Marvin Williams (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marvin Travis Williams[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 August 1987||
Place of birth | Sydenham, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Forward[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2005 | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Millwall | 51 | (7) |
2007 | → Torquay United (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Yeovil Town | 23 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Brentford | 34 | (0) |
2009 | Torquay United | 4 | (0) |
2010 | Östersund | 7 | (1) |
2010 | Stevenage | 1 | (0) |
2011 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 21 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Salisbury City | 27 | (10) |
2012 | Eastleigh | 11 | (1) |
2012–2015 | Sutton United | 50 | (12) |
2014–2015 | → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | 25 | (3) |
Total | 256 | (39) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marvin Travis Williams (born 12 August 1987) is an English former footballer who played as a winger and forward.
Williams began his career as a trainee at
He joined
Williams signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in early 2011, but soon returned to full-time football with Conference South club Salisbury City. In May 2012, he joined Eastleigh. Williams was released from his contract at Eastleigh just two months into the 2012–13 season and subsequently signed for fellow Conference South team Sutton United in October 2012. Williams was loaned out to Tonbridge Angels during the 2014–15 season. He retired from playing due to a persistent achilles problem in 2015.
Early life
Williams was born in Sydenham and educated at Addey and Stanhope School.[3]
Career
Millwall
Williams began his career at Millwall at the age of 9 and progressed through the club's youth system.[4] He made his first-team debut for the club on 10 December 2005, coming on as a late substitute for Jermaine Wright in a 1–0 defeat away to Coventry City.[5] Williams scored his first professional goal on 2 January 2006,[5] the winner in a 2–1 home victory against Derby County, controlling David Livermore's pass before beating Lee Camp in the Derby goal.[6] Five days later, Williams signed his first professional contract with Millwall, just hours before the club's FA Cup tie against Premier League club Everton.[7] Williams subsequently made his first start against Everton, scoring just before half-time in a 1–1 draw.[8] He later described the goal as one of the highlights of his career.[9] He scored his third goal for Millwall in the club's 2–1 victory against Luton Town at The Den on 4 March 2006.[5] Williams' goal came in injury-time, one which was described as "priceless" due to Millwall's precarious league position.[10][11] Williams played 24 games during the 2005–06 season, scoring five times as Millwall were relegated to League One.[4][5]
He scored his first goal of the
Yeovil Town
Ahead of the
Brentford
Williams joined League Two club
Shortly after the conclusion of the season, on 9 May 2009, Williams was transfer-listed by Brentford manager
Östersunds FK
Williams fell foul of an FA rule which states that players cannot play for more than two clubs in one season – Williams had already made one six-minute substitute appearance for Brentford and also played on loan at Torquay United during the 2009–10 season.[31] Due to this ruling, he had to look for first-team football either outside of the UK or within the non-League football pyramid.[31]
He joined
Return to England
The 2010–11 season meant that Williams was eligible to once again play in the Football League, and he subsequently featured for League Two club Stevenage's reserve team in September 2010.[31] After a short trial period,[31] he signed for the club on non-contract terms on 2 October 2010.[31][32] On the same day as his signing was announced, Williams made his first-team debut for Stevenage in the club's 2–0 loss to Wycombe Wanderers, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute in the match.[35] Williams left the club after two weeks, having made one appearance.[35]
He then joined Hemel Hempstead Town in February 2011 for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.[36] He continued to play for Hemel until he was offered a full-time contract by Conference South club Salisbury City, which he signed on 14 November 2011.[37] Salisbury manager Darrell Clarke commented on Williams' "experience and great pedigree" as being factors in the move, also noting that Williams was "delighted" to be back playing full-time football.[37] A day after joining Salisbury, Williams scored two goals on his debut after coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–3 defeat to Welling United.[33] Williams scored his first ever professional hat-trick in Salisbury's 3–1 win over Sutton United on 21 April 2012, the club's last home league game of the 2011–12 season.[33] He ended the season having scored 10 times in 28 appearances for the club.[33]
Sutton United
Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Williams signed for Eastleigh, also of the Conference South, on an initial two-year contract.[38] After making eleven appearances, scoring once in a 3–0 away win against Havant & Waterlooville,[33] he was released from his Eastleigh contract in October 2012, and subsequently signed for Sutton United.[39] Williams made his debut for Sutton in the club's 2–1 victory over Truro City on 27 October 2012, playing the first 75 minutes of the match before being replaced by Paul Telfer.[33] He scored his first goal for Sutton on 1 January 2013, netting from a tight angle in the club's 2–0 away victory over Bromley.[33][40] Having scored twice in his first five months at Sutton, Williams hit a rich vein of goalscoring form in April 2013 to end the 2012–13 season.[33] This run included three separate braces in convincing victories against Farnborough, Hayes & Yeading United and Bath City respectively and meant that Williams ended the season with nine goals in seven matches,[33] with Sutton narrowly missing out on a play-off place despite winning their last eight league games.[41] In his opening season with the club, he scored 11 times in 30 matches.[33] The following season, Williams was limited to 16 appearances due to injury, scoring once.[33][42]
Having started the opening month of the 2014–15 season making six of his seven appearances for Sutton from the substitutes' bench,[33] Williams was loaned out to Isthmian League Premier Division club Tonbridge Angels on a one-month deal in October 2014.[42] The loan agreement was aimed to assist Williams in his recovery from long-term injury.[42] He made his debut for Tonbridge in a 1–0 home defeat to Billericay Town on 8 November 2014, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute in the match.[43][44] The loan deal was later extended for the remainder of the 2014–15 season,[45] as he went on to make 25 appearances during his time at the club, scoring three times.[43] This included a goal in a 2–2 draw with Dulwich Hamlet on 25 April 2015.[46] It proved to be his final appearance as a persistent achilles problem that was present for the final two seasons of his career forced him to retire from playing.[4][9][43]
Style of play
Williams was originally deployed as a
Coaching career
In 2014, Williams established a
Personal life
In late 2010, he undertook a
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Millwall | Championship | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
League One | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Total | 51 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 8 | ||
Torquay United (loan) | League Two | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Yeovil Town | League One | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
Brentford | League Two | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | |
League One | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | ||
Torquay United | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Östersund | Swedish Division 1
|
7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ― | ― | 9 | 1 | |||
Stevenage | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Salisbury City | Conference South | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | ||
Eastleigh | Conference South | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Sutton United | Conference South | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | ||
Conference South | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
Conference South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ― | 3 | 0 | 53 | 12 | |||
Tonbridge Angels (loan) | IL Premier Division | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
Career totals | 235 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 251 | 38 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy and FA Trophy
Honours
Brentford
- 2008–09[27]
References
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- ^ "Marvin Williams – ESPN". ESPN Soccernet. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Williams on glory trail". Millwall F.C. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History Boys: Marvin Williams". www.brentfordfc.com. Brentford F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Millwall 2–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Millwall 1–1 Everton". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Marvin Williams Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Ashton, Tim (26 September 2014). "Interview: Injured ex-Millwall striker Marvin Williams reflects on highs and lows of his career". News Shopper. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Millwall 2–1 Luton". BBC Sport. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "English League Championship 2005–2006 : Table". Statto. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Cheltenham 3–2 Millwall". BBC Sport. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Oldham 1–2 Millwall". BBC Sport. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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- ^ "Williams leaves Lions for Torquay". BBC Sport. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Torquay 3–0 Wycombe". BBC Sport. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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- ^ a b "Yeovil sign Millwall's Williams". BBC Sport. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Marvin Williams – 2007/08 Game Log". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Brentford sign Yeovil's Williams". BBC Sport. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Brentford 4–0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Luton 2–2 Brentford". BBC Sport. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Brentford secure League Two title". BBC Sport. 25 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Scott praises departing players". BBC Sport. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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- ^ a b c "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Roberts, Damion (7 October 2010). "Williams hoping to land Stevenage deal". The Comet. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Stevenage sign Williams". Stevenage F.C. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Marvin Williams at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Umedalen 1–7 Östersunds FK". Soccerway. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Marvin Williams in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Sky Sports – Marvin Williams". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Whites squad update – player movements". Salisbury City F.C. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Eastleigh bring in Williams". NonLeagueDaily.com. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Sutton move for Williams". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Bromley 0–2 Sutton United". Sutton United F.C. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Bath City 0–4 Sutton United". Sutton United F.C. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Williams becomes a loan Angel". Non-League Pitchero. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Marvin Williams – 2014–15 – Tonbridge Angels". Tonbridge Angels F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Tonbridge Angels 0–1 Billericay Town". Tonbridge Angels F.C. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Marvin Williams – Loan Extension". Tonbridge Angels F.C. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Tonbridge Angels 2–2 Dulwich Hamlet". Tonbridge Angels F.C. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Tuttle salutes teenager Williams". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Millwall 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers". ESPN Soccernet. 21 January 2006. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Williams set to shine – Bees boss". BBC Sport. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
External links
- Marvin Williams at Soccerbase