Adam Watts (footballer)

Adam Watts

Personal information
Full name	Adam James Watts [1]
Date of birth	(1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 36) [1]
Place of birth	Hackney, London, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
000?–2007	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Fulham	0	(0)
2007	→ Milton Keynes Dons (loan)	2	(0)
2009	→ Northampton Town (loan)	5	(0)
2009	→ Lincoln City (loan)	10	(0)
2010–2011	Lincoln City	59	(1)
2012	Gainsborough Trinity	8	(0)
2012–2015	Eastbourne Borough	93	(5)
Total		177	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam James Watts (born 4 March 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He came through the youth academy at Fulham before going on to play in the Football League for Milton Keynes Dons, Northampton Town and Lincoln City. He ended his career in non-league football with spells at Gainsborough Trinity and Eastbourne Borough.

Career

Fulham

Watts began his professional career at Fulham; however, he never went on to make a first team appearance for Fulham. In 2007, Watts signed his first professional contract with Fulham. ^[2] Yet, in the League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, he was an unused substitute. He made a league appearance during a loan spell with Milton Keynes Dons in Football League Two. ^[3] On 10 September 2008, Watts signed a new contract with Fulham that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2010. ^[4] In April 2009 he signed for League One side Northampton Town, on loan until the end of the season. ^[5] He made a handful of appearances, but could not prevent Northampton being relegated, before he returned to Fulham. After starting the 2009/10 season in Fulham's first team squad, making the bench against CSKA Sofia and Manchester City, he departed the club.

Lincoln City

On 2 October 2009 he agreed to join Lincoln City on an initial month's loan, ^[6] becoming newly installed managed Chris Sutton's first signing for the club. ^[7] He made his debut in the club's 1–0 home victory over Aldershot Town the following day ^[8] and, after helping his side to two clean sheets in his first two games, his loan was extended until 2 January 2010. ^[9] Having impressed during his loan period, on 31 December 2009 the club announced that Watts had agreed terms on a permanent contract with the Imps that will run until the summer of 2012, joining for an undisclosed fee; ^[10] the paperwork being completed on 5 January 2010. ^[11] On 20 February 2010 his season was ended when he suffered a fracture of his left fibula in the 2–2 draw at Grimsby Town, ^[12] the injury seeing him undergo surgery to pin the fracture. ^[13] The following season, he returned to the side and scored his first and only goal for the club in a 4–3 win at Stockport County. ^[14]

In May 2011, he was made available on a free transfer by the club, after a mass clear out of players following relegation from the Football League. ^[15] On 27 December 2011 he departed Sincil Bank by mutual consent. ^[16]

Gainsborough Trinity

Watts signed with Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity on 6 January 2012 ^[17] He was amongst the Trinity side that missed out on promotion to the Conference National after defeat to Nuneaton Town in the play-off final. He was released with three other players on 18 May 2012. ^[18]

Eastbourne Borough

Watts signed for Eastbourne Borough of the Conference South in October 2012. ^[19] He received the Manager's player and the Player's player of the year awards in his first season at the club, making 29 appearances in all competitions (26 league). ^[20] On 26 November 2015, he decided to take a break from the game to allow himself to recover from recurring injury problems. ^{[21] [22]}

Career statistics

Source: ^{[23] [24]}

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fulham	2006–07	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
→ Milton Keynes (loan)	2006–07	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Fulham	2007–08	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulham	2008–09	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
→ Northampton Town (loan)	2008–09	League One	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
→ Lincoln City (loan)	2009–10	League Two	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Total			17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Lincoln City	2009–10	League Two	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Lincoln City	2010–11	League Two	40	1	2	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	44	1
Lincoln City	2011–12	Conference Premier	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Total			59	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	63	1
Gainsborough Trinity	2011–12	Conference North	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Total			8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Eastbourne Borough	2012–13	Conference South	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
Eastbourne Borough	2013–14	Conference South	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	1
Eastbourne Borough	2014–15	Conference South	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	3
Eastbourne Borough	2015–16	National League South	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Total			93	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	5
Career total			177	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	183	6

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "Young Whites sign". Fulham Official Website. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
3. "Watts loaned to Dons". Fulham Official Website. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
4. "Watts Contract Extension". Fulham Official Website. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
5. "Watts loan deal". Fulham Official Website. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
6. "Fulham defender joins on loan". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Imps sign defender Watts on loan". BBC Sport. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
8. "Imps Serge To Maximum Haul". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. "Watts loan extended". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
10. "Watts set to pen permanent deal". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
11. "Watts completes permanent switch". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
12. "Broken leg agony for Watts". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Watts' operation goes well". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
14. "Stockport 3-4 Lincoln". BBC. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
15. "Steve Tilson clears out Lincoln City squad". BBC Sport. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
16. "Watts departs". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
17. "Mulready, Watts to sign for Gainsborough Trinity | Gainsborough People". gainsboroughpeople.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
18. "Trinity Release Four". NonLeagueDaily.com. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
19. "Squad Addition: Central Defender Added". ebfc.co.uk (Eastbourne Borough F.C.). 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
20. "Double award for Borough defender". Eastbourne Herald. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
21. "Borough defender Watts cancels his contract as injuries take their toll". Eastbourne Herald. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
22. "Eastbourne Borough cancel contract of defender Watts". The Argus. Brighton. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
23. "Adam Watts | Football Stats | No Club | Age 36 | 2006-2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
24. "England - A. Watts - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.

External links

• Adam Watts at Soccerbase