Philip Watson (footballer)

Philip Watson
Personal information
Full name Philip Ross Watson
Date of birth 29 April 1881
Place of birth Shotts, Scotland
Date of death 20 April 1953(1953-04-20) (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Shotts, Scotland
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Shotts Hawthorn
1901–1902 Dykehead  
1902–1903 Celtic  3 (0)
1903–1907 Ayr  52 (5)
1906–1907Dykehead (loan)  
1907–1912 Hamilton Academical  120 (4)
1912–1915 Motherwell 13  (0)
1914–1915Dykehead (loan)  
Total 188 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Ross Watson (29 April 1881 – 20 April 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half or centre half. His longest and most prominent spell was with Hamilton Academical,[2] and he appeared in the 1911 Scottish Cup Final while with the club[3] – this ended in defeat after a replay to Celtic, one of his former employers.[4] He also spent time with Ayr, Motherwell and local team Dykehead, including several loans back when out of favour for a place in the side at his senior clubs.[5]

His son of the same name, known as Phil, was also a footballer who made over 170 appearances each for Hamilton Academical and Blackpool and received one cap for Scotland.[6][5] Another son Martin played in Scotland's second tier, mainly for Dumbarton.[7][8]

  1. ^ Former Celt Dead, Evening Times, 20 April 1953, via the Celtic Wiki
  2. ^ Watson, Philip (1907), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  3. ^ Scottish Cup–Replayed Final, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1911, via The Celtic Wiki
  4. ^ (Celtic player) Watson, Philip, FitbaStats
  5. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Watson, Philip (1927), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  7. ^ Watson, Martin (1931), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  8. ^ Martin Watson - Player Profile, Sons Archive