| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Maesteg, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bury (Goalkeeping Coach) |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2000 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Gillingham (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Hartlepool United | 131 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Swansea City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Stockport County (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Grimsby Town | 46 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Carlisle United | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Bury (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Wrexham (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Wrexham | 27 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Neath | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–2000 | Wales U21 | 16 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:43, 4 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anthony Williams (born 20 September 1977 in Maesteg) is a former Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper from 1997 until 2010. He is currently employed as the Goalkeeping Coach of Football League One side Bury. He has appeared for nine clubs, notably making over 140 appearances for Hartlepool United and 50 appearances for Grimsby Town. Williams is also a former Wales U-21 player.[1]
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Williams began his career as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers in 1997 and had loan spells at Queens Park Rangers, Macclesfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers and Gillingham in three seasons but made no appearances for Blackburn.[2]
Williams joined Hartlepool United on a free transfer in June 2000[3] and started 131 league games in four seasons at Victoria Park,[2] helping Hartlepool to the Division Three play-off semi-final in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons,[4][5] and to promotion in the 2002–03 season.[6] He lost his place in the first-team to Jim Provett at the start of the 2003–04 season and had loan spells with Swansea City and Stockport County.[7][8] At the end of the season, his contract was not renewed and he was released by Hartlepool.[9]
Williams joined Grimsby Town where he was an ever-present in the 2004–05 season but rejected the offer of a new contract at the end of the season after being notified he would only be second choice following a poor first season.
Instead he joined Carlisle United.[1] At the start of the 2005–06 season he was the first choice goalkeeper but lost his place to Kieren Keiren Westwood and joined Bury on a short loan spell in January 2006[10] before joining Wrexham on loan in March 2007 until the end of the 2006–07 season.[11]
Williams joined Wrexham on a permanent basis in May 2007, signing a two year contract, after impressing during his loan spell at the club when he kept five clean sheets in nine games.[12] Following Wrexham's relegation to the Football Conference in May 2008, he was transfer listed by the club,[13] but stayed with the side until the end of the season before being released. [14]
On 1 June 2009, Williams signed for Welsh Premier league side Neath,[15] making twenty appearances before being released at the end of the season.[16]
On 24 June 2011, Williams was named as goalkeeping coach at Bury FC. [17] []