Lee Williamson

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Lee Williamson
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Williamson warming up for Watford in 2008
Personal information
Full name Lee Trevor Williamson
Date of birth (1982-06-07) 7 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ilkeston Town (first-team coach)
Youth career
000?–1999 Mansfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004 Mansfield Town 144 (3)
2004–2005 Northampton Town 37 (0)
2005–2007 Rotherham United 56 (9)
2007–2009 Watford 71 (4)
2009 → Preston North End (loan) 5 (1)
2009–2012 Sheffield United 76 (19)
2012–2013 Portsmouth 22 (0)
2013–2016 Blackburn Rovers 79 (0)
2016–2017 Burton Albion 14 (0)
2018–2019 Kimberley Miners Welfare (dual reg) 8 (2)
2018–2020 Kidsgrove Athletic (dual reg) 52 (11)
2020–2021 Congleton Town 5 (0)
Total569(49)
International career
2015–2016 Jamaica 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Trevor Williamson (born 7 June 1982) is a former professional footballer who is currently a first-team coach at Ilkeston Town.

Contents

Born in Derby he started his career at Mansfield Town before spending time at Northampton Town, Rotherham United, Watford, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth before joining Blackburn. He has chosen to play internationally for Jamaica. [2]

Club career

Early career

Williamson started his career at Mansfield Town, making 165 appearances in his stay at Field Mill. He then moved to Northampton Town early in the 2004–05 season where he quickly established himself as an automatic choice in the first team where he scored two goals.

Williamson then joined Rotherham United in the summer of 2005, and once again established himself in first team.

Watford

He completed a move to Watford along with teammate Will Hoskins for a combined fee of £1.2 million on 5 January 2007. On 31 January 2007 he played his first Premier League match for Watford against Manchester United. [3]

Williamson scored three times in his first season at Vicarage Road but was then loaned to Preston North End at the end of March until the end of the 2008–09 season. [4] He scored his only Preston goal on 18 April 2009 against Cardiff City which rounded off a 6–0 win at Deepdale. [5]

Sheffield United

Williamson signed with Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £500,000, during the 2009 close season. [6] Having suffered a back injury in pre-season [7] Williamson found himself sidelined until the end of October and had to wait until December to score his début goal for the club against Crystal Palace. [8]

He continued to be dogged by injuries during his first season with the Blades and eventually returned for a second operation on his back in the close season. This time, however, Williamson almost died after suffering complications during the operation. He was placed on a life support machine for two days after contracting an infection. Commenting at the time, then Blades Manager Kevin Blackwell said: "He was placed on life support. He's a very lucky lad to be alive." [9]

On 26 July 2012, on Sheffield United's pre-season tour of Malta, manager, Danny Wilson confirmed Williamson would not sign a new deal with the club and had subsequently been told to stay away from training with the squad. Despite this Wilson refused to rule out Williamson signing a new deal. [10]

Portsmouth

On 16 August 2012, Williamson signed a one-month deal with Portsmouth. In January 2013 he was released by Portsmouth along with 5 other players due to financial reasons.

Blackburn Rovers

Williamson signed for Championship side Blackburn Rovers in an 18-month deal on 8 February 2013. [11] He made his debut away at Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup, playing the whole match in gloves alongside Jason Lowe as his new team produced a surprise 1–0 win, courtesy of a late Colin Kazim-Richards goal. On 14 September 2013, Williamson was red-carded in the East Lancashire derby against Burnley after fouling striker Danny Ings in a last man situation during injury time with the scores level at 1–1. This was well received by the fans of Blackburn Rovers as an admirable and selfless piece of good play for the sake of the team, preventing the first local derby defeat for 35 years (11 attempts). [12] Williamson was roundly applauded for stopping Danny Ings being clean through.

Burton Albion

On 25 July 2016 Williamson signed for Burton Albion on a one-year deal. He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season. [13]

International career

On 23 May 2008, Williamson was included in a 28-man squad to play for Jamaica. [14] He was again called up in 2015 by Winfried Schäfer, to feature as part of Jamaica's first 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying squad. [2] He made his international debut on 8 September 2015, playing the full 90 minutes for Jamaica as they beat Nicaragua 4–3 on aggregate to advance to the Fourth CONCACAF Round of qualifying. [15]

Coaching career

In May 2023, Williamson joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Ilkeston Town as a first-team coach. [16]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mansfield Town 1999–2000 [17] Division Three 4000000040
2000–01 [18] [19] Division Three15020301 [lower-alpha 1] 0210
2001–02 [20] Division Three46330101 [lower-alpha 1] 0513
2002–03 [21] Division Two 40010101 [lower-alpha 1] 0430
2003–04 [22] Division Three35030104 [lower-alpha 2] 0430
League Two 4000000040
Total14439060701663
Northampton Town League Two37021103 [lower-alpha 3] 1432
Rotherham United League One 374102000404
League One19510111 [lower-alpha 1] 0226
Total5692031106210
Watford Premier League 500000—50
Championship 32210002 [lower-alpha 4] 0352
Championship3421031—383
Total714203120785
Preston North End (loan)Championship5100000051
Sheffield United 2009–10 [31] Championship2033100—234
2010–11 [32] Championship1631000—173
2011–12 [33] League One401340203 [lower-alpha 5] 04913
Total76198120308920
Portsmouth 2012–13 [34] League One22000002 [lower-alpha 1] 0240
Blackburn Rovers 2012–13 [34] Championship901000—100
2013–14 [35] Championship3202000—340
2014–15 [36] Championship2805010—340
2015–16 [37] Championship1000010—110
Total7908020—890
Burton Albion 2016–17 [38] Championship1401010—160
Kimberley Miners Welfare (dual reg) 2018–19 [39] East Midlands Counties League 8200—3 [lower-alpha 6] 3115
Kidsgrove Athletic (dual reg) 2018–19 [40] [41] [42] [43] Northern Premier League D1W32551—6 [lower-alpha 7] 0436
2019–20 [44] Northern Premier League D1SE20630—6 [lower-alpha 8] 2298
Total521181—1227214
Congleton Town 2020–21 [45] [46] [47] NWCFL Premier Division 5021—2 [lower-alpha 9] 192
Career total5694942418235766462
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy; three appearances in Division Three play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances one goal in Football League Trophy; one appearance in League Two play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in League One play-offs
  6. ↑ One appearance one goal in FA Vase; two appearances two goals in Nottinghamshire Senior Cup
  7. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup; three appearances in Staffordshire Senior Cup
  8. ↑ Four appearances one goal in FA Trophy; one appearance one goal in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup; one appearance in Staffordshire Senior Cup
  9. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Vase

Honours

Individual

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