
Rob Stone | 5 |
Adam Gallichan | 5 |
Mat Ball | 5 |
Steve Eustice | 5 |
Lee Evans | 5 |
Maurice Clarke | 5 |
Ally Shivas | 4 |
Darren Sear | 4 |
Marc Duffy | 4 |
Richard Walker | 3 |
Dean Maloney | 3 |
Ben Bateman | 3 |
Stuart Holdham | 2 |
Alex Newman | 2 |
Laurence Wells | 2 |
John Machin | 2 |
Kevin Newman | 1 |
Nathan Standing | 1 |
Martin Owen | 1 |
Dave Messenger | 1 |
Ciaran Bateman | 1 |
Sam Elvery | 1 |
Goalscorers
Name | 20/21 Goals |
Mark O’Connor | 11 |
Charlie Wood | 10 |
Adam Gallichan | 7 |
Ben Kelly | 6 |
Tom Anderson | 4 |
Alex Newman | 4 |
Tom Labbett | 3 |
Tommy Twelves | 3 |
Ally Hill | 2 |
David Sitkowski | 1 |
Stuart Nicholls | 1 |
John Sitkowski | 1 |
Frank Smith | 1 |
Derek Payne | 1 |
Richard Walker | 1 |
Laurence Wells | 1 |
Nathan Standing | 1 |
24 Tom Anderson
Position – Centre Midfield
DOB – 29/10/1993
Debut v Northampton – Oct 2018
Describe yourself in a sentence
Far too laid back.
What was the first WFC game you went to and what can you remember about it?
A 3-2 home win vs Southampton in 1999. David Perpetuini was the first player I saw score a goal live for the ‘Orns. Legend!
Finest ever WFC memory
Plenty to choose from, but it’s got to be Deeney’s goal vs Leicester in the play-off semi-final. Pure chaos.
Worst away trip and why
Selhurst Park is always a horrible experience. More recently though, a Thursday evening away trip to Tranmere for an FA Cup 3rd round replay sounded like a good idea at the time. The realisation that an additional 30 minutes of extra time was needed for Tranmere to score a winner was pretty horrendous.
WIFC playing highlight
Playing at the Vic is always special. As well as this, beating West Ham in the South East Cup Final this year was a great achievement too.
Favourite WIFC moment
My first Worldnet in 2019. It was a last minute decision from myself to go and I didn’t really know what to expect but I loved every minute of it. Even Ben Kelly’s questionable 00s hip-hop playlist on the car journey there couldn’t ruin the weekend.
All-time favourite Watford player
Heidar Helguson
All-time favourite Watford XI (not the best players – your favourites)
Ben Foster; Marco Cassetti, Neil Cox, Gabriele Angella, Lloyd Doyley; Etienne Capoue, John Eustace, Almen Abdi; Tommy Smith, Heidar Helguson, Troy Deeney.
Red shorts or black?
Black
Which actor would play you in ‘WIFC – The Movie’
Not a clue! If John-Joe O’Toole fancies an acting gig then the role is his.