Alex Watson
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Alex Watson (born April 5, 1968 in Liverpool) was a professional footballer. He is the younger brother of the former Everton player Dave Watson, and like his brother, was a central defender. Just as his brother did, he began his career as an apprentice with Liverpool, and made his debut for the club against QPR in March 1988. He made 9 appearances in total for the club, 4 of which were in the league, and he was in the starting line-up for the 1988 Charity Shield.
In August 1990 he joined Derby County for a brief loan spell, and the following January he made a permanent move to AFC Bournemouth for a fee of £150,000. He spent almost five years there, making 151 league appearances and scoring 5 league goals, moving to Gillingham on loan in September 1995 before moving to Torquay United in November 1995 for a fee of £50,000.
He quickly became a crowd favourite at Torquay, becoming club captain in 1997 and player-coach in 1999 under Wes Saunders. In July 2001 he made the short journey to join Exeter City on a free transfer. In his first season there he was a first-team regular, but a change of management saw him play only 3 games in the 2002/03 season. He was released in the summer of 2003 and signed for non-league Taunton Town moving to Clevedon Town in November 2004, playing 23 times without scoring until the end of the season when he appears to have left.
He was an England Youth International and is a FA qualified coach.
[edit] All time playing career
| Season | Team | Division | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-88 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988-89 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1989-90 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990-91 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990-91 | Derby County (Loan) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990-91 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1991-92 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1992-93 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1993-94 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1994-95 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1995-96 | Bournemouth | ||||||
| 1995-96 | Gillingham (Loan) | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 1996-97 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 1997-98 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 1998-99 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 1999-2000 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 2000-2001 | Torquay United | 3 | |||||
| 2001-02 | Exeter City | 3 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | Taunton Town | ||||||
| 2004-05 | Taunton Town | ||||||
| 2004-05 | Clevedon Town | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
