Sid Watson (footballer, born 1927)

{{Short description|English footballer (1927–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sid Watson

| fullname = Thomas Sidney Watson

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mansfield, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|9|01|1927|12|12}}

| position = Wing half

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Palterton Welfare

| years1 = 1948–1961

| clubs1 = Mansfield Town

| caps1 = 292

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 1961–1965

| clubs2 = Ilkeston Town

}}

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.{{cite book| author=Retter, Jack| title=Who's Who – The Stags 1902–1995| publisher=Yore Publications| year=1995| isbn=1-874427-31-3}}

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.{{cite web| url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player9/sidwatson.html | title=Sid Watson |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database| publisher=Neil Brown| accessdate=1 September 2009}} 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.

He died on 1 September 2021, aged 93.{{Cite web|title=RIP: Sid Watson|url=https://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/2021/september/rip-sid-watson/|access-date=3 September 2021|website=www.mansfieldtown.net|language=en-gb}}