Stuart Watkiss
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stuart Watkiss | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Grimsby Town (Development Coach) |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1984 | Willenhall Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Gresley | 17 | (0) |
| 1986–1992 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Rushall Olympic | ||
| 1993–1996 | Walsall | 62 | (2) |
| 1996 | Hereford United | 19 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Mansfield Town | 35 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Mansfield Town (Youth Team) | |||
| 2002 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 2004 | Barnsley (Youth Team) | ||
| 2004–2006 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| 2006 | Grimsby Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | Grimsby Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Grimsby Town (Youth Team) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Bharat FC | ||
| 2016 | Grimsby Town (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stuart Watkiss (born 8 May 1966) is an English former professional footballer and manager who is a development coach at Grimsby Town.
As a player, he was a defender and notably played for Walsall, Hereford United and Mansfield Town. He became manager of Mansfield in 2002, and later Kidderminster Harriers. In 2006, he became assistant manager of Grimsby Town where he remained until 2009 where he then spent three years as a development coach at Hull City. He was briefly appointed assistant manager at in 2013.
Watkiss started his playing career at Ward's Bridge School in his hometown of Wolverhampton, he then joined Willenhall Town, for the youth team, which reached the Midland Floodlit Youth League Cup final at Villa Park during the 1982–83 season. He later joined his home town club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he served his apprenticeship as a 17-year-old, his debut was on 17 March 1984 in a Division One game with Sunderland, however after making only two appearances he joined West Midlands (Regional) League side Gresley Rovers in June 1985, before making a move to Crewe Alexandra in January 1986.
He went on to play for Rushall Olympic, Walsall and Hereford United before moving to Mansfield Town in 1996, scoring his only goal for the Stags in a 2–4 win at Darlington in October, when he met a Ben Sedgemore cross, header bounced downward and up into the top corner of the net. Watkiss remained with Town until hanging his boots up in 1999.
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