Career
He made nearly 400 league appearances for between 1923 and 1936. Watson signed for from Felling Colliery F.C. in Felling, Gateshead, making his debut on 20 October 1923. He scored two goals in a 5–0 victory over Coventry City at Bloomfield Road and made a further 14 league appearances in the 1923-1924 season, scoring another three goals.
In his second season, 1924-1925, Watson made 47 league and cup appearances, missing only two games in early March 1924.
He was an ever-present the following season, 1925-1926, and continued to appear regularly over the next few seasons. Watson"s equalising goal against Manchester City seven minutes from the end of the final league game of the 1930-1931 season was dubbed a "£10,000 goal".
lieutenant was said to be worth at least that amount because it secured the club"s Division One survival and its short-term future, with the guarantee of large attendances for the next 12 months. He also ensured himself free meals at local restaurants for the rest of his life.
"I hit the ball for all it was worth," he said, after the match.
"lieutenant went into the Netto like a bullet." In 1931-1932, Watson scored seven league goals, including two in a 7–2 demolition of West Ham at Bloomfield Road on 2 April 1932. In 1933-1934, Sandy MacFarlane"s first season as manager, Watson suffered an injury that limited his league appearances to just three games. He missed the entire 1934-1935 campaign, but returned for half of the 1935-1936 season, his final one with the club
His last appearance in a shirt occurred on 13 April 1936, in a single-goal defeat at Southampton.
In his 13 years at, Watson made 390 total appearances and scored 22 goals. His career winded down with a season each at Halifax Town and home-town club Gateshead.
At the latter, he scored 24 league goals in 67 appearances. Post-retirement, he became a scout foreign
