Position – Centre Half/Centre Mid/Centre Forward
DOB – 23/3/1983
Debut v Queen of the Thistle – Jul 2003
Nickname – The Enforcer, Dunners

WIFC’s very own Big Chris first appeared at Worldnet 2003 following his appearance at the “Buy Back the Vic” match, where he was unfortunate enough to meet Sterry and Mathers. Chris started out in defence, but has since played up front and central midfield, where he earned a boot in the face, a broken nose and a couple of hours in Rotherham General during the first funbus trip. This sort of bravery also accounts for him leading the WIFC troops to the now legendary Cage nightclub for the first time, during Worldnet 2006. Fiercely committed, Chris regularly captained the team and was selected to represent England in the IFA Internationale match at Worldnet 2011, getting onto the scoresheet in the process.

Chris’ Q and A

Describe yourself in a sentence
Big shot Hollywood film director and definitely NOT a centre half with that goal scoring record.

What was the first WFC game you went to and what can you remember about it?
I was a fairly late starter at WFC games – I think it was Watford 5 Charlton 2 – can’t remember the year but pretty sure it was a Ramage masterclass.

Finest ever WFC memory
Luton 0 Watford 4 – that one I do remember – 97

Worst away trip and why
Fulham 5 Watford 0 – utterly bobbins.

WIFC playing highlight
Captaining the team in the IFA London Cup and Worldnet.

Favourite WIFC moment
Simon Devon v Daz Sear – 400m flat race on the athletic track in Stockholm.  A truly epic race with drama right to the line – can’t even remember who won I laughed so much.  All this off the back of Wenham’s 500th (or was it 5000th) career goal as well.

All-time favourite Watford player
Fernando Forestieri

All-time favourite Watford XI (not the best players – your favourites)
(4-2-4) Miller, Doyley, Galli, Foster, Kennedy; Ramage, Mahon; Helguson, Mooney, Forestieri, Wilkinson.

Red shorts or black?
RED

Which actor would play you in ‘WIFC – The Movie’
Russel Crowe – intelligent and handsome gentle giant – prone to the occasional decent of red mist when rubbed up the wrong way.

Position – Full Back
DOB – 4/5/1979
Debut v Susies Salon – Jul 2000
Nicknames – Wellsy, Ginger Badger

Matt made his debut along with Rob Sterry in the drug-filled Amsterdam trip of 2000, and holds an unwanted club record as he went over 130 games before scoring his first goal, finally breaking that duck at West Ham in 2008. Voted most improved player three times, Matt also served as club treasurer for a number of years and accepted the poisoned chalice of organising the club’s fixtures from 2009-12, maintaining the club’s proud run of completing 20 league fixtures in each of his three seasons in the role. As a result of his efforts, Matt was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2009. If we can just stop him wearing his big ginger sweater into the showers after playing, we’d be onto a right winner.

Matt’s Q and A

Describe yourself in a sentence
Statistically better than Paul Watt, actually worse than Paul Mayo.

What was the first WFC game you went to and what can you remember about it?
It was early-mid 80’s, I was about 6/7 and we beat “a team in red” 2-0, I was sat in the East Stand.

Finest ever WFC memory
Wembley 99, Nicky Wright

Worst away trip and why
Hull on the fun bus, both WIFC and WFC getting absolutely destroyed on the same day.

WIFC playing highlight
Inter Milan away

Favourite WIFC moment
The talc incident..

All-time favourite Watford player
Heidar Helguson

All-time favourite Watford XI (not the best players – your favourites)
David James, Nigel Gibbs, Colin Foster, Filipo Galli, Paul Robinson, Stuart Slater, Richard Johnson, Craig Ramage, Nordin Wooter, Heidar Helguson, Kevin Phillips

Red shorts or black?
Red

Which actor would play you in ‘WIFC – The Movie’
Not many ginger actors about – I refuse to watch Harry Potter so that bloke’s out, resorting to google images…Simon Pegg will do.

Position – Right Back
DOB – 26/8/1976
Debut v Crewe – Sep 2000
Nicknames – JP

Equally at home at right back or centre half, Jamie’s dogged defending since bouncing back from knee injuries that sidelined him for three years have endeared him to his team-mates, so much so that he’s regularly featured in the top three of the player of the year voting without ever actually winning the coveted trophy. Jamie served on the management team with distinction for a number of years, and also holds the dubious honour of having been the first B team manager at Worldnet 2002. After 14 years of sterling service, Jamie stepped down from the full squad at the start of the 2014/15 campaign.

Describe yourself in a sentence
Really, really good at long throws. And occasionally the odd sliding tackle.

What was the first WFC game you went to and what can you remember about it? Watford 5 West Brom 1, August 1985. Colin West scored a hatrick and introduced an 8 year old to the concept of the mullet

Finest ever WFC memory
Learning that we had won the Wembley Play Off Final, in Fiji, in August. I left the UK after a bore draw with Bury this came as a bit of a surprise.

Worst away trip and why
Fulham away on Boxing Day. Cold, damp and the dawning realisation that we weren’t returning to the Premiership after all.

WIFC playing highlight
Probably WorldNet 2008. On that Sunday we were fantastic as a team. We didn’t concede a goal until the final.

Favourite WIFC moment
Ipswich away in 2006. I scored from about 30 yards and Paul Watt learnt that upper lips and Deep Heat are an uneasy partnership.

All-time favourite Watford player
Simple. The best I’ve seen. John Barnes.

All-time favourite Watford XI (not the best players – your favourites)
A mad cap (if some what violent) 4-3-3 formation. Coton, Gibbs, Palmer, McClelland, Robinson; Johnson (R), Hyde, Barnes; Helguson, King, Mooney.

Red shorts or black?
Red all the way

Which actor would play you in ‘WIFC – The Movie’
Jason Schwartzman in a Wes Anderson directed comedy. I’d have Dundon as director and Richard Murphy as a runner.

Position – Goalkeeper
DOB – 18/4/1971
Debut v Coventry – 2000
Nicknames – Daz, Dazzler, Rhino, The Flying Pea

Once a midfielder (who could forget him rutting for the ball with an equally well built opponent in a game against Southampton), long-serving Daz morphed into a goalkeeper of no little quality in his later years with the club. Daz also appeared in the 2002 IFA Cup final, the Gibbsy Testiomonial game later the same year, and was inducted to the WIFC hall of fame in 2007. Although family commitments limit his appearances during the season, Daz has been an ever present in goal for the vets team at WorldNET, except in 2013, when a dislocated finger in the warm-up stopped him taking part.

Daz’s Q and A

Describe yourself in a sentence
Ageing, overweight, utility player who has ended up in goal, because no-one else wanted to play there – probably as I used to play rugby as a fullback, so I can kick and catch the ball (sometimes).

What was the first WFC game you went to and what can you remember about it?
Scunthorpe at home in 1977/8 season. Ross Jenkins went off to have a head injury treated only to come back on and score 2 goals with his head! Oh, and my brother asking how long was left and when could be go home

Finest ever WFC memory
Watford 7 Southampton 1 or Blues or Palace away in Play Off semis.

Worst away trip and why Fulham Away
Boxing Day 2000 – cut my Florida trip short to fly back for the game, only to freeze my nuts off and see us get hammered.

WIFC playing highlight
Playing in my first Worldnet and reaching the Plate semi final.

Favourite WIFC moment
Playing at the Vic against the Legends in Gibbsy’s testimonial

All-time favourite Watford player
Heidar Tommy Helguson-Mooney

All-time favourite Watford XI (not the best players – your favourites)
Rankin Gibbs McClelland Garner Rostron Callaghan Ramage Barnes Hodges Helguson Mooney

Red shorts or black?
Black

Which actor would play you in ‘WIFC – The Movie’
John Belushi (had he been alive).