Andy Williams (Welsh footballer) explained

Andy Williams
Fullname:Andrew Phillip Rees Williams
Birth Date:1977 10, df=y
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Youthyears1:1992–1996
Years1:1996–1999
Years2:1999
Years3:1999–2001
Years4:2001–2004
Clubs2:Swindon Town (loan)
Clubs3:Swindon Town
Clubs4:Bath City
Caps1:21
Caps2:4
Caps3:40
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:1
Nationalyears1:1997–1998
Nationalteam1:Wales
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Andrew Phillip Rees Williams (born 8 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Football career

Williams began his playing career as a trainee at Southampton. During his time at Southampton he played just 21 league games, which included coming on as a substitute as Southampton won 3–2 against Liverpool at Anfield in February 1998.[1] After a brief loan spell at Swindon Town in 1999, the Wiltshire club signed him on a permanent basis and he went on to make a total of 47 appearances in all competitions in his twenty months at the club, scoring one goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[2] In 2001, he gave up playing full-time football due to injury. He joined Bath City, and began a career with the police.[3] He spent three years in Bath before being forced to entirely retire from football due to a knee injury in 2004.[4]

Williams won two full caps for Wales, against Brazil in 1997 and Malta in 1998.[5]

Personal life

He was brought up in Bishop Sutton, attending the local secondary school Chew Valley School. Andy now works at Future Publishing in Bath where he recently received an award for his 'Outstanding Contribution' over the year. He lives near Bristol.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Owen omens comfort poor Liverpool . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-owen-omens-comfort-poor-liverpool-1143737.html . 7 May 2022 . subscription . live. . 9 February 1998 . 11 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Swindon 1 Wolves 2. swindon-town-fc.co.uk. 18 March 2000 . 11 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Andy Williams player profile . nonleaguedaily.com . 4 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014611/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=9351 . 30 September 2007 . dead .
  4. Web site: Past players . Bath City Football Club . 4 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928193916/http://www.bathcityfc.com/past_w.htm . 28 September 2007 . dead .
  5. Web site: Wales – International Results 1990-1999 – Details . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 4 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808005717/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal-intres90.html. 8 August 2007 . live.
  6. News: International footballer weds . . Sep 2007 .