The recent headlines from the Championship promotion race have all focused on the fairytale story of Bournemouth, so much so that Watford’s promotion from the second automatic spot has largely slipped under the radar. But what can the Premier League expect from the Hornets?
Unlike their fellow promotees, Watford won’t be sailing into uncharted waters when they commence the Premier League season in August. The club enjoyed six seasons in the top flight in the 1980s and since the inception of the Premier League have been promoted into it twice more.
Neither of their solitary seasons in the division have proved particularly happy ones—they achieved 24 points in 1999/2000 and 28 in 2006/07, finishing both seasons dead last.