Paul Watson (footballer, born 1975)

Paul Douglas Watson (born 4 January 1975) is an English former footballer.

Paul Watson
Personal information
Full name Paul Douglas Watson
Date of birth (1975-01-04) 4 January 1975
Place of birth Hastings, England
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
  • Sheffield United
  • (Head of Medicine)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Gillingham 62 (2)
1996–1997 Fulham 50 (4)
1997–1999 Brentford 45 (0)
1999–2005 Brighton & Hove Albion 197 (15)
2005 Coventry City 3 (0)
2005–2006 Woking 15 (3)
2006–2007 Rushden & Diamonds 44 (2)
2007–2008 Crawley Town 11 (0)
2008–2009 Bognor Regis Town 8 (2)
2009 Rye United ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his career, Watson played for Gillingham, Fulham, Brentford, Coventry City and most notably for Brighton & Hove Albion before dropping into Non-League and playing for Woking, Rushden & Diamonds, Crawley Town and finally Bognor Regis Town.

After retiring from football, Watson studied a part-time course at Brunel University in physiotherapy. Watson was appointed as Brighton & Hove Albion's assistant physiotherapist on 11 June 2009.[1] He was appointed as head of Sheffield United's medical team at the start of the 2017–18 season.

Honours

League Title Winners

Promotion

References

  1. . After being involved in a promotion into the Championship, three unsuccessful Championship play-off seasons, Paul was involved in the Brighton set-up that finally gained promotion to the Premier League in 2016-17. Following this Paul decided he needed a bigger challenge and was appointed Head of 1st team Physiotherapy at the newly promoted Championship team. Watson takes Physio role at Albion


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