Watson, a centre forward, played 505 times for West Ham between 1920 and 1936. The club paid just £50 for Vic Watson from Cambridge Town, bringing him in to provide cover for
Syd Puddefoot. ref. Saffron Walden Weekly Newa Watson is the club's
record goalscorer with 326 goals: 298 in the League and 28 in the FA Cup. 203 of his league goals were from 295 top flight appearances. Watson gained two international
caps with
England in 1923 and a further three caps in 1930, scoring four goals in total, including two against
Scotland in the
1930 British Home Championship. He spent one season (1935–36) with
Southampton before retiring and he was the club's
top scorer with 14 goals in 36 league appearances. Upon retiring from professional footballer, he returned to Cambridgeshire He became a market gardener in
Girton, Cambridgeshire and trained his former club, Cambridge Town. He also made two further appearances for Cambridge Town, the first being at Ipswich Town in the F.A. Cup on November 14th, 1936. He was also to play in the friendly against Newmarket Town on Christmas Day, 1936 and was to die in August 1988 at the age of 90. ==Honours==