Adrian Williams

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Adrian Williams
Personal information
Date of birth	August 16, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname	Adie
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Swindon Town
Number	6
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1996 1996-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2005 2006-	Reading Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading Coventry City → Millwall (loan) Swindon Town	196 (14) 028 0(0) 137 0(4) 035 0(2) 012 0(1) 026 0(0)
National team2
?	Wales	013 0(0)
Teams managed
1994-1995 2006	Reading (joint caretaker) Swindon Town (caretaker)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Adrian Williams (born 16 August 1971, Reading, England) is a former Wales international footballer.

Williams started his career with Reading, making his first appearance in the 1991-92 season. This first spell at Reading saw him established as a firm fans favourite. His talent and youth saw him play in every position for The Royals, from centre-forward to emergency goalkeeper, wearing every shirt number from 1-11 in the process. He was a regular in the side that missed out on promotion to the Premiership, eventually losing to Bolton Wanderers in the 1994-95 First Division Play-off Final at Wembley.

Despite many rumours of a move to a big club, in 1996 he was signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he remained until the 1999-2000 season. His time at Molineux was largely interrupted by injury; he made just 36 appearances in over three seasons.

He returned to Reading during the 1999-2000 season and played a crucial part in their rejuvenation under Alan Pardew and their promotion to back to the First Division in 2001-02.

Despite being a firm favourite at the Madejski Stadium he chose to move to Championship rivals Coventry City on a free transfer in Autumn 2004, having been refused the contract he wanted with Reading. Signed by Peter Reid to replace Calum Davenport and Muhamed Konjić, Williams went on to make 23 appearances in League and Cup, scoring goals in a 2-1 win at Millmoor against Rotherham United, and in a 2-1 home defeat by Queens Park Rangers.

He started the 2005-06 season out of the Sky Blues side and joined struggling Millwall on loan for three months. Following the end of this loan spell, Williams returned to the Coventry side for the home game against his old club Wolves on 2 January 2006, playing a key defensive role in a 2-0 home win. This performance, and other similar performances put him right back in the first team picture at the Ricoh Arena.

In a vote to compile the Royals' best-ever eleven, Williams was voted the best centre back with 59.9% of the vote [1].

Williams joined Swindon Town in the summer of 2006, and following the resignation of Dave Tuttle as caretaker manager, Williams briefly held that position himself until the appointment of Paul Sturrock on 7 November 2006.

[edit] External links

• Adrian Williams career stats at Soccerbase
• Adrian Williams profile at swindontownfc.co.uk

Preceded by Dave Tuttle (caretaker)

Swindon Town F.C. Caretaker Manager 2006

Succeeded by Paul Sturrock

Swindon Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Brezovan | 2 J. Smith | 3 Vincent | 4 Zaaboub | 5 Ifil | 6 Williams | 7 Whalley | 8 Brown | 9 Roberts | 10 Peacock | 12 Shakes | 13 Stewart | 15 Nicholas | 16 Noubissie | 18 Evans | 19 Pook | 20 Brownlie | 21 Jutkiewicz | 22 B. Sturrock | 23 Weston | 24 Holgate | 25 P. Smith | 27 Wells | 28 Caton | 34 Timlin | Manager: P. Sturrock

Persondata
NAME	Williams, Adrian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	16 August 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reading, Berkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH