Jay Williams (footballer)

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Jay Williams
Jay Williams Vs Cheltenham.jpg
Williams in March 2019
Personal information
Full name Jay Williams[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Northampton, England
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2013–2018 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Northampton Town 10 (0)
2020–2021 Kettering Town 4 (0)
2021 Harrogate Town 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jay Williams (born 4 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Club career[]

Williams joined Northampton Town at the age of 13[2] and went onto progress through the youth ranks, before making his first-team debut during their EFL Trophy tie against Wycombe Wanderers, featuring for the entire 90 minutes.[3]

He made his league debut in a 5–0 away win to Macclesfield Town[4] coming off of the bench to replace Sam Foley in the 73rd minute. He went on to play a vital part in the rest of that season racking up 14 appearances in total.

In November 2020, Williams signed for National League North club Kettering Town.[5]

On 7 January 2021, Williams signed for League Two side Harrogate Town.[6]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 9 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Northampton Town 2018–19[7] League Two 10 0 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 14 0
2019–20[8] 0 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 3 0
Total 10 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 17 0

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References[]

  1. ^ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). EFL. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Jay Williams - Defender". Northampton Town. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Northampton Town vs. Wycombe Wanderers". Soccerway. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Macclesfield Town 0-5 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Jay Williams". Kettering Town FC. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Promising defender Williams arrives at Town". Harrogate Town FC. 7 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Games played by Jay Williams in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Games played by Jay Williams in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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