Alexander Francis Watson (born 5 April 1968) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for Liverpool, Derby County, AFC Bournemouth, Gillingham, Torquay United and Exeter City.
[5] In August 1990 he joined Derby County for a brief loan spell, and the following January he made a permanent move to AFC Bournemouth for a fee of £150,000.
He spent almost five years there, making 182 appearances and scoring 6 league goals, moving to Gillingham on loan in September 1995 before joining Torquay United in November 1995 for a fee of £50,000.
[3] He quickly became a crowd favourite at Torquay, becoming club captain in 1997 and assistant manager in 1999 under Wes Saunders.
In July 2001 he made the short journey to join Exeter City on a free transfer.