Dylan Williams (footballer, born 1997)

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Dylan Williams
Williams with Needham Market in March 2023
Personal information
Full name Dylan Williams[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Saffron Walden, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Needham Market
Youth career
2006–2015 Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Cambridge United 1 (0)
2016 → Soham Town Rangers (loan) 8 (2)
2016 → Wealdstone (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2017 → A.F.C. Sudbury (loan) 19 (4)
2017–2019 St Neots Town 61 (18)
2019 Biggleswade Town 0 (0)
2019 Lowestoft Town 28 (3)
2019–2020 Biggleswade Town 16 (4)
2020–2023 St Ives Town 64 (8)
2023– Needham Market 56 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Dylan Williams (born 14 October 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Needham Market, where he plays as a midfielder.

Career[edit]

Williams joined Cambridge United's youth academy aged 9.

In February 2016, Williams joined Isthmian Division One North side Soham Town Rangers on loan.[2] He scored 2 goals in 8 league appearances for his hometown club, before returning to parent club Cambridge United.

Williams made his first-team debut for Cambridge United on 19 April 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 7–0 League Two win over Morecambe.[3]

Williams started the 2016/17 season on loan at National League South side Wealdstone.[4] He made 9 league appearances for Wealdstone, before another loan at Isthmian Premier side A.F.C. Sudbury, where he scored 4 goals in 19 league appearances.

Williams was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2016–17 season, and subsequently signed for Southern Premier side St Neots Town.[5] Williams scored 18 goals in 61 league appearances for St Neots Town, before joining local and divisional rivals Biggleswade Town on 21 January 2019.[6]

But, after less than six weeks at Biggleswade Town, Williams left to join fellow divisional rivals Lowestoft Town.[7]

After 3 goals in 28 league appearances for Lowestoft Town, Williams rejoined Biggleswade Town in November 2019. He scored 4 goals in 16 league appearances in his second spell at the club.

On 11 July 2020, Williams joined fellow Southern League Premier Central side St Ives Town.[8] He 8 goals in 64 league appearances across two and a half seasons.

In January 2023, Williams moved to Needham Market.[9] In the 2023/24 season, he helped lead the club to the Southern League Premier Central title and promotion to the National League North for the first time in the club's history.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Dylan Williams - First Team - Soham Town Rangers FC". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Who is Dylan Williams? Cambridge United's latest young prospect". Cambridge News. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Two more sign up". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ^ "St Neots Town confirm Dylan Williams signing following Cambridge United exit". Cambridge News. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. ^ Squad Update ( Ins & Outs), pitchero.com, 21 January 2019
  7. ^ Lowestoft make two new signings ahead of Kettering clash, lowestoftjournal.co.uk, 1 March 2019
  8. ^ "Williams Makes St Ives Switch". Southern-Football-League.co.uk. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. ^ WILLIAMS JOINS THE MARKETMEN, needhammarketfc.co.uk, 20 January 2023

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