Matthew Williams (footballer)

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Matthew Williams
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Personal information
Full name Matthew Williams
Date of birth (1982-11-05) 5 November 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth St Asaph, Wales
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004 Manchester United 0 (0)
2004–2006 Notts County 26 (1)
2006 → Tamworth (loan) 8 (5)
2006–2008 Tamworth 44 (10)
2008 → Burton Albion (loan) 9 (3)
2008–2010 Rhyl 57 (29)
2010–2016 The New Saints 125 (49)
2016–2017 Connah's Quay Nomads 34 (8)
2017–2019 Llandudno
2019–? Newtown
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2018

Matthew Williams (born 5 November 1982) is a Welsh footballer, who played as a striker.

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Playing career

Manchester United

Williams began his football career in 1999 with Manchester United. He signed for them at just 16 years of age and continued to play for a further 5 years. Despite playing well and scoring plenty of goals at reserve level, he was released in March 2005.

Although he failed to make an appearance in the first team, he did train with the first team regularly in his Manchester United career. Williams was involved in the reserve team that featured players such as Luke Chadwick, Paul McShane, Michael Stewart, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kieran Richardson, Phil Bardsley, Giuseppe Rossi, Gerard Piqué, Richard Eckersley, Chris Eagles, Ritchie Jones and strike partner Colin Heath; who have all also left the club since Williams' departure.

Notts County

Williams joined Notts County on 11 March 2004, where he spent two seasons. Although it did not take him long to become a fixture in the first-team, he failed to make a major impact in the first-team.

In total, Williams made 26 appearances (13 starts and 13 substitute appearances) and scored just one goal.

Tamworth

Williams joined Tamworth on loan on 20 January 2006 for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, Williams made a total of eight appearances and scored five goals during the loan spell, before injury put an end to his season.

Despite an impressive time on loan at Tamworth, Williams was not offered a new contract by Notts County and was released.

Williams decided to re-sign with Tamworth on a one-year permanent contract for the 2006–07 season. During the season, he played as a winger and as a striker, and made a total of 31 appearances, scoring five goals.

Question marks had been raised over Williams' future following Tamworth's relegation from the Football Conference, although Matthew had always stated that despite the club's relegation, he wanted to sign another contract for the 2007–08 season.

On 2 July 2007, Williams and fellow striker Justin Jackson signed new one-year deals with Tamworth. On the same day, Williams was also joined at Tamworth by former Notts County teammates Robert Ullathorne and Jake Sheridan.

Burton Albion

Williams joined local rivals Burton Albion in a loan deal on 21 March 2008. He scored the winning goal away at Farsley Celtic on his debut, before netting in the defeat to Grays Athletic at home. [1]

Rhyl

On 16 July 2008, Rhyl's website announced the signing of Williams just before kick off in a friendly against Oldham Athletic. Williams finished the 2009–10 season as the club's top scorer with 20 league goals.

The New Saints

In June 2010, Williams moved to reigning Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints. [2] His first season with the club saw him score 24 goals in 38 appearances across all competitions. [3] He signed a new contract with TNS in May 2012. [4] Williams scored 2 goals in the 2015 Welsh Cup final against Newtown in Latham Park, Newtown. He also scored in the Champions League qualifiers against B36 Tórshavn and Videoton. After six years with the club he left in August 2016. [5]

Connah's Quay Nomads

After leaving the Saints, Williams joined rival Welsh Premier side Connah's Quay Nomads. [6]

He played for Llandudno before moving to Newtown in January 2019. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Williams Joins Brewers on Loan". Burton Albion F.C. 21 March 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "Rhyl's leading scorer joins the champions". welsh-premier.com. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Teams and stats". saints-alive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fraughan makes Park Hall move permanent". The New Saints. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Saints icon departs TNS". The New Saints. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Matty Williams". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "MATTY WILLIAMS SIGNS FOR THE ROBINS & JAKE MANN PROMOTED FROM U19S". Newtown AFC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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