Andy Williams (soccer player, October 1977)

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Andy Williams
Personnel
Surname Andrew Phillip Williams
birthday October 8, 1977
place of birth Bristol ,  England
position Winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1999 Southampton FC 21 (0)
1999 →  Swindon Town  (loan) 4 (0)
1999-2001 Swindon Town 40 (1)
2001-2004 Bath City 78 (8)
2005-2006 Mangotsfield United 1 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1998-2000 Wales U-21 9 (?)
1997-1998 Wales 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Andrew Phillip "Andy" Williams (born October 8, 1977 in Bristol ) is a former Welsh football player . The two-time senior international had to end his career early due to persistent injury problems.

Career

Williams came from the youth department of Southampton FC , where he received his first professional contract in May 1996. The fast winger, who was equally suitable for both outside positions, made his breakthrough in the first team in the 1997/98 season , when he made a total of 24 competitive appearances for the Premier League club. In his professional debut on matchday 1, he was on the starting line-up in a 0-1 home defeat against Bolton Wanderers , and in the further course of the season he was mostly used as a substitute. His development earned him a number of appointments to the Welsh U-21 national team and multiple nominations for the senior team of Wales . He made his international debut for Wales on November 11, 1997 in a 3-0 friendly defeat against reigning world champions Brazil , in June 1998 he was on the starting line-up for the first time after a 3-0 win in another friendly against Malta but remained at the same time his last assignment for the A-national team.

In the following season 1998/99 Williams came under coach Dave Jones only one season and was finally loaned out in September 1999 to the second division Swindon Town , who took him under contract after four appearances in early October for £ 65,000. At Swindon he played in the episode mostly in the left midfield and came in his first season to 36 league appearances. At the end of the season, the club rose as a knocked-off bottom of the table in the Second Division . Shortly after the start of the following season, Williams had groin problems that required surgery. It was only towards the end of the season that he found connection to the team and came to three more missions, but Swindon did not renew his expiring contract.

Williams then ended his professional career and played for Bath City in the Southern League . After a rather mixed season, he was named Player of the Year within the team in 2002/03. In the 2003/04 season, Williams again forced groin problems to take a long break before he interrupted his football career in July 2004 due to persistent knee problems. In the 2005/06 season he tried Mangotsfield United , also in the Southern League, a comeback, but did not get beyond a use as a substitute.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 320 .
  2. ↑ rsssf.com: Wales - International Results 1990–1999 - Details
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 343 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Exxus Ltd, London 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 327 .
  5. ↑ a b bathcityfc.com: Bath City - Past Players ( Memento from May 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ southern-football-league.co.uk: August 2004 News Archive ( Memento from September 3, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Andrew Phillip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Bristol