This week's trip down Vicarage Road memory lane explains why this trio were the right stuff for one fan WatfordFC
The Watford Observer has again teamed with its friends at the Watford Treasury to share stories from previous issues of YBR! - Yellow Black & Red!I have a theory that your favourite footballers, and where they play on the pitch, give clues as to how you see yourself – or, perhaps more significantly, how you would like others to see you.
So what does it say about me that my favourite Watford players over the years have mostly been right-backs?When I started watching the Hornets in 1970, I was blissfully unaware that the incumbent right-back, Duncan Welbourne, was on his way to making history; in November that year, an injury brought to an end an incredible run of 280 consecutive league games. He would go on to become the first player to make 400 appearances for Watford, and is still the only one to start 400 games.
After he left in 1973 to end his career at Southport, though, the next decade was not a notable one for Watford right-backs. There may be some of you who have happy memories of John Stirk or Mick Henderson, but I struggle to recall them as anything more than functional.Then, ten years later, along came the first of my right-back heroes: Nigel Gibbs. He was one of our own, which helped, but above all, he was reliable – he never let us down.
Of course, Lloyd only scored two goals , but that only adds to the legend. One of my lasting regrets is that I missed the QPR game, as I wasn’t feeling well and it was on TV anyway, so what did it matter? How wrong I was. When Lloyd powered that header in, I nearly fell off the sofa. It remains one of the greatest moments in modern Watford history.
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