- David Watson (footballer born 1973)
-
For other people named David Watson, see David Watson (disambiguation).
David Watson 
Personal information Date of birth 10 November 1973 Place of birth Barnsley, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career – Barnsley Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–2001 Barnsley 178 (0) National team 1993–1995 England U21 5 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Watson (born 10 November 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Barnsley and the England under-21 team. He now works as goalkeeping coach for Birmingham City.
Watson was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He began his football career in the youth system of his home-town club and went on to make more than 200 appearances for their first team in all competitions, including 178 in league matches. He helped the club to runners-up spot in Division One in the 1996–97 season to gain promotion to the Premier League and was first choice goalkeeper in their one season in the top flight. He suffered a knee injury in a game against Norwich City in September 1998; he spent more than two years in an abortive attempt to regain fitness but played no more first-team football and retired in 2001 at the age of 28.[1]
While at Barnsley Watson represented England in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship,[2] where they finished in third place and won the FIFA fair play award.[3] He also won five caps for England at under-21 level.[4]
He went on to work as goalkeeping coach with Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic,[1] Huddersfield Town,[5] Northampton Town again, the England under-19 team[6] and Nottingham Forest[7] before replacing Nigel Spink as goalkeeping coach of Birmingham City in January 2008.[8] While in this position, Watson built a reputation as an excellent coach, praised for enhancing the careers of England goalkeepers Joe Hart, Ben Foster and under-19 keeper Jack Butland.[9]
Honours
- Division One (level 2) runners-up 1996–97.
- FIFA World Youth Championship third place 1993
References
- ^ a b "Watson joins Oldham". BBC. 2002-01-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/1751437.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "England". FIFA. 1993. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191252/teams/team=1888255.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Awards". FIFA. 1993. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191252/awards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "England - U-21 International Results 1986-1995 - Details". RSSSF. 2004-01-10. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-u21-intres86.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Wadsworth appoints Wilkes". BBC. 2002-07-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/2111250.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Cobblers coach given England role". BBC. 2005-11-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4418226.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Forest name new goalkeeping coach". BBC. 2006-06-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/5073472.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Watson is Blues' new keeper coach". BBC. 2008-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/7181002.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ Winter, Henry (2010-09-10). "England's goalkeepers in safe hands with Birmingham coach Dave Watson". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8052746/Henry-Winter-Englands-goalkeepers-in-safe-hands-with-Birmingham-coach-Dave-Watson.html. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- 1973 births
- People from Barnsley
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- England under-21 international footballers
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- Huddersfield Town F.C. non-playing staff
- Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff
- England youth international footballers
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.