 Watt playing forGrimsby Town in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Mair Watt[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (age 40)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Aberdeen | ||
| 2002–2005 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | →Barnsley (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Swansea City | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | →Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Ross County | 43 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Grimsby Town | 25 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Dover Athletic | 15 | (1) |
| 2013 | →Maidstone United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Maidstone United | 89 | (1) |
| 2015 | Hemel Hempstead | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Leatherhead | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Hastings United | 13 | (5) |
| Total | 220 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Margate | ||
| 2018 | Maidstone United (Caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Hythe Town | ||
| 2022–2024 | Hythe Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steven Mair Watt (born 1 May 1985) is a Scottish football manager and former player.
As a player, he was acentre back who notably playedPremier League football forChelsea, and has also played professionally forBarnsley,Swansea City,Inverness Caledonian Thistle,Ross County andGrimsby Town. He went on to play non-league football forDover Athletic,Maidstone United,Hemel Hempstead,Leatherhead andHastings United. Watt was capped five times byScotland U21 in 2005.
Retiring in 2017, he moved into coaching and has managedMargate, Maidstone United and has had several spells as manager ofHythe Town.
Born in Aberdeen, and raised in Gardenstown, a fishing village in the North East Aberdeenshire coast,[1] Watt began his career withChelsea, making his debut againstScunthorpe United in theFA Cup in January 2005.[2] He played the full 90 minutes and earned praise fromJosé Mourinho for his performance. On 15 May 2005 Watt made hisPremier League debut coming on as an 89th-minute substitute forJiri Jarosik in the away fixture withNewcastle United. The game ended 1–1, with Watt playing alongside the likes ofFrank Lampard,Ricardo Carvalho,Claude Makélélé,Joe Cole andEiður Guðjohnsen.
In November 2005 Watt spent a month on loan toBarnsley, for whom he made three starts, scoring an injury time equaliser againstRotherham United.[3]
Shortly after returning to Chelsea he was allowed to leave thePremier League club and joined Swansea on 10 January 2006. Watt joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a season long loan to regain his match fitness. He made his debut in theScottish League Cup againstArbroath. Despite a fairly solid performance, he never played again for the first team and left the club to return toSwansea City. Watt suffered persistent shoulder injuries during his time with Swansea,[4] which meant that his contract was not extended when it expired at the end of the 2007–08 season.[5]
Following a successful trial, he signed a two-year deal withRoss County in August 2008. Watt made his debut for Ross County on 16 November 2008 in theChallenge Cup Final againstAirdrie United. He scored his first goal for the club against Dunfermline on 13 February 2010.[6]
On 17 July 2010 Watt played forGrimsby Town in the club's 2–1 friendly victory overSheffield Wednesday, and went on to make several impressive appearances for Town in their pre-season campaign. On 2 August 2010, Watt signed a two-year deal with Grimsby.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Darlington on 24 August 2010,[8] and went on to partnerDarran Kempson as the club's preferred centre backs during the first part of the season underNeil Woods. However Woods was eventually sacked midway through the season and was replaced byRob Scott andPaul Hurst who dropped Watt from the first team as he went on to only feature in the pair's first match in charge. Following the conclusion of the 2010–2011 season, he was released.[9]
During pre-season Watt had moved south with his family and had joinedDover Athletic on trial, before formally rejecting a contract fromConference National sideGateshead in the interest of not wanting to uproot his family to the north again.[10] On 18 July Watt joinedMansfield Town on trial.[11] He signed for the club on 2 August 2011.[12]
On 15 February 2013 Watt signed an initial month's loan forMaidstone United, the player dropping down two levels to play for his adopted hometown,[13] making six appearances before signing permanently on 18 March 2013.[14] Watt captained Maidstone to the Isthmian league title in the 2014–15 season. On 16 November 2015, Watt was released by the club.[15]
Several weeks after being released Watt joinedHemel Hempstead Town[16] making his debut on 1 December 2015 in the second round of the Herts Senior Cup, in a 0–3 defeat toBishop's Stortford. His league debut was four days later againstEbbsfleet United, ending in a 1–2 home defeat. Watt's third and final game for the club came a week later when he captained Hemel in a 7-4 FA Trophy defeat atEastbourne Borough.
On 14 December 2015 Watt joinedLeatherhead as player/assistant manager[17]
Watt was appointed manager ofHythe Town for a second time, on 17 May 2022.[18] Although he resigned following a play-off final defeat, he later rescinded his relegation and returned to the club the following day.[19]
In April 2024, the club confirmed that Watt would be stepping down from his position as manager at the end of the season.[20] Following a defeat in their next fixture however, he left the club with immediate effect.[21]
