Steve Watson

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Steve Watson
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Personal information
Full name Steven Craig Watson
Date of birth (1974-04-01) 1 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth North Shields, England
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Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1991 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Newcastle United 208 (12)
1998–2000 Aston Villa 41 (0)
2000–2005 Everton 125 (14)
2005–2007 West Bromwich Albion 42 (1)
2007 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Sheffield Wednesday 45 (5)
Total 472 (32)
International career‡
1992–1995 England U21 12 (1)
1998 England B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Steven Craig "Steve" Watson (born 1 April 1974 in North Shields, England) is a former English footballer, who retired after being released by Sheffield Wednesday on 15 May 2009.

Playing career

Watson began his career with Newcastle United, playing on a regular basis. At the time of his debut, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat to Wolves on 10 November 1990, he was the youngest person ever to play for Newcastle,[1] a record he holds to this day. Watson appeared 24 times that season, firstly under Jim Smith and then under Ossie Ardiles as Newcastle struggled in the old Second Division.

Watson featured prominently during the 1991-92 season as Kevin Keegan returned to Newcastle and relegation to the old Third Division was famously avoided. During his seven years at the club, he wore a jersey with every shirt number 2–11 at least once, earning a reputation as a key all round capable footballer integral to The Entertainers style of play[1]

Watson remained in the Newcastle first team picture under Kevin Keegan and his successor Kenny Dalglish, but was sold by Ruud Gullit, to the surprise of Newcastle fans, in a desperate attempt to make funds available. Steve was hugely popular with the Newcastle faithful and years later the feeling amongst the Toon Army is that Watson should never have left. Whilst at Newcastle, he played in the 1998 FA Cup Final.

Steve Watson was transferred to Aston Villa for £4m in October 1998. At Villa he scored once against Southampton in the League Cup.[2]

He moved to Everton in the summer of 2000 in a £2.5m deal.[3] When boss Walter Smith found his squad decimated by injury, Watson found himself a regular striker alongside Tomasz Radzinski, a role he had started to play at the beginning of his career before transferring to the defence. His time with Everton was blighted with injury, although he did enjoy some time in the first team for the 2003–2004 season, the highlight of which was a hat-trick against Leeds United in September 2003.[4]

Watson was signed by West Bromwich Albion prior to the 2005–06 season.[5] He made his Albion debut as a late substitute in a 0–0 draw away at Manchester City on 13 August 2005. His only goal for the club was scored on 2 January 2006, in a 2–1 home defeat against his former club Aston Villa.[6]

On 9 February 2007, he joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of the 2006–07 season and made his debut away at Burnley in a 1–1 draw on 10 February at Turf Moor. Before he joined them, the Yorkshire side had lost five matches in a row. However, they won six, drew four and only lost once when Watson was in the side. He was primarily signed by Brian Laws due to his versatility to play in central midfield alongside playmaker Glenn Whelan, but also excelled when called upon at centre-back. Due to a clause in his contract, he missed Wednesday's 1–0 victory over his parent club West Brom and was then re-called with only two games remaining.[7] Watson moved to Wednesday permanently in July 2007 on a free transfer.[8] His first goal for the club came as a 90th-minute equaliser against West Brom at The Hawthorns on 6 November.[9]

On 2 July 2008 it was announced that Watson would succeed Lee Bullen as club captain for the 2008–09 season, taking charge of off-the-field matters, with Richard Wood retaining his role as team captain and being responsible for on-the-field affairs.[10] On 19 October Watson scored the winner in the Steel City Derby against Sheffield United; his volleyed lob over Paddy Kenny in the 35th minute gave Wednesday a 1–0 win. On 14 May 2009 Sheffield Wednesday decided to release Watson due to long term injury problems.[11]

Coaching career

On 13 November 2010, he was appointed as the new Development Coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town, joining up with his ex-Newcastle team-mate Lee Clark. On 24 August 2012, he was appointed coach at Birmingham City of the Championship. He was sacked along with Clark on 20 October 2014.[12]

Career statistics

Club

Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1990–91[13] Second Division 24 0 3 0 0 0 27 0
1991–92[14] Second Division 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
1992–93[15] First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 5 0
1993–94[16] Premier League 32 2 3 0 3 0 — 38 2
1994–95[17] Premier League 27 4 1 0 4 0 3[lower-alpha 2] 1 35 5
1995–96[18][19] Premier League 23 3 1 0 5 1 — 29 4
1996–97[20] Premier League 36 1 3 0 1 0 6[lower-alpha 3] 0 46 1
1997–98[21] Premier League 29 1 4 0 3 0 8[lower-alpha 4] 0 44 1
1998–99[22] Premier League 7 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 8 0
Total 208 12 17 0 16 1 21 1 262 14
Aston Villa 1998–99[22] Premier League 27 0 2 0 1 0 — 30 0
1999–2000[23] Premier League 14 0 2 0 8 1 — 24 1
Total 41 0 4 0 9 1 0 0 54 1
Everton 2000–01[24] Premier League 34 0 2 1 2 0 — 38 1
2001–02[25] Premier League 25 4 0 0 1 0 — 26 4
2002–03[26] Premier League 18 5 0 0 1 1 — 19 6
2003–04[27] Premier League 24 5 1 0 1 0 — 26 5
2004–05[28] Premier League 25 0 0 0 3 0 — 28 0
Total 126 14 3 1 8 1 0 0 137 16
West Bromwich Albion 2005–06[29] Premier League 30 1 0 0 1 0 — 31 1
2006–07[30] Championship 12 0 0 0 1 0 — 13 0
Total 42 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 44 1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2006–07[30] Championship 11 0 0 0 0 0 — 11 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2007–08[31] Championship 23 2 1 1 1 0 — 25 3
2008–09[32] Championship 22 3 0 0 1 0 — 23 3
Total 56 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 59 6
Career total 473 32 25 2 37 3 21 1 556 38
  1. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Cup, one in FA Charity Shield
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

References

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