Gary Williams (born 14 May 1959) is an English former professional
footballer.
Career
Blackpool
Williams signed for
Alan Ball's
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
in the summer of 1980. He started the first 26 League games of the
1980–81 season, before falling out of the team in favour of
Terry Pashley
Terence Pashley (born 11 October 1956) is an English former professional footballer. He played for Burnley, Blackpool and Bury in the 1970s and 1980s, making well over 400 Football League appearances for the three clubs. His position was as a d ...
.
Allan Brown succeeded Ball in March, with Blackpool heading for relegation, and Brown eventually sold Williams to
Swindon Town.
Tranmere Rovers
Whilst in his second spell at
Tranmere Rovers, he scored the goal that kept Tranmere in the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
.
In a 1–0 win against
Exeter City, 8 May 1987, the last game of the 1986/87 season, a headed goal in the 84th minute from an
Ian Muir cross in front of Tranmere's biggest home crowd for many years (6,983),
thus ensuring Tranmere's survival against relegation into the then
GM Vauxhall Conference
The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called the ...
, a fate which was to land on
Lincoln City.
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References
External links
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Swindon Town profile
Living people
1959 births
English men's footballers
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. players
Swindon Town F.C. players
Morecambe F.C. players
English Football League players
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
Allsvenskan players
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Birkenhead
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