Full name Paul Anthony Williams 0000–1987 Woodford Town Position Forward Years Team Height 1.70 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth London, England Name Paul Williams | |
Date of birth (1965-08-16) 16 August 1965 (age 50) | ||
Paul williams footballer born 1965 top 10 facts
Paul Anthony Williams (born 16 August 1965) is an English former professional footballer who made 300 appearances in the Football League for a variety of clubs. He was capped by England at under-21 and B international level.
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Born in Stratford, East London, Williams was signed by First Division Charlton Athletic from non-league Woodford Town in 1987. Where he was top goal scorer for two successive seasons. This prompted Ron Atkinson to spend nearly a million pounds to bring the Londoner to Sheffield Wednesday in 1990 where he enjoyed a productive partnership with David Hirst. That season he won a League Cup medal at Wembley Stadium by beating Manchester United 1–0. In the same season Wednesday achieved promotion back to the Premier Division. Williams moved back to London with Crystal Palace in 1992 in a swap deal involving Mark Bright. In season 1993/94 he won a Championship Winners medal with Crystal Palace and was second top goal scorer behind Chris Armstrong.
After loans with Sunderland and Birmingham City he returned to Charlton Athletic, followed by a few months at Torquay United before ending his league career with Southend United in 1998 due to injuries.
From there Paul went on to complete two very successful years playing and coaching at Canvey Island. While there they gained consecutive promotions and winning two league Cups. Ending his semi pro playing and coaching career at Bowers FC in Essex in 2002.