Career
Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Watson has also played for Exeter City, Bognor Regis Town and Grays Athletic. He holds Union of European Football Associations "B" coaching badges for both football and futsal. With this he spent some of his time whilst at Bognor Regis coaching at Varndean School in Brighton.
He then moved on to Grays Athletic.
Watson made his debut for Exeter City on 24 March 2008 in the 3–1 away defeat at Weymouth, while on loan from Grays Athletic. Following Exeter"s promotion to the Football League, Watson signed a one-year contract with the club
He made his debut as an Exeter signee, at home to Shrewsbury Town, in the 2–1 defeat in the Football League Trophy on 2 September 2008. On the last day of that year, he extended his contract to tie him to the club until the end of the 2009-2010 season.
Watson joined Forest Green Rovers on loan for a month on 31 December 2009.
The loan was terminated just a couple of days after however as Watson suffered a calf injury before the move. Forest Green signed Watson on loan again the next season in September 2010. He made his debut the next day in a 3–0 away loss against Barrow.
He returned to Exeter City in October when his loan spell with Forest Green Rovers expired.
In May 2011 Exeter announced that he would not be offered a new deal at the end of the season. Watson signed for Eastbourne Borough on 21 June 2011.
A year later, he signed for Conference South Dorchester Town. He ended the 2012-2013 season as Dorchester"s top goal scorer with 17 goals in all competitions and signed a two-year contract in June 2013.
With Dorchester experiencing financial problems, Watson and team mate Arran Pugh joined Pugh"s old club Truro City in the Southern Premier League on 4 October 2013.
Watson scored twice on his debut the following day as Truro lost 7–3 at home to Street Albans City. He was later brought to Bideford by general manager Steve Massey, formerly manager at Truro City.
