 The injury would rule him out of action for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.Watson re-joined Northampton Town on loan at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, and went on to make fifteen appearances for the club, scoring a single goal in a 3–2 Football League Trophy first round win against Colchester United on 1 September 2015.Following the expiry of his loan, Watson returned to Leicester City in January 2016 and continued to play for the club's reserve team.