STEVE WATSON

'Stephen Craig Watson' (born April 1, 1974 in North Shields) is an English footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday, with whom he joined on a 2 year deal on the 10th July 2007.

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Playing Career

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Playing Career

Watson began his career with Newcastle United, playing on a regular basis. During his seven years at the club, he wore a jersey with every shirt number 2-11 at least once. He was transferred to Aston Villa in October 1998 to the surprise of Newcastle fans. At the time of his debut, he was the youngest person ever to play for Newcastle, a record he holds to this day.
He moved to Everton in the summer of 2000, and when boss Walter Smith found his squad decimated by injury, Watson found himself a regular striker alongside Tomasz Radzinski, a role he had started to play at the beginning of his career before transferring to the defence.
His time with Everton was blighted with injury, although he did enjoy some time in the first team for the 2003-2004 season. Watson was later signed by West Bromwich Albion prior to the 2005-2006 season.
On February 9 2007, he joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of 2006-2007 season and made his debut away at Burnley in a 1-1 draw on Saturday 10 February 2007 at Turf Moor. Before he joined them, the Yorkshire side had lost five matches in a row. However, they won six, drew four and only lost once when Watson was in the side. He was primarily signed by Brian Laws due to his versatility to play in central midfield along side play maker Glenn Whelan, but also excelled when called upon at centre-back. Due to a clause in his contract, he missed Wednesday's crucial 1-0 victory over his parent club West Brom and was then re-called with only two games remaining to avoid him helping The Owls into the play-offs at the expense of West Brom.^[1]

References

1. McShane boost for Baggies

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