Phil Watson (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Philip Ross Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Shotts, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1990 (aged 82–83) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1932 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1932–1937 | Blackpool | 171 | (11) |
| 1937–1938 | Barnsley | 4 | (0) |
| 1938–1939 | Queen of the South | ||
| National team | |||
| 1933 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| 1930 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip Ross Watson (23 February 1907 – 1990) was a Scottish professional footballer. He made one appearance for the Scotland national team. He played as a defender.
Watson began his career in his native Scotland in the early 1930s with Hamilton Academical. He represented the Scottish League in October 1930.
In 1932, he moved south to join Blackpool. He made his debut for the Lancashire club on 13 February 1932, in a 2–0 victory over Everton at Bloomfield Road. He came into a defence which had leaked seven goals at Manchester City a week earlier.
He made a further fourteen league appearances in the 1931–32 season, scoring one goal – in a 2–2 draw at home to Liverpool on 5 March. The previous month, he marked Everton's Dixie Dean out of the game, and the Toffees player congratulated him at the final whistle as Jimmy Hampson's brace gave Blackpool a 2–0 win.
The following season, 1932–33, he was an ever-present in the club's 45 league and cup games. He scored seven league goals, including a hat-trick against Aston Villa at Bloomfield Road on 18 March 1933. He was deputising in the forward line for the injured Jimmy Hampson. Despite his contributions, Blackpool finished bottom of Division One and were relegated.
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