Robert Page: The debt I owe Kenny
30.07.26, 08:11 Updated 04.08.26, 22:40 6 Minute Read
Mike Walters
Reporting for their excursion to the Welsh hinterlands, Watford’s youth team squad assembled by the minibus and speculated what lay in store for them.
They thought coach Kenny Jackett was taking them on a bonding trip. It turned out to be a boot camp that would have made Bear Grylls’ eyes water.
Bruce Dyer, who would soon become English football’s first million-pound teenager, turned up in a dress code best suited to a nightclub or all-night rave. His attire would prove to be a top-class wardrobe malfunction when Jackett presented his teenage flock with a gruelling agenda of mountaineering, abseiling, camping, canoeing and hiking.
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Mike Walters spent 40 years on Fleet Street as a top sports writer and a regular in the Press box at Vicarage Road. His first game as a wide-eyed Watford fan was a 5-0 FA Cup win against Reading 55 years ago and, coupled with his national newspaper experience, few supporters are better-equipped to cover English football's original family club.