Johnny Watts (English footballer)

Johnny Watts
Personal information
Full name	John William Watts
Date of birth	13 April 1931
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	March 2006 (aged 74)
Place of death	Brownhills, England
Position(s)	Right half
Youth career
1948–1951	Birmingham City
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half.[1]

Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham.[2] He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service.[2] In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times.[2] In 1964 he joined Nuneaton Borough of the Southern League where he was to spend four years.[3] He played briefly for West Midlands (Regional) League club Bromsgrove Rovers before retiring in 1969.[2]

Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006.[4]

Honours

Birmingham City

Football League Second Division: 1954–55[2]
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup finalist: 1958–60[2]

Nuneaton Borough

Southern League runner-up: 1966–67[5]

References

"Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 1 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 176.
From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 74.
Smith, Lisa (10 March 2006). "Tributes after Blues hero dies". Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.
From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2. p. 34. After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.

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[1] "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[Matthews-2] Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

[3] From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 1 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 176.
From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 74.

[4] Smith, Lisa (10 March 2006). "Tributes after Blues hero dies". Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.

[5] From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2. p. 34. After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.