Sid Watson (footballer, born 1927)

Sid Watson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sidney Watson
Date of birth (1927-12-12)12 December 1927
Place of birth Mansfield, England
Date of death 1 September 2021(2021-09-01) (aged 93)
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Palterton Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1961 Mansfield Town 292 (9)
1961–1965 Ilkeston Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Sidney Watson (12 December 1927 – 1 September 2021) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for Mansfield Town as a wing-half.

Sid Watson worked at Pleasley Colliery when he signed with Mansfield Town as an amateur in September 1948. In January 1950, he signed a professional contract with the club, but had to wait until the 1951–52 season before making his first-team debut.[1]

Watson went on to become one of Mansfield's longest-serving players of all time. He spent 13 years at the club, and played 307 first-team games for the Stags, including 292 in league competition.[2] He left Mansfield at the end of the 1960–61 season, and then played four seasons for non-league Ilkeston Town.

After his retirement from professional football, Watson was an employee at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield until his retirement in 1992.[1]

He died on 1 September 2021, aged 93.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Retter, Jack (1995). Who's Who – The Stags 1902–1995. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-31-3.
  2. ^ "Sid Watson". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  3. ^ "RIP: Sid Watson". www.mansfieldtown.net. Retrieved 3 September 2021.


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