Stephen Watson (born 4 April 1973 in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

) is an English former professional

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who played for and captained Scottish side St Mirren in the early 1990s.

Career

Watson began his career with

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, making three league appearances in the 1992–93 season. He moved on to St Mirren and spent four years with the Paisley club. Watson then spent a spell in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

with

Yee Hope Yee Hope Football Club () is a now defunct Hong Kong Association football, football club which played in the Hong Kong First Division League between 1997 and 2001. In 1999–00 and Hong Kong First Division League 2000-01, 2000–01, the te ...

from 1999–2001 before returning to Scotland to play with

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and

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Stephen Rangers F.C. players Troon F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Scottish Football League players English footballers 1973 births Footballers from Liverpool Living people Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Association football midfielders English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate footballers