With the 2023/24 season done and dusted, Jon, Jas, DCW and Mike convened to dish out the season awards…in (very) alternative categories.

Awards were dished out in the categories from the 1989 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (kids ask your parents or head for Google). Expect to hear who scooped Best Group, Best Solo Singer, Best Single, Best Pop Video and Most Horrible thing on Earth, amongst a plethora of other pop culture themed categories.

You know what, it’s proving hard to describe, so it’s best you just listen. Welcome to the Alternative, alternative 2023/24 end of season awards. Welcome to From the Rookery End.

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As Watford's home season comes to an end, with a 1-0 home won against Sunderland, the FTRE team had a end of season night out with a curry!

You'll hear from Jas, Adam D, Colin, Jordi, Kieran and Jon, discuss the last home game as well as the appointment of Thomas William Cleverley and the impact it will have on our club.

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Zero goals and still no home win, but there is still plenty to discuss on the latest From the Rookery End.

Mike, Jon and Jas talk through the stalemate with a largely toothless Tigers, run the rule over the Player of the Season contenders (including a controversial suggestion from Mike) as well as looking at the impact and importance of Junior Hornets events like the one held on Saturday. The visit of Aidy Boothroyd to Vicarage Road also gives the boys an excuse to reminisce about one of the most unexpected and enjoyable season la of recent times.

In short, there is plenty to go at. Thanks for listening to From the Rookery End. Come on you ‘Orns.

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After a draw away at Ipswich in the week and almost grabbing a point away at Southampton, Jon, Jason and Adam discuss their reaction to the performances. And. as the end of season is apprapching faster and faster with each passing day, they look ahead to which players are likely to be pulling on a yellow shirt* in the starting XI come the first game of the 2024-2025 season.

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*next seasons shirt should be mainly yellow, but we are all aware of the high black content we've had in the last few season. And it could also be an away strip

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Play Off chasing PNE were the visitors for Tom Cleverley’s latest audition for the permanent Head Coach role at Vicarage Road, and while the game was a surprisingly tame affair, there’s plenty for Mike, Jon and Jas to get stuck into in this, the latest From the Rookery End.

The chaps got together on Sunday morning to talk Tom Dele Bashiru continuing to impress, Edo Kayembe and his likeness to a run away bin lorry, the new side to Mileta Rajovic, mascots, Gentry Day and a whole heap more.

Don’t let the bore draw put you off; it’s well worth a listen. This is From the Rookery End. Come on you ‘Orns.

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After heading to St Andrew’s to take in Tom Cleverley’s first game as Watford boss, Adam Drury and Mike joined Jon to talk through the first game of the TC era.

Mike and Adam talk about the atmosphere and the stand out performers, while also, now we've gained 48 points and probable safety, cast an eye forward as they try to work out how the rest of the season may look.

Watford are back to winning ways. This is From the Rookery End. Come on you ‘Orns.

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Bonser Out! is the latest book from The Watford Treasury and in this episode Jon speakes with four members of the team to find out more about the book and what life like as a Watford fan in the 1970s. 

He talks to Geoff Wicken, his brother Olly, Richard White and Colin Payne to talk about the heroes, the ups and downs and exactly who was Bonser and why did everyone want him out?

Get a copy of the book from The Hornet Shop or by going to The Watford Treasury.

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In the wake of another defeat and the departure of another Head Coach, Mike, Jas and Jon got together to talk through the latest dispiriting developments.

Why now? How will Tom Cleverley fare? What happened to Mike’s coccyx? All these questions and more get the From the Rookery End treatment in this, the latest episode.

Let us know what you think. Come on you ‘Orns.

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Watford have problems. Big problems, small problems. Immediate problems, long term problems. In the latest From the Rookery End, Mike and Jon are joined by Adam Drury to discuss the latest problem - another listless defeat; this time at The Den.

The boys discuss the surrender at Millwall while also looking at the wider malaise that is engulfing Vicarage Road, including the issues facing the owner, the manager and the players.

Tough times. This is From the Rookery End. Come on you ‘Orns.

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Watford 1-2 Huddersfield

Was it as bad previous home games against Huddersfield? In many ways it was. So as Jon and DCW gather with Opta's Matt Furniss they reflect on many aspects of the home defeat, particularly those two early substitutions.

Also, with Matt's help, and his huge bank of data, the boys analyse the home and away form, the depth and use of our squad and if Val has been picking the right full backs.

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