While the history of the Watford Mailing List (WML) is not as long as our glorious Golden Boys, it has a colourful past and an exciting future.

In August 7th 1994 (in Internet terms the prehistoric era), Gary Smith, a Watford fan living in South Africa, posted a message on a news list trying to contact fellow fans and WML was born. In the early days, messages were sent to the person who kept a list of emails and then forwarded them out to all members, a slow process.

In April 1995, Tim Brennen, who was based at the University of Tromso in Norway, took over this task and, using some resources at the University, automated the list in November. A year later, the list had grown to over 200 members.

In November 1996, feeling that the burden of dealing with over 300 ranting Watford fans was too much, Tim created Watford Advisory Group (WAG) to help him manage technical and content-related issues. Initially, membership of WAG was composed of long-standing listees whom Tim trusted.

Eventually, in November 1997, Tim passed the technical aspects of the list over to Leo Mindel, who set up wfc.net as a site to host WML, moving it from Tromso to servers in Orlando, Florida. Tim stepped into the background, and Leo took over as list-owner and figurehead. By this point, WML had grown to 450 subscribers.

With the growth of the Internet, WML also saw a large increase in interest. It was featured on 3 Counties Radio, in the Watford Observer, and even in the match programme. Membership swelled to around 1,000 in 1999.

By 2002, Leo found list-ownership too time-consuming and stepped down. Day-to-day responsibility was passed to a small group of long-time WAG members in July, with Mark Main emerging as de facto list-owner until May 2003.

In June 2005, the server running the list for eight years failed, and WML ceased to function for three weeks. Jon Sinclair, a long-standing WAG member, moved WML to Yahoo! Groups and took over as list-owner.

In March 2020, the mailing list was moved to Groups.io.

The list has had its share of controversies, but has always survived and become a long-standing feature of Watford FC support. Smaller groups have spun out of WML, including the successful WIFC football team and the ever-growing New England Watford Fan Club. WML has also forged strong connections with Watford fanzines and played a role in the formation of the Watford Supporters Trust. The number of subscribers has always fluctuated as old members leave and new members join, with the current number hovering around 500.