Danny Williamson (footballer)
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| Danny Williamson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Williamson | |
| Date of birth | December 5, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | West Ham, London, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfield | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| West Ham United | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1997 1993 1993 1997-2000 |
West Ham United → Farnborough Town (loan) → Doncaster Rovers (loan) Everton |
51 (5) 6 (0) 13 (1) 15 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Daniel 'Danny' Williamson (born 5 December 1973 in West Ham, London) is a retired English professional footballer who was a product of the West Ham United academy and played for West Ham United and Everton in the 1990s. He played in midfield.
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[edit] Background
Williamson was born in West Ham, London in December 1973. As a youth, he cheered on the Hammers from the North Bank at Upton Park. He played for Newham and Essex Schoolboys, signed schoolboy forms with West Ham, completed a two-year apprenticeship and signed professional forms in 1992.[1] He was a strong-running right-footed attacking midfielder, who liked to play in a central position but was equally at home on the right-hand side.[2]
[edit] Club career
[edit] West Ham United
After signing professional forms with West Ham in July 1992, Williamson was loaned out to non-league side, Farnborough Town, making his debut in a 3-2 home defeat against Runcorn on 6 February 1993 and a total of six appearances between February and March 1993.[3] He was loaned out again to Third Division side, Doncaster Rovers, in October 1993 where he made 16 league and cup appearances, scoring three goals.[4] He played the final three games of the 1993/94 season for West Ham, making his debut in a 2-0 win at Arsenal on 30 April 1994 and scoring his first goal for the club in a 3-3 draw with Southampton on 7 May 1997.[5] Competition for the midfield places from John Moncur and Don Hutchison and an ankle injury restricted him to only four appearances in 1994/95. However, he gained a regular place in the first-team in the 1995/96 season, when he made 37 league and cup appearances and scored four goals, helping West Ham to finish in the top-half of the table for the first time in ten years. Harry Redknapp said of him, "He was an outstanding passer of the ball. He had a terrific shot on him and I always thought he was going to be a very good player."[1] Another ankle injury interrupted his season in 1996/97, when he made 18 league and cup appearances. His season ended in March 1997 after he had surgery on the ankle.[1][5] He made a total of 58 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring five goals.[5]
[edit] Everton
In August 1997, Williamson moved to Everton in an exchange for David Unsworth and £1 million as Howard Kendall sought to add creativity and strength to the Everton midfield and Harry Redknapp sought a left-sided centre-half to fill a gap created by injuries.[1][2] He made his debut for Everton in a 2-1 victory over West Ham on 23 August 1997 and went on to make a total of 17 appearances for Everton in the 1997/98 season.[5] He picked up a foot injury against Wimbledon on 13 December 1997 and the injury, which required surgery, and subsequent complications led him to miss the rest of the 1997/98 season and the two following seasons.[2] He never played another first-team game for Everton and his playing contract with the club was terminated at the end of September 2000, nine months early,[2] which also marked the end of his playing career.
[edit] Career stats
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| West Ham United[5] | 1992-93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993-94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1994-95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
| 1996-97 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 51 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5 | |
| Farnborough Town[3] (loan) | 2002-03 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers[4] (loan) | 2003-04 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| Everton[4] | 1997-98 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 8 | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Kirk Blows and Ben Sharratt (2002). Claret and Blue Blood, pp. 203-207. Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London. ISBN 1 84018 489 2
- ^ a b c d Past Player Fact File: Danny Williamson, ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- ^ a b Profile: Danny Williamson, Farnborough F.C. Official Site. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- ^ a b c Soccerbase: Danny Williamson, Racing Post. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- ^ a b c d e John Northcutt (2003). The Definitive West Ham United F.C. SoccerData, Nottingham. ISBN 1 899468 19 6
- Danny Williamson (West Ham), Sporting-Heroes.net. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- Danny Williamson (Everton), Sporting-Heroes.net. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- The Wonderful World of West Ham United statistics
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Williamson, Danny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Ham, London, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
