Full name Thomas Sidney Watson 1948–1961 Mansfield Town Name Sid Watson | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Position Wing half | |
Date of birth (1927-12-12) 12 December 1927 (age 88) | ||
Place of birth Mansfield, England | ||
Thomas Sidney "Sid" Watson (born 12 December 1927 in Mansfield) is an English retired 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.
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. 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.