Joe Watson (soccer)
Joseph Watson (1 January 1952 – 30 September 2000) was an Australian soccer player who played as a winger in a 24-year career extending from 1968 to 1992.A native of Fife, 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 Forfar Athletic 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.While he had retired from international football in 1985, he was honoured with being named captain in a friendly against Czechoslovakia in August 1986.[2] Watson was diagnosed with liver cancer, after which a day of charity matches was scheduled in August 2000 to raise funds.