Jonny Brick reports on Watford Women's return to the Championship and the wider game...
As heavy rain pelted down onto the Wealdstone FC pitch at Grosvenor Vale on an otherwise sunny day in September, Watford FC’s women’s side were sat in the dressing room having conceded in first-half injury time.
The Golden Girls would lose the game and end up with their first home defeat since last November; many of their wins came in the third tier, into which they had been relegated with the last kick of the 2021-22 season.
They bounced back at the first attempt, beating Nottingham Forest in a play-off ...