Steve Watson

Where is Steve Watson now?

Former Newcastle United and Everton defender Steve Watson retired in 2009 after spending three seasons playing in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday.

Starting his professional career at the Magpies in 1990 he went onto make 557 first-team appearances for five sides and was part of Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle side of the 1990’s known as the ‘Entertainers‘ which finished second to Manchester United in the 1995-96 Premier League season.

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Upon retiring from playing he went into the coaching side of the game and joined the backroom staff at Huddersfield Town in 2010 where he linked up with former Newcastle United team-mate Lee Clark.

In August 2012 he moved with Clark to Birmingham City but the pair were sacked in October 2014 after a string of poor results left the West Midlands side at the wrong end of the table.

During the 2015-16 season whilst actively pursuing a job in management and in order to gain some more experience, he went to assist at non-league Macclesfield Town and after impressing the board was appointed as the club’s new assistant manager.

He left the club in 2017 to take on his first managerial position at non-league side Gateshead where he ensured National League survival and reached the FA Trophy semi-finals in his first season.

In January 2019 he joined York City as manager staying until November 2021 before leaving the club by mutual consent. He joined Chester FC a month later as manager but parted ways by mutual consent just six months later.

After a spell coaching within the academy at former side Newcastle United, Watson made a return to football management in December 2023 when he joined current side Darlington as manager.

Watson has also done some work in the media as a pundit and match analyst for BT Sport’s coverage of non-league football.

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Steve Watson was a guest on Sky Sports programme The Fantasy Football Club in September 2015 where he picked the eleven best players he had ever played with in their #One2Eleven section of the show.

GK – Shay Given – the best reaction goalkeeper I have ever Steve Watson One2Elevenseen in my life. A good talker, he had good distribution and off his line quick.

RCB – Sol Campbell – a natural leader and great on a 1v1 situation. Quick, strong and a really good pro.

LCB – Phillipe Albert – the best footballing centre-half I’ve ever seen. A world class defender who could score goals.

CB – Gareth Southgate – an unbelievably good reader of the game, and would be comfortable playing either side. Very good talker and leader.

Holding Midfielder – David Batty – hard as nails and a very, very good footballer. Always wanted the ball and could score goals.

RM – Rob Lee – a really hard working footballer who could play behind the front two or drop back in midfield.

LM – David Ginola – the best player I played with an incredible to watch. He was strong, could turn, put balls in, score and he was very skilful.

CM – Paul Gascoigne – probably past his best when I played with him at Everton but he could still take the ball anywhere on the pitch.

Right Forward – Peter Beardsley – the most consistent player during my time at Newcastle. Two-footed and a scorer of great goals.

Left Forward – Wayne Rooney – I was there when he made his impact on the game. Even at 15 or 16 years old he acted like a 25-year-old knocking people all over the place in training but he had respect and was never cheeky.

Centre Forward – Alan Shearer – the best out and out goalscorer I’ve ever seen. Strong, incredible in the air and a great target man.


Steve Watson: Premier League Statistics

NationalityEnglish
PositionDefender
Appearances351
Goals26
Yellow Cards32
Red Cards1
Premier League Teams Played forEverton, Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 29 January 2024 by Admin