Dave Watson was an international footballer who represented England 65 times scoring 4 goals. His first cap was against Portugal on 3rd April 1974 at 27 years old, and his last was vs Iceland on 2nd June 1982 aged 35. Watson, born on 5th October 1946, in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, has a FA Legacy Number of 894 and played as a Centre Back and Left Back for his country.

Dave Watson - 65 caps (4 goals)

Full Name: David Vernon Watson
Born: 5th October 1946, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
England Career: 1974 - 1982
Positions whilst with England: Centre Back and Left Back
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Sunderland (14), Manchester City (27), Werder Bremen (4), Southampton (18) & Stoke City (2)
FA Legacy Number: 894
Not to be confused with Dave Watson (1984-1988)

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Portugal (FR) on 3rd April 1974 aged 27 years, 5 months, 29 days
Last Cap: v Iceland (FR) on 2nd June 1982 aged 35 years, 7 months, 28 days
First Goal: v Northern Ireland (ECQ) on 7th February 1979 aged 32 years, 4 months, 2 days
First Captaincy: v Romania (WCQ) on 29th April 1981 aged 34 years, 6 months, 24 days
Career Length: 8 years, 60 days
Starts: 63
Substitute: 2
Withdrawn: 6
Full Games: 57

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
21
0
0
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
18
1
2
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
14
3
0
0
1

World Cup QualifierWCQ
9
0
1
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
3
0
0
0
0

Competitive
44
4
3
0
1

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
32
2
0
0
1

Home
31
2
3
0
0

Neutral
2
0
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
21
0
2
0
0

Lost
11
0
1
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Centre Back
64
4
3
0
1

Left Back
1
0
0
0
0

Total
65
4
3
0
1

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Ron Greenwood
40
4
3
0
1

England Don Revie
19
0
0
0
0

England Joe Mercer
5
0
0
0
0

England Alf Ramsey
1
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Kevin Keegan
44 Matches

Ray Clemence
43 Matches

Ray Wilkins
37 Matches

Trevor Brooking
34 Matches

Steve Coppell
31 Matches

Emlyn Hughes
30 Matches

Phil Neal
28 Matches

Mick Channon
25 Matches

Mick Mills
23 Matches

Trevor Francis
22 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
228 sources from 65 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

ISL, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1982 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 65.
Age: 35 years, 7 months, 28 days.
NIR, 4 - 0, 23rd Feb 1982 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 64.
Age: 35 years, 4 months, 18 days.
HUN, 3 - 1, 6th Jun 1981 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 63.
Age: 34 years, 8 months, 1 day.
SUI, 1 - 2, 30th May 1981 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 62.
Age: 34 years, 7 months, 25 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 23rd May 1981 (HC) Southampton, Cap: 61.
Age: 34 years, 7 months, 18 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 20th May 1981 (HC) Southampton, Cap: 60.
Age: 34 years, 7 months, 15 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1981 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 59.
Age: 34 years, 6 months, 24 days.
SUI, 2 - 1, 19th Nov 1980 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 58.
Age: 34 years, 1 month, 14 days.
ROU, 1 - 2, 15th Oct 1980 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 57.
Age: 34 years, 0 months, 10 days.
NOR, 4 - 0, 10th Sep 1980 (WCQ) Southampton, Cap: 56.
Age: 33 years, 11 month, 5 days.
ESP, 2 - 1, 18th Jun 1980 (ECF) Southampton, Cap: 55.
Age: 33 years, 8 months, 13 days.
ITA, 0 - 1, 15th Jun 1980 (ECF) Southampton, Cap: 54.
Age: 33 years, 8 months, 10 days.
BEL, 1 - 1, 12th Jun 1980 (ECF) Southampton, Cap: 53.
Age: 33 years, 8 months, 7 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 24th May 1980 (HC) Southampton, Cap: 52.
Age: 33 years, 7 months, 19 days.
NIR, 1 - 1, 20th May 1980 (HC) Southampton, Cap: 51.
Age: 33 years, 7 months, 15 days.
ARG, 3 - 1, 13th May 1980 (FR) Southampton, Cap: 50.
Age: 33 years, 7 months, 8 days.
ESP, 2 - 0, 26th Mar 1980 (FR) Southampton, Cap: 49.
Age: 33 years, 5 months, 21 day.
IRL, 2 - 0, 6th Feb 1980 (ECQ) Southampton, Cap: 48.
Age: 33 years, 4 months, 1 day.
BUL, 2 - 0, 22nd Nov 1979 (ECQ) Southampton, Cap: 47.
Age: 33 years, 1 month, 17 days.
NIR, 5 - 1, 17th Oct 1979 (ECQ) Southampton, Cap: 46.
Age: 33 years, 0 months, 12 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1979 (ECQ) Werder Bremen, Cap: 45.
Age: 32 years, 11 month, 7 days.
AUT, 3 - 4, 13th Jun 1979 (FR) Werder Bremen, Cap: 44.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 8 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 10th Jun 1979 (FR) Werder Bremen, Cap: 43.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 5 days.
BUL, 3 - 0, 6th Jun 1979 (ECQ) Werder Bremen, Cap: 42.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 1 day.
SCO, 3 - 1, 26th May 1979 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 41.
Age: 32 years, 7 months, 21 day.
WAL, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1979 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 40.
Age: 32 years, 7 months, 18 days.
NIR, 2 - 0, 19th May 1979 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 39.
Age: 32 years, 7 months, 14 days.
NIR, 4 - 0, 7th Feb 1979 (ECQ) Manchester City, Cap: 38.
Age: 32 years, 4 months, 2 days.
TCH, 1 - 0, 29th Nov 1978 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 37.
Age: 32 years, 1 month, 24 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 25th Oct 1978 (ECQ) Manchester City, Cap: 36.
Age: 32 years, 0 months, 20 days.
DEN, 4 - 3, 20th Sep 1978 (ECQ) Manchester City, Cap: 35.
Age: 31 years, 11 month, 15 days.
HUN, 4 - 1, 24th May 1978 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 34.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 19 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 20th May 1978 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 33.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 15 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 16th May 1978 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 32.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 11 day.
WAL, 3 - 1, 13th May 1978 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 31.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 8 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th Apr 1978 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 30.
Age: 31 years, 6 months, 14 days.
FRG, 1 - 2, 22nd Feb 1978 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 29.
Age: 31 years, 4 months, 17 days.
ITA, 2 - 0, 16th Nov 1977 (WCQ) Manchester City, Cap: 28.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 11 day.
LUX, 2 - 0, 12th Oct 1977 (WCQ) Manchester City, Cap: 27.
Age: 31 years, 0 months, 7 days.
SUI, 0 - 0, 7th Sep 1977 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 26.
Age: 30 years, 11 month, 2 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 15th Jun 1977 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 25.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 10 days.
ARG, 1 - 1, 12th Jun 1977 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 24.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 7 days.
BRA, 0 - 0, 8th Jun 1977 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 23.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 3 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 4th Jun 1977 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 22.
Age: 30 years, 7 months, 30 days.
WAL, 0 - 1, 31st May 1977 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 21.
Age: 30 years, 7 months, 26 days.
NIR, 2 - 1, 28th May 1977 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 20.
Age: 30 years, 7 months, 23 days.
LUX, 5 - 0, 30th Mar 1977 (WCQ) Manchester City, Cap: 19.
Age: 30 years, 5 months, 25 days.
NED, 0 - 2, 9th Feb 1977 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 18.
Age: 30 years, 4 months, 4 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 19th Nov 1975 (ECQ) Manchester City, Cap: 17.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 14 days.
TCH, 1 - 2, 30th Oct 1975 (ECQ) Manchester City, Cap: 16.
Age: 29 years, 0 months, 25 days.
SUI, 2 - 1, 3rd Sep 1975 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 15.
Age: 28 years, 10 months, 29 days.
SCO, 5 - 1, 24th May 1975 (HC) Sunderland, Cap: 14.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 19 days.
WAL, 2 - 2, 21st May 1975 (HC) Sunderland, Cap: 13.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 16 days.
NIR, 0 - 0, 17th May 1975 (HC) Sunderland, Cap: 12.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 12 days.
CYP, 1 - 0, 11th May 1975 (ECQ) Sunderland, Cap: 11.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 6 days.
CYP, 5 - 0, 16th Apr 1975 (ECQ) Sunderland, Cap: 10.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 11 day.
FRG, 2 - 0, 12th Mar 1975 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 9.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 7 days.
POR, 0 - 0, 20th Nov 1974 (ECQ) Sunderland, Cap: 8.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 15 days.
TCH, 3 - 0, 30th Oct 1974 (ECQ) Sunderland, Cap: 7.
Age: 28 years, 0 months, 25 days.
YUG, 2 - 2, 5th Jun 1974 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 6.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 0 days.
BUL, 1 - 0, 1st Jun 1974 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 5.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 27 days.
GDR, 1 - 1, 29th May 1974 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 4.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 24 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 22nd May 1974 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 3.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 17 days.
SCO, 0 - 2, 18th May 1974 (HC) Sunderland, Cap: 2.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 13 days.
POR, 0 - 0, 3rd Apr 1974 (FR) Sunderland, Cap: 1.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 29 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.