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Rocketman Sir Elton John is planning to take his son Zachary to his first match today - to cheer on Watford at Wembley.

Former Hornets chairman Sir Elton has chosen the £120 million promotion shoot-out with Crystal Palace for a golden baptism in the life of every family - father and son going to the football.

Elton, 66, wept with pride in the Royal Box during Abide With Me the last time he saw his beloved Watford at Wembley in the 1984 FA Cup final against Everton.

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Although the pop superstar has not attended any games at Vicarage Road as a fan since 2006, shortly before Watford's last promotion to the Premier League under Aidy Boothroyd, he remains passionate about the club he has supported since boyhood.

And Elton is said to be "very excited" about his planned excursion to the home of football with two-and-a-half-year-old Zachary, who charmed A-List Hollywood guests at the chart-topper's swanky Oscars party earlier this year.

Apart from buying the club twice and two spells as chairman, spanning 20 years between 1976 and 2001, Elton has played two concerts at Vicarage Road in the last eight years which raised £2 million for buying players.

He has been in regular contact with Hornets manager Gianfranco Zola, who is bidding to follow Boothroyd and Graham Taylor as the only men to lead Watford into the top flight.