Paul Watson

Paul Douglas Watson (born 4 January 1975) is an English former footballer who played as a full-back.

During his career, Watson played for Gillingham, Fulham, Brentford, Coventry City and most notably for Brighton & Hove Albion before dropping into non-League football and playing for Woking, Rushden & Diamonds, Crawley Town and finally Bognor Regis Town.

After retiring from football, Watson studied a part-time course at Brunel University in physiotherapy. He was appointed as Brighton & Hove Albion's assistant physiotherapist on 11 June 2009. He was appointed Head of First Team Physiotherapy in 2017. He was appointed head of Sheffield United's medical team at the start of the 2017–18 season where, after gaining promotion to the Premier League in 2018–19, in their first season they shared the best injury record in the league with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Honours Football League Third Division: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2000-01 Football League Second Division: 2001-02, 2003-04