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David Vernon "Dave" Watson (born 5 October 1946) is an English former footballer who played for Notts County, Rotherham United, Sunderland, Manchester City, Werder Bremen, Southampton, Stoke City, Vancouver Whitecaps and Derby County as well at the England national team where he won 65 caps. ==Playing career== Watson was born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, and started his career in 1966 as a striker with hometown club Notts County making 26 appearances in two seasons, before moving to Second Division Rotherham United in 1968. Watson was signed by Tommy Docherty in a player exchange deal which involved Keith Pring, going to Notts County and the Millers paying £1,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.football-england.com/dave_watson.html )〕 He was thrust into a relegation battle with Rotherham in 1967–68 which was unsuccessful which led to Docherty's departure. In came Jim McAnearney who installed him as club captain and continued to use him both in defence and up-front. After four seasons at Millmoor, making 141 appearances scoring 21 goals he caught the attention of Sunderland manager Alan Brown who paid £100,000 for his services in December 1970.〔 At Roker Park Watson began at centre forward which many believed hindered their chances of gaining promotion.〔 It was not until Bob Stokoe took over in November 1972 that Watson began to play at centre back and it paid off with Sunderland reaching the 1973 FA Cup Final where they beat First Division Leeds United 1–0.〔 Watson was singled out for praise from Stokoe after the match for keeping Leeds's strike pairing of Allan Clarke and Mick Jones quiet. Following Sunderland's cup success the expectation was now for the club to gain promotion but they missed out by two points in both 1973–74 and 1974–75.〔 In the summer of 1975 Watson joined First Division Manchester City for a fee of £175,000 in a deal which saw Jeff Clarke move the other way.〔 Watson spent four seasons at Maine Road which saw Man City miss out on the title in 1976–77 by one point. They did win the League Cup in 1976 beating Newcastle United 2–1.〔 He left Manchester City in the summer of 1979 for German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. His time at Bremen was short as after making his debut in a 1–0 win over Bayer Uerdingen he was sent-off in his second match against 1860 München for "pushing" Hermann Bitz was banned by the German FA for eight-weeks.〔 He was fined by his club and refused to travel to an away match against FC Schalke 04 because of an injury before turning up to play for England.〔 Unsurprisingly he was back in England by October with Southampton paying £200,000. Watson played 31 games in 1979–80 and 44 games in 1980–81 as the Saints finished 8th and 6th respectively.〔 However he was dropped by Lawrie McMenemy during the next season and he joined Stoke City in January 1982.〔 He played 24 times for Stoke in 1981–82 helping them to avoid relegation.〔 He then played 40 times in 1982–83 as Stoke finished in a mid-table position of 13th. Watson then spent the summer of 1983 with the Vancouver Whitecaps before ending his career with a season each at Derby County and his first club Notts County.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Watson (footballer, born 1946)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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