David Williams (footballer, born 1955)

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David Williams
Personal information
Full name David Michael Williams [1]
Date of birth (1955-03-11) 11 March 1955 (age 69) [1]
Place of birth Cardiff, [1] Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1985 Bristol Rovers 352 (66)
1985–1992 Norwich City 74 (12)
1993 AFC Bournemouth 1 (0)
International career
1986 Wales 5 (0)
Managerial career
1983–1985 Bristol Rovers
1988 Wales (caretaker)
1992 Norwich City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Michael Williams (born 11 March 1955) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, spending most of his career with Bristol Rovers. At international level, he made five appearances for the Wales national team.

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Playing career

Bristol Rovers

Williams started off in amateur football with Clifton Athletic before joining Bristol Rovers in 1975. Unusually, he began with the League club as an amateur, combining playing League football with studying on a teacher training course, and later with teaching at Mostyn High School in Cardiff. After already making 113 League appearances, he finally turned fully professional in 1978.

In May 1983, he was promoted to the position of player-manager after Bobby Gould left. He won 51 of his 108 games in the post, and won the Gloucestershire Cup twice.

Norwich City

Williams was still 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. [3]

Welsh international

It was during his time with Norwich in Division 1 that he played five times for the Wales national team. In 1988, he also coached Wales as caretaker manager, including a 3–1 loss against Yugoslavia, prior to the appointment of Terry Yorath. [3]

Managerial and coaching career

In July 1992 Williams was appointed assistant manager at AFC Bournemouth. He also made one appearance as a player towards the end of the 1992–93 season. [4] In February 1994 he took on the same position at Everton before becoming reserve team coach at Leeds United. After completing a youth team coaching role at Manchester United in 2002, he spent some time as a driving instructor in Harrogate, returning to Norwich to as Assistant Academy Manager in the summer of 2004. [3] [5]

In addition to his role at Carrow Road, he also coached the Welsh international youth sides as assistant to Brian Flynn. In May 2007 at the age of 52 Williams left Norwich and retired from club coaching though continued his involvement with the Welsh youth squads. [6] He briefly became assistant manager of the Welsh team when Flynn was appointed caretaker in September 2010. [3] [5]

In February 2013, soon after Flynn had been made manager of Doncaster Rovers, he appointed Williams as his assistant. Williams left the role at the end of the 2012–13 season. [5]

Honours

Norwich City
Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "David Williams". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  262. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "David Williams - Biography". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 83. ISBN   978-0-74727-895-5.
  5. 1 2 3 "Flynn Appoints Assistant". Doncaster Rovers official site. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "David Williams". Bristol Rovers 'Independent' Supporters. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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