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Chelsea reserve team coach Brendan Rodgers has been named the new Watford manager.
Brendan Rodgers takes over following Aidy Boothroyd’s recent departure, as the Hornets are one spot above the relegation places in the Coca-Cola Championship.
Caketaker boss Malky Mackay will stay on as a first team coach as his experience with the club will be vital [...]

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It was a shame to see one of the good guys of football management heading towards the unemployment wilderness as Aidy Boothroyd leaves Watford in that all too common phrase of ‘mutual consent’.
The Hornets chairman Graham Simpson intensely mentioned that Boothroyd departed because he needs a break from management but in all honesty I think [...]

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The Coca-Cola Championship play-off will be a tale of two cities.
Bristol City will play Hull City at Wembley on Saturday 24th May. The winners will receive a place at the head table of English football as they will start the 2008/09 season in the Premier League. The losers will be the weakest link [...]

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Watford v Hull City – play-off semi-final, first leg
After Bristol City’s rather surprising 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the first leg of the other semi-final play-off game yesaterday at Selhurst Park, today it is the turn of Watford and Hull.
As with yesterday’s game Hull City, like Crystal Palace go into the play-offs as the [...]

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Barnsley made amends for their FA Cup semi final exit on Sunday by thrashing a very poor Watford side yesterday 3-0 to move up to 18th position in the Coca-Cola League Championship table, two points above the relegation zone with a game in hand.
Barnsley striker Kayode Odejayi, who’s FA Cup quarter-final goal knocked out Chelsea, [...]

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