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The story of how one of Britain's biggest stars transformed the fortunes of a struggling football club Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment. Meanwhile, Watford FC were floundering in 92nd place at the bottom of the entire Football League. Enter Elton John, now the most successful rockstar in the world and a lifelong fan of the club. Watford Forever is the remarkable story of Elton John's ownership of Watford Football Club and its transformational journey to the top of the first division under iconic manager Graham Taylor. Filled with incredible stories about legendary players and unlikely heroes, from Luther Blissett to Ross Jenkins, and a loveable supporting cast of eclectic characters, this a tribute to football's unlikeliest friendship and one of sport's great underdog stories.

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If John Preston hasn’t already sold the film rights to this book, he surely will soon. Watford Forever is the heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor * The Times * An ever-entertaining telling of a remarkable sporting fairy-tale. * Daily Telegraph * Entwining sport, music and social history, the absorbing Watford Forever is masterfully judged, saccharine-free, true-life fairy tale, which showcases another side of Elton John * i * A warm and redemptive tale . . . packed with anecdotes, moments that skewer the times with economy and prevision. Plus endless laugh-out-loud yarns…as Preston tells [Elton John and Graham Taylor’s] story, it rattles along at page-turning pace….it reads, indeed, like the script of a movie * Independent *

If John Preston hasn’t already sold the film rights to this book, he surely will soon. Watford Forever is the heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor * The Times * An ever-entertaining telling of a remarkable sporting fairy-tale. * Daily Telegraph *

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ELTON JOHN is a multi-award-winning artist who has sold more than three hundred million records worldwide. He is the top solo artist on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists chart and the most successful male solo artist in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart's history with nine No. 1s and twenty-nine Top 10s. In 2024, he achieved EGOT status. Elton devotes time to a number of charities, including his own Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised over $565 million since it launched in 1992. He is married to David Furnish, and they have two sons.

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