Two of Watford’s younger players have gone out on loan to non-league sides.

Winger Jake Watkiss has joined Farnborough of the National League South, while goalkeeper Roraigh Browne has moved to Southern League Premier Central Division side Bishop’s Stortford.

Watkiss, who joined the Hornets in the summer of 2023 having previously been with Stevenage, made his debut for Farnborough as a late substitute on Tuesday night in a 1-1 draw with Truro.

Farnborough are currently top of a league table that contains a lot of local teams, with Hemel Hempstead (5th), Boreham Wood (9th), Chesham (12th) and St Albans (23rd) all in the same division.

Browne, who moved to Watford in 2019, has had a number of loans spells in the past at Northwood, Walthamstow and Chertsey Town.

He made his debut for Stortford on Tuesday evening as they lost 2-1 at home Royston.

Another Watford loanee, Michael Adu-Poku, has had a very successful start to his season-long stint at National League club Solihull Moors.

He claimed an assist and was chosen as Player of the Match in Saturday’s 4-3 home win over league leaders Barnet in what Solihull’s official club website described as “an electric debut”.

Adu-Poku was also named in the Vanarama National League Team of the Week, while the Non-League paper selected him in their Team of the Day.

Last night Adu-Poku played the full 90 minutes as Moors beat Woking 2-1 to claim a third league win in a row for the first time since August 23, and move into the National League’s play-off places.

• Watford’s Under-21s return to action on Monday lunchtime when they host Colchester United at London Colney.

Charlie Daniels’ side will be looking to end a run of five consecutive league and cup defeats.

• Amin Nabizada scored a hat-trick as Watford’s Under-18s hammered QPR 6-1 on Saturday.