Elton John 'upset and disappointed' with Watford form

Along with owning Watford, Elton John has also played concerts at Vicarage Road [Getty Images] Former Watford owner Elton John has said he is "upset and disappointed" by the club's form following their 4-0 home loss to 22nd-placed Burnley. The Hornets sit 20th in the Championship table having lost three straight league games and five of their past six. In a now-deleted response to a club post on Instagram , the global music star said: "As a lifetime supporter of Watford FC, I am very upset and disappointed at the decline over the past few weeks. "I really feel for the supporters who have to watch this." Watford appointed Alessio Dionisi as their manager in June on a two-year contract, with the Italian becoming their 12th head coach, not including interim bosses, since the end of the 2020-21 season. His side negotiated a challenging start to the season well, beating Southampton at Vicarage Road and then drawing away at Wrexham and at home to West Ham. They have picked up points in just one of their subsequent fixtures, beating Preston 2-1 at home last month. They were 3-0 down inside 25 minutes on Saturday, going on to lose to a Burnley side who had previously won one league match in 2026, against Crystal Palace in the Premier League in February, and had not won an away fixture in almost a year. Childhood Watford fan John has had two spells as the owner of Watford, initially overseeing their rise from the fourth tier to a second-placed finish in Division One and European football under Graham Taylor in the 1970s and 1980s. Returning to takeover the club in the mid-1990s, he re-appointed Taylor, who took the club into the Premier League in 1999 with successive promotions. The 79-year-old, who released a book, Watford Forever, in 2024 that detailed his relationship with the club and has a stand named after him at Vicarage Road , relinquished control of his boyhood side for a second time in 2002. Burnley thump Watford for first league win Latest Watford news, analysis and fan views