Harry Watson (footballer, born 1908)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Watson

| image =

| fullname = Harold Watson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|3|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wath-upon-Dearne, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1982|1908}}

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1925–1926 | clubs1 = Wath Athletic | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1926–1930 | clubs2 = Stoke City | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1931–1933 | clubs3 = Brighton & Hove Albion| caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1933 | clubs4 = Kidderminster Harriers| caps4 = | goals4 =

}}

Harold Watson (13 March 1908 – 1982) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Stoke City.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}

Career

Watson played for his local club Wath Athletic before joining Stoke City in 1926. during his time at Stoke he was used mainly in the reserves and managed just four appearances in the Football League. He left in 1930 and joined Brighton & Hove Albion and then Kidderminster Harriers.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="5"|Stoke City

|1926–27

|Third Division North

|0

01010
1927–28

|Second Division

|2

00020
1928–29

|Second Division

|0

00000
1929–30

|Second Division

|2

00020
1930–31

|Second Division

|0

00000
rowspan=2|Brighton & Hove Albion

|1931–32

|Third Division South

|2

00020
1932–33

|Third Division South

|4

00040
colspan="3"|Career total

!10

010110

References