Sid Watson (footballer, born 1927)

Sid Watson

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Sidney Watson
Date of birth	(1927-12-12)12 December 1927
Place of birth	Mansfield, England
Date of death	1 September 2021(2021-09-01) (aged 93)
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Palterton Welfare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1961	Mansfield Town	292	(9)
1961–1965	Ilkeston Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Sidney Watson (12 December 1927 – 1 September 2021) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for Mansfield Town as a wing-half.

Sid Watson worked at Pleasley Colliery when he signed with Mansfield Town as an amateur in September 1948. In January 1950, he signed a professional contract with the club, but had to wait until the 1951–52 season before making his first-team debut.^[1]

Watson went on to become one of Mansfield's longest-serving players of all time. He spent 13 years at the club, and played 307 first-team games for the Stags, including 292 in league competition.^[2] He left Mansfield at the end of the 1960–61 season, and then played four seasons for non-league Ilkeston Town.

After his retirement from professional football, Watson was an employee at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield until his retirement in 1992.^[1]

He died on 1 September 2021, aged 93.^[3]

References

1. Retter, Jack (1995). Who's Who – The Stags 1902–1995. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-31-3.
2. "Sid Watson". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
3. "RIP: Sid Watson". www.mansfieldtown.net. Retrieved 3 September 2021.