Joseph Watson (1 January 1952 – 30 September 2000) was an Australian

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who played as a winger in a 24-year career extending from 1968 to 1992.

Playing career

A native of

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, Joe Watson had been playing with Nottingham Forest since the age of 16, but began his professional career at 18 in 1970 with Dundee United, participating in a handful of games before joining

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in 1972. After one season with Forfar, Watson emigrated to Australia in 1973 where, like another Scottish player for United, Kenny Murphy, he spent many seasons playing international football for Australia national football team, primarily Sydney City.

Sydney City

In Australia he played for Sydney Hakoah. At Sydney City he played four seasons in the New South Wales State League before the club as Sydney City joined the National Soccer League in 1977. Watson played 258 National Soccer League matches, playing with the club until 1986.

International career

Watson played 17 matches for

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between 1979 and 1986. While he had retired from international football in 1985, he was honoured with being named captain in a friendly against Czechoslovakia in August 1986. He was replaced after five minutes by Angie Postecoglou.

Coaching career

In 1991 while still playing Watson began coaching at Waverley. In a nine-year coaching career Watson coached at eight separate clubs.

Illness and death

Watson was diagnosed with

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, after which a day of charity matches was scheduled in August 2000 to raise funds. Watson died on 30 September 2000.

Honours

Scotland

* Forfarshire Cup :: Champion: 1971-72

Australia

* NSW State League :: Waratah Cup Champion: 1976 *

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:: Champion:

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

* OFC Nations Cup :: Champion:

Individual

* NSL Player of the Year:

* FFA Team of the Decade: 1981–1989 *

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

References

External links

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Article mentioning Joe Watson's death
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Joe Footballers from Fife Australian men's soccer players Dundee United F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Australia men's international soccer players 1952 births 2000 deaths Scottish Football League players Scottish men's footballers Scottish emigrants to Australia Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriate football managers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Hakoah Sydney City East FC players APIA Leichhardt FC players Men's association football wingers Deaths from liver cancer Deaths from cancer in Australia