Manchester United were happy to loan me out because they knew I was going to get peppered, thinking we were going to be poor, but we ended up ripping it up, finishing third and smashing the play-offs.”. The England international goalkeeper initially came to the Golden Boys on-loan from Manchester United in the 2005/06 season. Watford legend Ben Foster rejoined the club in July 2018. Registered in England No. Ben Foster and other senior Watford players have been making sure the younger members of the squad understand what it will mean when they face Luton Town this weekend. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. When they step out on to the training pitch you can see they are still living that childhood dream. Foster hopes the younger players can focus on their games throughout the season and not have their heads polluted by negative opinions on social media. You’re not – you’re a human being first. In his first season back at the club he kept seven clean sheets as the Hornets recorded their highest-ever points total in the Premier League and an 11th-placed finish. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. I’m saying: ‘Lads, come on, these people, you’ll probably never meet them in your life but you have just let whatever they have said get into your head and it will affect you if you read enough of those negative comments. He has been running the lads like dogs [in training]. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. 894646. The goalkeeper was given the number one shirt in September 2020, following the departure of Heurelho Gomes. Ben Foster eyeing up cycling trips in reitrement. “If somebody said to me: ‘Come and be our No 2’ … I couldn’t do that," he said. Foster won the club's Player of the Season award for the 2006/07 season, even though Watford were relegated; the glove-man's performances in goal winning him many admirers. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. On the flip side, if they are saying amazing, wicked things about you, still don’t take it in – take no notice of it.’”. During the 2019/20 season, Foster surpassed 150 appearances for Watford. “It can be a good thing because sometimes clubs need a bit of a clearout, a flush-out, a chance to blood youth in and get some real energy around the place,” he said. They have a race in America called Dirty Kanza, which is proper grotty – gravel bike, dirty, camping in bushes. ©Copyright 2001-2020. He then returned to Manchester United, where he won two League Cups, before spells at Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion. Abdoulaye Doucoure marked the first big-name departure earlier this week when he joined Everton, but he will surely not be the last. Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster thinks Vladimir Ivic's demanding coaching style could be the key to success this season.