page_title: Ben Watson (footballer, born July 1985)
section_title: Crystal Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Ben Watson (footballer, born July 1985) / Club career / Crystal Palace
context_page_description: Ben Watson is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest. He has previously played for Wigan Athletic, Crystal Palace and Watford, and had loan spells at Queens Park Rangers and West Bromwich Albion. He has also represented England at U21 level.
  Watson won an FA Cup winners medal in 2013, by scoring a stoppage time header and the only goal of the game against Manchester City. This was the first time Wigan Athletic had won the FA Cup.
context_section_description: Born in Camberwell, London, Watson made his debut aged 17 towards the end of the 2002–03 season against Watford, giving a good performance to keep his place in the side for the final four games of the season. He scored his first goal for the club at the start of the following season in a 1–1 draw against Millwall, and gradually featured in the Palace side more regularly over the next few seasons, surpassing 200 appearances for the Eagles before his 23rd birthday.
  He has also represented England in the under-21 team.
  In 2006, he was one of six nominees for the "League Cup New Talent Award", drawn up by the Football Writers' Association. He was also named as Palace's "Young Player of The Year" at the end of the season, and was rewarded with a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2009.
caption: Watson  warming up during a game with Crystal Palace in 2008.
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