Jay Williams
Williams in March 2019
Personal information
Full name Jay Williams[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000
Place of birth Northampton, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Crawley Town
Number 26
Youth career
2013–2018 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Northampton Town 10 (0)
2020 Kettering Town 12 (0)
2021 Harrogate Town 7 (1)
2021 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 7 (0)
2021–2023 Banbury United 63 (8)
2023 Brackley Town 0 (0)
2023– Crawley Town 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 13 January 2024

Jay Williams (born 4 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Crawley Town.

Club career

Williams joined Northampton Town at the age of 13[3] 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.[4]

He made his league debut in a 5–0 away win to Macclesfield Town[5] 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.[6]

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

Following on from his release from Harrogate, he dropped down three divisions to sign for Southern Football League Premier Division Central side AFC Rushden & Diamonds.[8] He made the switch to divisional rivals Banbury United in October 2021 and extended his stay in December when he signed a contract until the end of the season.[8] He was part of the team that were crowned champions in the 2021–22 season.[9]

In June 2023, Williams signed for National League North rivals Brackley Town.[10] On 18 July 2023 however, he signed for League Two club Crawley Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[11]

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Northampton Town 2018–19[12] League Two 10000004[lower-alpha 1]0140
2019–20[13] 0000102[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 100001060170

Honours

Harrogate Town

Notes

  1. 1 2 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 - First Team - Crawley Town". www.crawleytownfc.com.
  3. ↑ "Jay Williams - Defender". Northampton Town. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Northampton Town vs. Wycombe Wanderers". Soccerway. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Macclesfield Town 0-5 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Jay Williams". Kettering Town FC. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Promising defender Williams arrives at Town". Harrogate Town FC. 7 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 "JACK STEVENS AND JAY WILLIAMS PUT PEN TO PAPER". Banbury United FC. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "It's Championship Success For Banbury!". southern-football-league.co.uk. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: JAY WILLIAMS SIGNS FOR BRACKLEY TOWN". www.brackleytownfc.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "JAY WILLIAMS JOINS CRAWLEY". www.crawleytownfc.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Jay Williams in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Jay Williams in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  14. ↑ Law, James (3 May 2021). "FA Trophy final 2019-20: Concord Rangers 0-1 Harrogate Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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