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Sir Elton John once sacked one of the managers of his beloved football team on the roll of a dice-shaped cushion. The ‘Rocketman’ singer, 76, has had a lifelong devotion to Watford FC and became the club’s chairman in 1976, and its ex-manager Dave ‘Harry’ Bassett revealed his dismissal on the ‘Cosh’ podcast. He said: “Elton said, ‘Harry, you see that cushion beside you? We’re gonna have a game with that’. “It’s like a dice. He goes, ‘Come on, Harry, one to five, you get the sack.’
“I said, ‘What if I get a six?’
“He said, You have another throw.’”
Asked what happened after the dice game, Bassett said: “We got (drunk) and I went home at four in the morning – sacked.”
Sir Elton recently praised the decision to rename a road after his iconic 1973 album as he visited it for the first time since the change. The street runs along the side of Watford FC’s stadium Vicarage Road, and was originally called Occupation Road. But a group of fans called The 1881 Movement petitioned the council to rename the road in homage to Sir Elton and it was finally made official last week. The street has been changed to Yellow Brick Road, in tribute to the singer’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ album, with new yellow signs erected to mark the official name change, with the singer proudly visiting the spot earlier this month. Sir Elton has taken on the title of Watford FC’s Honorary Life President and  has a stand named after himself in the ground of Vicarage Road, where he has said he “fell in love” with football as a child. He added about the renamed road: “Using Yellow Brick Road is a really fantastic, clever way for supporters to have played their part in recognising a time when I was here pretty much every day – on this amazing journey with (ex-Watford manager) Graham Taylor.”
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Sir Elton John visits renamed Yellow Brick Road next to Watford FC
Sir Elton, who is an honorary life-president at the club, said: “Using ‘Yellow Brick Road’ is a really fantastic, clever way for supporters to have played their part in recognising a time when I was here pretty much every day – on this amazing journey with Graham Taylor [Watford FC’s manager at the time].”

Sir Elton John visits renamed Yellow Brick Road next to Watford FC

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Like most local history museums, it tells the story of Watford including Watford at War, Print and Brewing and a display on Watford Football Club – which also includes some Elton John memorabilia. The museum , which is currently based in a Georgian building near Watford High Street is going to be moving to the other side of the main town centre, into a refurbished Watford Town Hall. The move, which is being supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, is part of a wider scheme to revitalise the town centre and bring the museum closer to the main shopping street. The 1930s Watford Town Hall is now larger than the council needs, so the museum will take up vacated space on the ground and first floors, including the large committee rooms which are decorated in a 1930s style. Apart from making the museum more obvious to visitors, the other reason for the move is that the museum’s current Georgian-era building, built in 1775 cannot be made fully accessible to visitors. The downside is that the museum’s current location while not obvious to casual visitors is close to Watford High Street station , whereas the replacement venue, while next to the main shopping street, is separated from it by a very busy road — albeit with a pedestrian underpass. Fortunately, there is a plan to improve that and make the underpass approaches more pedestrian-friendly. Image of the Town Hall and new pedestrian plaza (c) Town Hall Quarter
The current timeline is that the fit-out for the museum inside the Town Hall will start next summer, for the museum to open in the autumn of 2025. However, that means the museum will close sometime in October 2023 — so if you haven’t seen it in the current building, you have about 6 weeks to visit. The museum is currently open from Thursday to Saturday and is free to visit. The building is listed, so will be preserved and the council says it will likely be sold. NEWSLETTER
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