- Dean Williams (footballer)
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Dean Williams Personal information Full name Dean Williams Date of birth 5 January 1972 Place of birth Lichfield, England Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Telford United
(goalkeeping coach)Youth career – Birmingham City Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–1992 Birmingham City 4 (0) 1991 → Cobh Ramblers (loan) (0) 1992–1993 Tamworth (0) 1993–1994 Brentford 7 (0) 1994–1997 Doncaster Rovers 83 (0) 1997 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 0 (0) 1997–1998 Gateshead 24 (0) 1998–2001 Telford United (0) 2001–2004 TNS 48 (0) 2004 Aberystwyth Town 6 (0) 2004–2005 Forest Green Rovers 23 (0) 2005–2007 Stafford Rangers (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dean Williams (born 5 January 1972)[1] is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 100 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Brentford and Doncaster Rovers,[2] and represented Welsh Premier League clubs TNS in the UEFA Cup and Aberystwyth Town in the Intertoto Cup. He is part-time goalkeeping coach of Conference North club Telford United.
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Playing career
Williams, born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, signed for Birmingham City on schoolboy forms at 14.[citation needed] When he left school in 1988, he was accepted as a trainee under the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) system, and turned professional in 1990.[1] He made his first-team debut at the end of the 1989–90 season, in a 2–1 defeat at home to Notts County.[3] A spell on loan in Ireland with Cobh Ramblers followed in 1991. Birmingham used five different goalkeepers, including Alan Miller and Kevin Dearden on loan from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotsput respectively, during the 1991–92 season, but Williams was not one of those five;[4] he was released in March 1992 and joined Tamworth.[1]
Williams played for Brentford in the 1993–94 season before joining Doncaster Rovers in August 1994.[1] He spent three seasons with the club, making nearly 100 first-team appearances, before moving on to Gateshead in late 1997. Released by the club at the end of the 1997–98 season following their relegation from the Conference, he joined Telford United in August 1998.[5] He made 90 appearances for the club before joining Welsh Premier League club Total Network Solutions (TNS) in 2001.[6]
In nearly three seasons with TNS, Williams played 72 games in all competitions,[7] including representing the club in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, conceding only twice in the second leg of the qualifying round against Manchester City at the Millennium Stadium.[8] He lost his place through injury, then was suspended by the club following a dispute with the management, and left at the end of the 2003–04 season; Williams had planned to take TNS to an employment tribunal, but the parties reached a financial agreement before the hearing.[9]
He signed for Aberystwyth Town, playing in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup against Dinaburg and keeping a clean sheet in the first leg,[10] and also played six games in the Welsh Premier League, before moving on in September 2004 to Forest Green Rovers,[11] for whom he played 23 games in the Conference.[12] Williams then moved on to Stafford Rangers, helping them to runners-up spot in the Conference North and promotion via a man-of-the-match performance in the play-off final in which he saved Droylsden's first kick in the penalty shootout.[13] He played nine times for the club in the Conference before calling a halt to his playing career.[14]
Later career
Williams joined Telford United as part-time goalkeeping coach in 2008.[6] With help from the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), he established a new career as a plumber.[15]
References
- ^ a b c d Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Dean Williams". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/deanwilliams.htm. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ Matthews, p. 225.
- ^ Matthews, p. 50.
- ^ "United welcome back Williams" (reprint; paid subscription required for full article). The Independent (Highbeam Research). 15 August 1998. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4932367.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Williams keeps up Bucks links". Shropshire Star. 22 November 2008. http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/22/williams-keeps-up-bucks-links/. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Profile: Dean Williams". Saints-Alive!. http://www.saints-alive.co.uk/tpl/player.php?sort=apps&id=16. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "TNS not disgraced in cup exit". Welsh Premier League. http://www.welsh-premier.com/sa_matchrep_europe.php?id=86. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ Bagnall, Steve (23 September 2004). "Goalkeeper settles row with ex-club" (reprint). Liverpool Daily Post (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LDPC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10555739DD64BB12&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Aber fail to break down Latvians". Welsh Premier League. http://www.welsh-premier.com/sa_matchrep_europe.php?id=97. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "Welsh Premier career details for Dean Williams". Welsh Premier League. http://www.welsh-premier.com/player_detail_solo_europe.php?player_id=32. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Games played by Dean Williams in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=39675&seasonid=134. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ McLean, Dave (11 May 2006). "Cool Boro bin Bloods". Staffordshire Newsletter. http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/staffordshirenewsletter-sport/displayarticle.asp?id=90731. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Games played by Dean Williams in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8536&seasonid=136. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ Clarkson, Ian (14 January 2009). "Williams takes the plunger". Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa/pfa-news/williams-takes-the-plunger. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
External links
- Dean Williams career stats at Soccerbase
- Dean Williams career stats at Soccerbase (Forest Green appearances)
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Lichfield
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Cobh Ramblers F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town F.C. players
- Gateshead F.C. players
- Telford United F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Aberystwyth Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Players in the Welsh Premier League
- The New Saints F.C. players
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