Player Info
David Vernon Watson
Born: 5th October 1946, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
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Position whilst with England: Centre Half
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Clubs whilst with England: Sunderland, Manchester City, Werder Bremen, Southampton & Stoke City
- Not to be confused with Dave Watson (1984-1988)
Match Statistics
- Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins


- Friendly
- 23
- 0
- 0
- 1980
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Qualifier
- 7
- 0
- 1
- 599
- 0
- 0
- European Championship Qualifier
- 14
- 3
- 0
- 1147
- 0
- 0
- European Championship Finals
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 270
- 0
- 0
- Home Championship
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 1530
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 42
- 4
- 3
- 3546
- 0
- 0
- Home
- 31
- 2
- 3
- 2700
- 0
- 0
- Away
- 32
- 2
- 0
- 2646
- 0
- 0
- Neutral
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 180
- 0
- 0
- Total
- 65
- 4
- 3
- 5526
- 0
- 0
Match Statistics
- Debut
- v
Portugal (FR) on 3rd April 1974 aged 27 years, 180 days - Last Cap
- v
Iceland (FR) on 2nd June 1982 aged 35 years, 240 days - First Goal
- v
Northern Ireland (ECQ) on 7th February 1979 aged 32 years, 125 days - First Captaincy
- v
Romania (WCQ) on 29th April 1981 aged 34 years, 206 days - Career
- 8 years, 60 days
- Starts
- 63
- Substitute

- 2
- Withdrawn

- 6
- Full Games
- 57
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
Match List
ISL, 2nd Jun 82 (FR)
NIR, 23rd Feb 82 (HC)
HUN, 6th Jun 81 (WCQ)
SUI, 30th May 81 (WCQ) 
SCO, 23rd May 81 (HC)

WAL, 20th May 81 (HC) 
BRA, 12th May 81 (FR)
ROU, 29th Apr 81 (WCQ) 
ESP, 25th Mar 81 (FR)
ROU, 15th Oct 80 (WCQ)
ESP, 18th Jun 80 (ECF)
ITA, 15th Jun 80 (ECF)
BEL, 12th Jun 80 (ECF)
SCO, 24th May 80 (HC)
NIR, 20th May 80 (HC)
ARG, 13th May 80 (FR)
ESP, 26th Mar 80 (FR)
IRL, 6th Feb 80 (ECQ)
BUL, 22nd Nov 79 (ECQ) 
NIR, 17th Oct 79 (ECQ)
DEN, 12th Sep 79 (ECQ)
AUT, 13th Jun 79 (FR)
SWE, 10th Jun 79 (FR) 
BUL, 6th Jun 79 (ECQ) 
SCO, 26th May 79 (HC)
WAL, 23rd May 79 (HC)
NIR, 19th May 79 (HC) 
NIR, 7th Feb 79 (ECQ) 
TCH, 29th Nov 78 (FR)
IRL, 25th Oct 78 (ECQ) 
DEN, 20th Sep 78 (ECQ)
HUN, 24th May 78 (FR) 
SCO, 20th May 78 (HC)
NIR, 16th May 78 (HC)
WAL, 13th May 78 (HC)
BRA, 19th Apr 78 (FR)
FRG, 22nd Feb 78 (FR)
ITA, 16th Nov 77 (WCQ)
LUX, 12th Oct 77 (WCQ) 
SUI, 7th Sep 77 (FR)
URU, 15th Jun 77 (FR)
ARG, 12th Jun 77 (FR)
BRA, 8th Jun 77 (FR)
SCO, 4th Jun 77 (HC)
WAL, 31st May 77 (HC)
NIR, 28th May 77 (HC)
LUX, 30th Mar 77 (WCQ)
NED, 9th Feb 77 (FR)
POR, 19th Nov 75 (ECQ)
TCH, 30th Oct 75 (ECQ) 
SUI, 3rd Sep 75 (FR)
SCO, 24th May 75 (HC)
WAL, 21st May 75 (HC)
NIR, 17th May 75 (HC)
CYP, 11th May 75 (ECQ)
CYP, 16th Apr 75 (ECQ)
FRG, 12th Mar 75 (FR)
POR, 20th Nov 74 (ECQ)
TCH, 30th Oct 74 (ECQ)
YUG, 5th Jun 74 (FR)
BUL, 1st Jun 74 (FR)
GDR, 29th May 74 (FR)
ARG, 22nd May 74 (FR)
SCO, 18th May 74 (HC) 
POR, 3rd Apr 74 (FR)
