Alexander Boyd Williams (born 15 January 1983), is a Scottish
football
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forward
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. He has previously played in the
Scottish Football League First Division
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History
The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as t ...
for several clubs.
Career
Williams began his career with
Stirling Albion
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, where he exploded onto the scene as a teenager, scoring 21 times in 61 appearances, and being linked to moves with big English clubs, such as Spurs and Charlton.
Williams headed to
Greenock Morton
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in 2002 for £50,000. His time at Morton, and his subsequent career prospects, were marred by an unproven betting scandal after the club lost a 14-point lead at the top of the
Second Division
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to finish the season in fourth position. Williams later claimed that this rumour had a severe effect on his career, as clubs were unwilling to consider signing him despite his track record.
After a short loan spell with Queen of the South, Williams joined
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in 2005. He made an instant impact, scoring after three minutes of his début against
Brechin City
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in the
Scottish Challenge Cup
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Williams moved to Australia in 2006, and joined Armadale. This only lasted a few weeks, and he later returned to Scotland to join Ross County. He only played a handful of games for County, as injury disrupted his time there. Williams then joined up with old team Clyde in January 2007, when he was re-signed after playing as a trialist in a series of matches. His contract with Clyde expired in May 2007. It was not renewed, and he subsequently left the club.
He joined
Ayr United
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in July 2007 and proved a hit with the Somerset Park faithful, scoring plenty goals for the club, including two tremendous strikes away to
Raith Rovers
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2008–09 Scottish Cup
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, he scored a last minute equalising goal against
Ayrshire derby
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rivals
Kilmarnock
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to earn a replay and a much needed cash boost for the club.
On 8 June 2009, his contract with Ayr was terminated by mutual consent, and he subsequently signed for
Dundalk
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in the
League of Ireland
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, where he scored on his début. Williams signed for St. Patrick's Athletic in January 2010. Williams scored on his St.Pat's debut vs Wexford Youths in a pre-season friendly, the ''Saints'' won 3–0. In late June 2010, his club contract was terminated by mutual consent, and on 22 July he joined Stenhousemuir on a one-year deal. He was released at the end of the
2010–11
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season along with 11 others.
In January 2013, Williams and Kristopher O'Malley pleaded guilty to charges of supplying designer drugs
methylone
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and
naphyrone
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. The lawyer representing Williams said that he had become involved in this activity because of financial difficulties suffered due to a gambling addiction. Williams was jailed for 32 months.
Williams joined
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Luncarty
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