CHRIS WATTS

Signed on August 19th 1978 at the age of 22 by Keith Rudd.

Previous clubs- Gorleston, Norwich City.
Debut v Kettering Town in Southern League Cup (Lost 4-0)

Made 471 appearances under six different managers.
A good "club man",  Chris had a nose for football, not so much for scoring goals - although he managed 45 in his time with Lynn - but for breaking. On no less than three occasions did he manage to break his nose but seldom did injury stop him turning out again for the next match. He was knocked out warming up in the dressing room prior to the 1980 FA Cup tie against Enderby Town but recovered in time to take to the field and score one of the goals.
Testimonial match in December 1987 v Ipswich. In the programme for this match Chris gave his all-star Lynn team as: Mick Drewery, Les McJannet, Richard Johnston, Andy Bircumshaw, Martyn Wiles, Craig Thompson, Mick Wright, David Burrows, Kevin Ready, Martin Coupe, Martyn Twigger. Manager: Keith Rudd.

Chris died in August 2006 following a three-year battle with motor neurone disease.
 
Chris'  Playing Record  P W D L Goals
Southern League 213 (4) 85 54 71 18
Northern Premier 124 44 42 38 9
President's Cup 6 3 2 1 1
Southern League Cup 30 (1) 12 7 11 4
FA Cup 27 (2) 14 5 8 5
FA Trophy 27 12 6 9 4
NPL Cup 10 3 4 3 1
East Anglian Cup 23 (1) 13 3 7 3
Culey Cup 3 (1) 0 0 3 0
GMAC Cup 3 1 1 1 0
Dairy Crest Cup 3 0 0 3 0
Anglo-Italian Tounament 2 0 0 2 0
Total 471  (9) 187 124 160 45

Season by season
Appearances Max Goals
1978-79 49 49 5
1979-80 49 52 4
1980-81 55 55 6
1981-82 61 64 5
1982-83 63 64 7
1983-84 44 48 4
1984-85 42 65 3
1985-86 51 51 4
1986-87 53 58 7
1987-88 4 23 0
Total 471 529 45

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