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Martin Patching: Former Wolves & Watford midfielder dies aged 65

Former Wolves and Watford midfielder Martin Patching, the father of Luton Town striker Cauley Woodrow, has died at the age of 65.

Patching made 90 league appearances as part of the Wolves side who won the old Second Division and reached an FA Cup semi-final under Sammy Chung in 1978.

He then moved on to Watford in 1979, helping Graham Taylor's Hornets finish runners-up to Liverpool on 1983.

Patching's time at Vicarage Road also included a loan spell at Northampton.

The Rotherham-born former England youth international then finished his career in non-league football.

After retiring as a professional footballer he ran a pub, the Red Lion, in the village of Potten End, Hertfordshire and carried on playing for local side Spinners in the Berkhamsted Sunday League.