- David Williams (Welsh footballer)
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Not to be confused with Dave Williams (Welsh footballer).
David Williams Personal information Full name David Williams Date of birth 11 March 1955 Place of birth Cardiff, Wales Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1975-1985 Bristol Rovers 352 (66) 1985-1992 Norwich City 74 (12) National team 1986 Wales 5 (0) Teams managed 1983–1985 Bristol Rovers 1988 Wales (caretaker) 1992 Norwich City (caretaker) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Michael Williams (born 11 March 1955 in Cardiff) is a former professional footballer and football coach. He was a full Welsh international.
Williams was a midfield player who began his career with Bristol Rovers, for whom he played between 1975 and 1985. He was player-manager of Rovers when Norwich City manager Ken Brown took him to Carrow Road before the start of the 1985-86 season. Williams won a second division championship medal in his first season with the Canaries and went on to serve the club as player-coach, assistant manager and, for one game, caretaker manager before he left in 1992. During this period he also coached the Wales national team as a caretaker in 1988.
Williams went on to coach at Newport County, Bournemouth, Everton, Leeds United and Manchester United before returning to Norwich to manage the youth academy in the summer of 2004. In addition to his role at Carrow Road, he also coached the Welsh international youth sides. Williams was voted into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his contribution to the club as a player and a coach.
He announced his retirement from club coaching in May 2007.([1])
External links
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- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
1982–83 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year GK: David Felgate · DF: Malcolm Brown · DF: Trevor Peake · DF: Steve Bruce · DF: Micky Adams · MF: Neil Webb · MF: David Williams · MF: Bobby Doyle · FW: Kerry Dixon · FW: Alan Biley · FW: Glenn Cockerill1984–85 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Tony Norman · DF: Gerry Forrest · DF: Peter Skipper · DF: Dave Cusack · DF: Kenny Mower · MF: Ian Snodin · MF: Stuart McCall · MF: David Williams · FW: Tony Cascarino · FW: Bobby Campbell · FW: Bobby DavisonBristol Rovers F.C. – managers Homer (1899–1920) · Hall (1920–21) · Wilson (1921–26) · Palmer (1926–29) · McLean (1929–30) · Prince-Cox (1930–36) · Smith (1936–37) · Fletcher (1938–50) · Tann (1950–68) · Ford (1968–69) · Dodgin (1969–72) · Megson (1972–77) · Campbell (1977–79) · Jarman (1979–80) · Cooper (1980–81) · Gingell (1981) · Gould (1981–83) · Williams (1983–85) · Gould (1985–87) · Francis (1987–91) · Dobson (1991) · Rofe (1991–92) · Allison (1992–93) · Ward (1993–96) · Holloway (1996–2001) · Francis (2001) · Thompson (2001–02) · Bater (2002) · Graydon (2002–04) · Bater (2004) · Atkins (2004–05) · Trollope (2005–10) · Patterson (2010–11) · Penney (2011) · Campbell (2011) · Buckle (2011–)
Norwich City F.C. – managers Bowman (1905–07) · McEwen (1907–08) · Turner (1909–10) · Stansfield (1910–15) · Buckley (1919–20) · O'Hagan (1920–21) · Gosnell (1921–26) · Stansfield (1926) · Potter (1926–29) · Kerr (1929–33) · Parker (1933–37) · Young (1937–38) · Jewell (1939) · Young (1939–45) · Lochhead (1945–46) · Spiers (1946–47) · Lochhead (1947–50) · Low (1950–55) · Parker (1955–57) · Macaulay (1957–61) · Reid (1961–62) · Swindin (1962) · Ashman (1962–1966) · Morgan (1966–69) · Saunders (1969–73) · Bond (1973–80) · Brown (1980–87) · Stringer (1987–92) · Williams (1992) · Walker (1992–94) · Deehan (1994–95) · O'Neill (1995) · Franklin (1995) · Megson (1995–96) · Walker (1996–98) · Rioch (1998–2000) · Hamilton (2000) · Worthington (2000–06) · Hunter (2006) · Grant (2006–07) · Duffy (2007) · Roeder (2007–09) · Gunn (2009) · Butterworth (2009) · Lambert (2009–)
Newport County A.F.C. – managers McDougall (1912–13) · Hollis (1913–17) · Parkes (1919–22) · Hindmarsh (1922–35) · Page (1935–37) · McCandless (1937–46) · Bromilow (1946–50) · Stansfield (1950–53) · Lucas (1953–61) · Evans (1961–62) · Lucas (1962–67) · Graham (1967–69) · Ferguson (1969–70) · Lucas (1970–74) · Harris (1974–75) · Elliott (1975–76) · Scoular (1976–77) · Addison (1977–78) · Ashurst (1978–82) · Addison (1982–85) · Smith (1985–86) · Relish (1986) · Mullen (1986–87) · Lewis (1987) · Eastick (1987–88) · Williams (1988) · May (1988) · Mahoney (1988–89) · Relish (1989–93) · Rogers (1993–96) · Price (1996–97) · Harris (1997–2002) · Nicholas (2002–04) · Cornforth (2004–05) · Beadle (2005–08) · Holdsworth (2008–11) · Harris (2011) · Hudson (2011) · Harrison (2011) · Edinburgh (2011–)
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