When Elton John Owned A Football Club...

[@someguynamedmike4766]

When I woke up today I did not expect to see an animation of a hornet flying into a room with a man crying & lined out cocaine on the bedside drawers

[@Cruiserkid]

I didn't expect such a beautiful piece of work from Tifo when I woke up tbf.

[@od9694]

That's weird that's exactly what I expected when I woke up this morning

[@benfullylove]

And he hosted another concert at Vicarage Road in 2010, when the club had no money. The money raised was used to buy a young striker from Walsall, Troy Deeney.

[@BRNakamura]

"...DEEEEEENEEEYYY!!!"

[@jaywarren333]

Wow what a story mark

[@giorniverssce9327]

Seriously

[@nikhilmalik4868]

@@jaywarren333 it seems to me like he is an ex-bird

[@alfiedouglas2828]

Unbelievable Jeff

[@hahawas]

Elton John and Graham Taylor are immortal at Watford. Genuine Legends.

[@flamesabre07]

Elton John playing "Watford Save" in career mode. Epic.

[@prometheustv6558]

In Football Manager

[@andrb8945]

How can I get normallity back in my life? 🤔 Ohh I know ill play real life football manager with Watford.

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

2030: How Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney saved Wrexham

[@alexj1650]

2035: How Wrexham saved Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

@@alexj1650 come to think of it, that’s more likely pal 😂

[@purvalama6540]

LONG LIVE WEED

[@christianopulinaldo8319]

@@alexj1650 lmao

[@tombak8742]

Loll

[@arthurqampi3239]

I've always had respect for Sir Elton John's passion for the club and the miracles he pulled for Watford, but I had no idea that Watford made as a huge impact on his life.

[@prometheustv6558]

Elton John playing Football Manager 20 years before it came out.

[@dreadful_name2924]

Alternative title: How Watford recovered from having Rod Stewart perform at their stadium

[@thegreathadoken6808]

This is a club who signed Steve Kabba, and spent 4 million on Nathan Ellington. That being the case they probably asked Elton to let Rod stay.

[@dreadful_name2924]

@@thegreathadoken6808 One can never truly erase Rod Stewart

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

i dont get it. can you explain

[@dreadful_name2924]

@@sunritroykarmakar4406 Rod Stewart is famously pretty lame. Kind of like a more rock n roll Cliff Richard if that makes any more sense?

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

@@dreadful_name2924 oh i didnt know that. i only heard one rod Stewart song which is the intro of the office uk

[@MrKraddock]

This makes me so proud to be a Watford supporter. Elton John's passion and contribution to the club have had such a positive impact on the town as a whole, and to think he only ever did it out of love for his home town rather than the notoriety it would get him makes it all the more awesome.

[@nickgovindan5948]

Great story. Watford managers seem to last as long as a “Candle in The Wind” these days.

[@MFSPOON1242]

Underrated comment

[@frankunodostres473]

Damn this was a very emotional story. I'm at a loss for words... Football is beautiful. Be happy y'all!

[@slwootwootuk4271]

As a Watford fan, I can't love Elton John and Graham Taylor (God) more. Elton lived the dream we all had as a kid-to be an instrumental part of the rise of the club you love. This was a great video to honour those two. The only thing that needs correcting is that the players don't walk out to "I'm Still Standing" any more. We had a poor run of results when it was changed from Z-Cars to I'm Still Standing so it was changed back

[@TheWatfordWay]

💛

[@TheOriginalEwan]

Watford be like *”I’m still standing! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!”*

[@dani__crocs]

this is a beautiful story

[@TheWatfordWay]

Agreed, he still occasionally comes to games when he can. 🙂

[@downtoten5252]

Graham Taylor was an incredible manager. Elton's comments about football bringing him happiness shows the power of football in someone's life.

[@iankniel]

Watford was the first club to sign my character in FIFA '10 career mode. I knew nothing about them, but I was amused the team with (what I thought was) a moose-crest signed the Canadian kid. I ended up going for a BFA in music, gained a lot of respect & admiration for Elton, but I never knew this part of his story. Makes me want to dust-off that old save file and appreciate it again in a new light :)

[@_saintoj]

Had no clue about Elton and this club. So heartwarming

[@NobletheSavage]

Lovely story of a grand club , it's decent chairman and an underappreciated manager . History won't be kind to Taylor and that's a shame. The whole England thing will taint an otherwise legendary C.V and that's just wrong .

[@retro1937]

History will be kind to him, Graham.Taylor mostly punched above his weight with his teams

[@barackobama2195]

He fought against racism in football before it was trendy

[@unoriginal5909]

@@barackobama2195 I'm not familiar with that , what did he do?

[@barackobama2195]

@@unoriginal5909 other stuff too obviously, he was just a generally decent man. I recall the FA instructing him not to select 'too many black players' which he was obviously quite pissed off to hear about

[@Nathan-ke3dn]

@@barackobama2195 he also managed Luther Blissett and John Barnes, probably Englands 2 best black players of the 20th century

[@kylemccarthy6158]

Really great story. Always good to see football have a good impact on people.

[@TheWatfordWay]

It’s a fantastic story isn’t it!

[@matttucker1689]

As a lifelong Watford fan who was born in the early 90s, I didn't experience the 'glory days' first hand, but the whole story of Elton and Graham is like a fairy tale I learnt from a young age. Despite this, I still learnt some things in this video - mainly around Bertie Mee who I wasn't aware of. Great video as always Tifo!

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Watford were once Born To Lose, their hopes of success blown like a Candle In The Wind until Elton John used his Healing Hands to not Let The Sun Go Down on his boyhood favourites. It was no Sacrifice for the star, who was reviving his father's favourite team, but also maintaining a connection to some form of a normal life. In the years that followed under Elton, Watford wouldn't Go Breaking fans' Hearts, Saturday Afternoons were Alright For Football, although his time wasn't without controversy: One time during his tenure the question of changing the clubs famous yellow shirts to blue came up, however in the end they didn't go ahead with the idea. I Guess That's Why They're Not Called The Blues. When all's said and done, Elton did a great job. Thanks to him they're Still Standin', and thanks to them so is he.

[@retro1937]

👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@thegreathadoken6808]

@@retro1937 That's a little something I like to call 'machine-pun fire'

[@Tifo]

👏

[@Maxim89Il]

This is beautiful, and you know what? It also highlights the beauty of English football culture! People don't choose clubs based on their success but on being local, the home team. Elton John and Watford, Noel and Liam Gallagher when Manchester City were still a small club, Sting and Mark Knopfler with Newcastle (and just for the record, I'm a Sunderland fan), Steve Harris and Russel Brand and West Ham United. Elton John is a beautiful person!

[@LeviRoo]

When you thought Elton John couldn't be more amazing. -He also owned Watford, just to be normal.

[@TheWatfordWay]

💛

[@tlst9999]

Hello. Fellow normal people.

[@noahwest256]

Tifo never fail to deliver something interesting and insightful 🐐🐐🐐

[@clarkthesuperhero]

As a life long Watford fan, this was a treat to watch. Elton and Graham are legends here. You Orrrrns!

[@illiteratethug3305]

He's just seems like a really nice bloke, you never hear a bad word about Elton

[@jonsouth1545]

Oh you do hear many a bad word about him but he's still awesome and everyone has a bad side and it's not as if he's ever killed anyone

[@ConfusedProud]

Wait... seriously? Just google "Elton John feuds" he's infamously had loads

[@MrNobody_64]

Got newfound respect for both Elton and Watford after this

[@teodor2368]

Best Tifo video I've watched in a very long time! Well done guys! 💪

[@danielgonzagadelima]

Awesome story! I want to see more of those in a near future. Brazilian football has some crazy stories, hope you tell the tale of Bangu and his owner Castor de Andrade, Atletico Mineiro and his Our Lady of the Apparition's curse, the life and times of Tulio Maravilha....

[@tejas8719]

Can you cover Hibernian FC and the 'Hands of Hibs' movement by their fans. Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers was adopted as the song after Fans revolted against sale of the club to private owners. Them winning the 2016 Scottish Cup and the scenes after is still one the best moments. It's even better than Liverpool FC fans did after the UCL imo. Love the spirit of the club, from India!

[@ml4950ml]

All is correct apart from the team walking out to I’m still standing, happened for about 4 games and the fans didn’t like it

[@nickrabin6984]

True that

[@TheWatfordWay]

👍

[@Maxim89Il]

What kind of fan wouldn't like it?? Bloody wankers. Beautiful song, true inspirational anthem.

[@BertytheSnowman]

@@Maxim89Il It was a bit timid tbh. They've played Z-cars for so long now and changed it without consultation. There was always gonna be pushback from the fans.

[@SantomPh]

They didn't ask the fans. Z Cars theme tune had been there since the 60s.

[@entoney20]

I was curious to see Elton John's name on the stand while watching a Watford game when they were still in the Premier League; I looked it up and was amazed! I thought It'd be a stunt like the Michael Jackson statue at Fulham but it was a nice story! I'm glad Tifo covered it

[@robertlangley1664]

All Watford supporters lived the dream at the time thank you Elton and what can you say about GT to see he was MR WATFORD and we trusted him and of course we still miss him and all ways will

[@slowerthinker]

As a child of the 80s, Elton John being in charge of Watford is perfectly normal to me.

[@og87]

Absolute hero. I love this man and what he did for my club. 🙌🏼

[@rjjcms1]

Same.

[@Garfie489]

Elton John was once interviewed and asked whether as owner he let the manager make the decisions, or would he come down and pull someone off at half time He stated he would never interfere with the manager.

[@brandonayong5823]

I asked my friend when will Liverpool win a home game he told me " And I think it's gonna be a long long time"

[@gabrielwakkary9608]

HAHAHAHA im a liverpool fan but that was good

[@chalchotepaanilaa5293]

@@gabrielwakkary9608 Klopp be like : " you will never walk alone from Anfield you will go with three points". 😫😔

[@anon1534]

@@chalchotepaanilaa5293 Sorry but that one's not good lol 😂

[@NobletheSavage]

As an Evertonian I appreciate this joke more than most . Unfortunately this is just a blip and they will be kicking arse soon enough .

[@msgpatient7850]

@@NobletheSavage a reminder that their next home game is against villa.

[@testadalord01432]

I knew Elton John loved Watford but I didn’t know how much he did and where that took them until this video, incredible story

[@jmmypaddy]

That was such a lovely story. Sometimes football can be a source of good and mental therapy.

[@killercaos123]

That was quite heart warming and wholesome

[@derkaiser420]

I am obviously not a Watford fan, but I have always been a huge Elton John fan. He is a big reason why I started watching football and how I found out about Watford FC. I just found Arsenal and fell in love with them so I can't ever go back.

[@rajivkothur6407]

This was relaxing and heartwarming. Brought a smile and happiness

[@TheWatfordWay]

This was a fantastic watch, great job! 🐝

[@MitchWebb94]

Great story, great video - thanks Tifo!

[@AvaValComedy]

Honestly this makes me want to root for Watford a little more. What a story, love to hear it!

[@JoeShine95]

Great video! If I remember correctly, Robbie Williams bought Port Vale about a decade ago. Would be interesting to watch a video about that!

[@MultiMcKane]

He's not one of those who can easily hide.

[@chesthoIe]

Love these, asked around for who was the SB Nation of football, and got recommended to you. So glad that I did, this is all freaking perfect and amazing.

[@hiitdon8630]

What a legend

[@333hannahd]

Brilliant video. Only inaccuracy is that our walk out song is still Z cars. It was changed to I'm still standing for a short period of time in the 18/19 season, however, it reverted back to Z cars as fans like this tradition.

[@gkm2928]

Wow that's freaky!! Just watched Rocketman last week. Didn't think tifo would do an Elton John centric episode

[@dubi799]

Lovely video Tifo! Also, the Sir Elton John Stand has the lyrics to "Your song" at the back.

[@shahir1395]

Goosebumps... God I love this sport

[@robinj6137]

Anyone old enough to remember Murphy's Mob? Wasn't that show based on Watford at the time? Filmed at Vicarage Lane and the team played in Watford colours, pop-star chairman!, even had rivals called the Town!...

[@hb3393]

This video was absolute catnip for a pun-loving video editor

[@JMOP1715]

Football saved his life, it's beautiful.

[@jacknorman6676]

As a Watford fan, what a video😍

[@alficoup4426]

Anyone else surprised by the “wAAatford” voice crack at 0:42

[@kevinshanahan6064]

As usual these You Tube videos are informative and excellently researched. One thing the video could not be expected to cover - the ethos unlike most modern day PL clubs - is about a community club. MU MC Chelsea Spurs are about making trading profits.

[@marcosfdez109]

This is emotional, it's like your dream in a PES Master League but made true in real life

[@MrReese]

That is a beautiful story.

[@edwardallam2373]

As a Luton town fan I feel I should have a hatred for this man but I can’t. God damn

[@onetruecaesar99]

Such a cool story. Love this channel.

[@Glitch_II]

Honestly a very touching story actually

[@MrJakewray]

Fun fact: 3:10 bertie mee is the great grandfather of Burnley defender ben mee

[@ferdian_ariff]

I love the title, "It's little bit funny"

[@thegreathadoken6808]

I think it's scandalous that no one has 'liked' you pun-tastic comment. I will happily be the first.

[@ferdian_ariff]

@@thegreathadoken6808 pun-tastic comment? "I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH BUT THE BEST I CAN DO"

[@thegreathadoken6808]

@@ferdian_ariff Oh-hohhh! They're just rolling off the tongue now!

[@trevorlewatle1886]

Beautiful story. Thank you

[@andrewmelville4570]

elton john's taylor made army. Elton and Graham Taylor the perfect team for Watford

[@desendean6488]

We are from Sir Elton John's Taylor made army

[@bohemiangrowve3316]

Goosebumps

[@NYCfrankie]

Story's like this are amazing

[@FreddiesBench]

All through the video i was playing "your song" in my head 😀

[@nyanmad]

You guys should do a “whats going wrong at” for liverpool. They are spiralling, its funny but im also interested into a deeper look into why it’s happening

[@knownbyFox]

Love my club 🐝

[@mike64]

Beautiful video

[@shambhav9534]

A game in which 22 people kick a ball around a field can save someone's life... That's just amazing.

[@chaitanyadandale4569]

It literally got me goosebumps! Idk maybe the story or maybe bcoz of narration

[@earthuser1337]

I am always happy when i get a new notification from Tifo.

[@KevsShwaShwa]

This should have been in Rocketman. There's only a 2 second scene related to Football in a song transition montage.

[@Jiroghenee]

Most touching tifo video till date

[@moncefecw3131]

Great to know that thanks

[@Italian-wo4up]

Great video! Celtic currently looking for a new director of football and manager going forward would be great club to look into over the next few seasons as the club look to get back into a champions league group stage club consistently would be a good rise and fall club to do.

[@MCA_Lives]

I’m nearly finished with the first season of my Sunderland career mode, why did you have to drop this today now I have to fire up a watford save

[@putusetya101]

Beautiful story 🌹

[@onukpajud]

Well done Tifo for this useful information. Until now I never knew Elton John had connections with Watford.

[@TheWatfordWay]

When he can, he still comes to games occasionally! 🐝

[@jaundice27]

beautiful story

[@bigmcglinchy442]

Should do a video on Steve Clarke managing Kilmarnock

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Look up pictures of Elton with Footballers, there's some good ones with George Best, David Beckham etc

[@dseiko7]

Fantastic story! Didn't now about that.

[@ianvlnski9x]

i just started a career mode with watford and i didn’t know elton john is the owner of the club,no wonder his name written on the stand

[@monkwave]

Since quite a number of leading football clubs will need a front man come next season and not everyone can have Haaland, can you do a video on striker options available and suitable to the various clubs?

[@Darwinek]

Motivates me to get rich to buy and save my childhood club as well.

[@resurrectionist1]

HOW do you make these videos? It's absolutely incredible work!

[@MartinParnham]

"... may I recommend you bring on board one Graham Taylor. He is very good at this sort of thing." :D :D :D

[@ayehtunohn]

What’s a beautiful piece!

[@lindokuhlezweni2976]

Elton John, Sacrifice Please do a video on Rinus Michels tactics

[@AKUNJIG]

That was powerful.

[@aryados1520]

Hey I don't know if you see this but can you make a video about Barcelonas new president, Joan Laporta and his important members like Mateu Alemany and Ferran Reverter. It would be a really interesting topic.

[@zulfikeralikhanchowdhury3129]

Made me so emotional. 😌

[@kuanhau4323]

Love this story

[@stewlee2019]

My Nan when Diana died @1:08