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Garry Watson
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Bradford, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1970–1972 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1984 Bradford City 263 (28)
1982 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 13 (0)
1984–1985 Halifax Town 21 (0)
Whitby Town
Total 297 (28)
Managerial career
Guiseley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry Watson (born 7 October 1955) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a left back.

Career

Born in Bradford, Watson played for Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town and Whitby Town.

He signed for Bradford City in November 1970 after playing local amateur football. He made a total of 293 appearances for the club, scoring 30 goals - 28 goals in 263 league appearances, no goals in 10 FA Cup appearances, and 2 goals in 20 League Cup appearances. He signed on loan for Doncaster Rovers in October 1982, and played for Halifax Town between July 1984 and May 1985.

After a spell managing non-league club Guiseley, in October 2013 he was running a carpet fitting business in Eccleshill, Bradford.

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. Frost, p. 409
  3. Frost, p. 389
  4. "Profile". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. "Profile". Shaymen Online. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  6. "Where Are They Now: Bradford City 1981-82". Football League Paper. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.


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