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In June 2012, he and his father acquired Watford from previous owner Laurence Bassini. [12] Pozzo became the sole owner in 2014. [13]Pozzo is often found at the training grounds and has been known to monitor all players through GPS devices that track the players' performance data while in training. [7]
Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The team played at several grounds in their early history, including what is now West Herts Sports Club, [3] before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922.
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Giampaolo Pozzo (born 25 May 1941) is an Italian businessman, currently the owner of Udinese in Italy. His son Gino is the owner of Watford in England. [ 1 ] Pozzo sold the family business, tool maker Freud, to Robert Bosch in 2008.
Watford remained in the Third Division South for the next 37 years, and experienced scarce success. Fred Pagnam finished as the Division's top scorer in 1922–23, [4] the club reached the final of the Third Division South Cup in 1935 and 1937 (winning on the latter occasion), [5] and Len Dunderdale scored 21 goals for Watford in 1938–39 despite leaving midway through the season. [6]
Watford joined the Football League in 1920, and since then have won the Third Division twice, [n 1] and the Fourth Division once. They have achieved promotion to the top level of English football on four occasions; as runners-up of the Second Division in 1981–82, and winners of the play-off final (often considered the richest game in football ...
In June 2012, 13 months after he bought the club, Bassini sold Watford to Gino Pozzo, son of Giampaolo Pozzo and owner of Udinese and Granada. [8] In November 2012, it was announced the £1.5 million Bassini owed to Watford for "cash advances" was unlikely to be repaid. [9]
Graham Taylor led Watford to their highest ever league position in 1983.. Watford Football Club are an English association football club, based in Watford, Hertfordshire.As of 2022, the team competes in the EFL Championship, the second-highest level of the English football league system.