Eifion Williams
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eifion Wyn Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Caernarfon Town | 75 | (63) |
| 1997–1999 | Barry Town | 60 | (68) |
| 1999–2002 | Torquay United | 107 | (24) |
| 2002–2007 | Hartlepool United | 208 | (50) |
| 2007–2008 | Wrexham | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–?? | Jarrow Roofing | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Wales B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC). |
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Eifion Wyn Williams (born 15 November 1975 in Bangor, Gwynedd) is a former Welsh footballer who played over 300 games in the Football League, over 200 of which were for Hartlepool United. He has represented Wales at B level. He played either as a striker or on the wing.
Williams was born in Bangor in North Wales and began his career as a Wolverhampton Wanderers apprentice. However, things did not work out and he moved back to Anglesey and joined League of Wales side Caernarfon Town, while working on a building site. Williams scored freely for Caernarfon and this attracted the attention of bigger clubs. On the eve of the 1997–98 season, Williams left Caernarfon for Barry Town, then the only professional side in the League of Wales, breaking their transfer fee in the process at a cost of £25,000. He immediately began scoring regularly, including one against Dynamo Kiev in the UEFA Champions League
Williams also helped Barry Town record their highest win when he contributed four goals to help Barry Town beat Conwy United 9–0. Williams’ performances and goal scoring record attracted scouts from English football league clubs.
On 25 March 1999, after over 200 League of Wales goals in four seasons, Torquay United paid £70,000 (breaking their transfer record) to sign Williams, beating off competition from a number of clubs, possibly helped by his Barry teammates Lee Barrow and Paul Mitchell, both former Torquay players, passing on happy memories of Plainmoor. He made his league debut against Hartlepool United and made an instant impact as he became only the second Torquay player to score a hat-trick on his debut (the first being Peter Laraman in the 6–2 defeat of Barnsley in September 1961). Unfortunately this led to massive expectations being placed on Williams' shoulders, for example, Neville Southall, in goal for Torquay that day, predicted, "He can go all the way to the Premiership."
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