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This article is about the 1980–90s defender. For the 1970–80s defender, see David Watson (footballer born 1946). For the 1990s goalkeeper, see David Watson (footballer born 1973).
For other persons of the same name, see David Watson.
Dave Watson
Personal information
Full name David Watson
Date of birth 20 November 1961 (1961-11-20) (age 48)
Place of birth    Liverpool, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender (retired)
Youth career
1978–1980 Liverpool
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1980–1986
1986–2001		 Norwich City
Everton
Total		 212 (11)
419 (23)
631 (34)   
National team
1984–1988 England 012 0(0)
Teams managed
1997
2001–2002
2008–		 Everton
Tranmere Rovers
Wigan Athletic (youth)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

David "Dave" Watson (born 20 November 1961 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English former professional footballer who made 12 appearances for the English national team. He is now the youth team coach at Wigan Athletic.[1]

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Playing career

Watson played for the Liverpool reserves before joining Norwich City for £50,000 on 29 November 1980. He made his league debut in the local derby against Ipswich Town on Boxing Day that year. He eventually made 256 appearances for Norwich, and as club captain lifted the Milk Cup in 1985. They went down to the Second Division that year, but won promotion the following year as champions.

He made his first 6 appearances for England whilst at Carrow Road, making his debut in a 2–0 victory against Brazil at the Maracana Stadium in June 1984, before moving on to play for Everton for £1.23 million in August 1986. He remained at Goodison Park for 15 years, winning the league title in his first season and captaining them to FA Cup glory in 1995. He also collected an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1989.

Management and Post-Career

Watson was appointed caretaker manager in March 1997 following the resignation of Joe Royle, but reverted to his playing duties in June 1997 when Howard Kendall was appointed manager for the third and final time. Watson's first-team opportunities gradually faded, but he made one appearance for Everton during the 2000–01 season, before finally announcing his retirement as a player at the age of 39, and moving into management with Tranmere Rovers. His key objective at Tranmere was to regain their Division One status which had just been lost, but he failed to achieve that goal and was sacked after just one season at the helm. He later became a scout for Birmingham City before joining Wigan Athletic as their Youth Team coach on 23 April 2008.

In 2002, Watson was voted into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.

Sporting titles and awards

Individual

Club

Norwich City
Everton

References

  1. ^ "Bitter Bruce blasts Blues delayed Wigan switch". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-496536/Bitter-Bruce-blasts-Blues-delayed-Wigan-switch.html.  

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Greg Downs		 Norwich City Player of the Season
1982/83		 Succeeded by
Chris Woods
England squad – UEFA Euro 1988
1 Shilton • 2 Stevens • 3 Sansom • 4 Webb • 5 Watson • 6 Adams • 7 Bryan Robson • 8 Steven • 9 Beardsley • 10 Lineker • 11 Barnes • 12 Waddle • 13 Woods • 14 Anderson • 15 McMahon • 16 Reid • 17 Hoddle • 18 Hateley • 19 Wright • 20 Dorigo • Coach: Bobby Robson
 England
Everton F.C. – Managers

Barclay (1888–89) · Molyneux (1889–1901) · Cuff (1901–18) · Sawyer (1918–19) · McIntosh (secretary) (1919–35) · Kelly (secretary) (1936–48) · Britton (1948–56) · Buchan (1956–58) · Carey (1958–61) · Catterick (1961–73) · Eggleston (1973) · Bingham (1973–77) · Burtenshaw (1977) · Lee (1977–81) · Kendall (1981–87) · Harvey (1987–90) · Gabriel (1990) · Kendall (1990–93) · Gabriel (1993–94) · Walker (1994) · Royle (1994–97) · Watson (1997) · Kendall (1997–98) · Smith (1998–2002) · Moyes (2002–)
Tranmere Rovers F.C. – Managers

Cooke (1912–35) · Carr (1935–36) · Knowles (1936–39) · Ridding (1939–45) · Blackburn (1946–55) · Kelly (1955–57) · Farrell (1957–60) · Galbraith (1961–61) · Russell (1961–69) · Wright (1969–72) · Yeats (1972–75) · King (1975–80) · Hamilton (1980–85) · Worthington (1985–87) · Moore (1987) · King (1987–96) · Aldridge (1996–2001) · Sheedy (2001) · Mathias (2001) · Watson (2001–02) · Mathias (2002–03) · McMahon (2003) · Little (2003–06) · Moore (2006–09) · Barnes (2009) · Parry (2009–)







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