Gary Williams (born 14 May 1959) is an English former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 May 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1977–1980 | Djurgården | 41 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Blackpool | 31 | (2) |
| 1981–1982 | Swindon Town | 38 | (3) |
| 1982–1989 | Tranmere Rovers | 174 | (16) |
| 1985 | → Djurgården (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 1986 | → Djurgården (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 1989– | Morecambe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBlackpool
editWilliams signed for Alan Ball's Blackpool in the summer of 1980. He started the first 26 League games of the 1980–81 season, before falling out of the team in favour of Terry Pashley.
Allan Brown succeeded Ball in March, with Blackpool heading for relegation, and Brown eventually sold Williams to Swindon Town.
Tranmere Rovers
editWhilst in his second spell at Tranmere Rovers, he scored the goal that kept Tranmere in the Football League. In a 1–0 win against Exeter City, 8 May 1987, the last game of the 1986/87 season, a headed goal in the 84th minute from an Ian Muir cross in front of Tranmere's biggest home crowd for many years (6,983), thus ensuring Tranmere's survival against relegation into the then GM Vauxhall Conference, a fate which was to land on Lincoln City.[1]
References
edit- ^ Bishop, Peter (19 August 2010). "History". The Cowsheds. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
External links
edit- Gary Williams at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Swindon Town profile
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