 Another promotion (and another title near miss) followed in the next season and Rotherham were promoted again into the Football League Championship.A key part of their rapid acceleration, Watson helped guide the team to survival by the narrowest of goal-difference margins.After over 100 games at Rotherham his knack for promotions was spotted by then Reading manager Alan Pardew who at first, took Watson on loan before signing him permanently in March 2002 for £150,000 – where he promptly repeated the trick, guiding the Royals to promotion from League One, in his now customary second place.