Joey Williams

Joey Williams
Personal information
Full name Joseph Joshua Williams[1]
Date of birth 4 June 1902[1]
Place of birth Rotherham, England[1]
Date of death 1978 (aged 76)[1]
Playing position Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1921–1924 Rotherham County 95 (7)
1924–1926 Huddersfield Town 58 (6)
1926–1929 Stoke City 82 (17)
1929–1932 Arsenal 22 (5)
1932–1935 Middlesbrough 78 (11)
1935–1936 Carlisle United 20 (2)
Total 355 (48)
National team
1929 FA XI 2 (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Joseph Joshua "Joey" Williams (4 June 1902 – 1978) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal, Carlisle United, Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Rotherham County and Stoke City.[1]

Career

Williams was an outside forward who started out with his hometown club Rotherham County, playing over a hundred games. In summer 1924 he was signed by Huddersfield Town and won two First Division titles in 1924–25 and 1925–26. During the latter season he played 23 league games for Huddersfield before moving to Stoke City in March 1926, who were relegated from the Second Division the same season, making Williams the first player to win a League Championship medal and be relegated in the same season.[1] He helped Stoke gain an instant return to the Second Division winning the Third Division North in 1926–27 as he scored six goals in 31 appearances.[1] He played 20 times in 1927–28 as Stoke finished fifth and then scored a career best of seven in 1928–29.[1]

In the summer of 1929, he toured South Africa with a FA XI, earning two caps but these are not official recognised as caps for England. On his return to England, in September 1929 he moved to Arsenal, signed by his former boss at Huddersfield Herbert Chapman, who had previously managed him at Huddersfield Town. He made his Arsenal debut in a 5–2 defeat at Aston Villa on 25 September 1929 and the following month played in the 1929 FA Charity Shield, for the Professionals against the Amateurs at The Den, which they won 3–0.[2]

Williams played sixteen times in the 1929–30 season, and helped Arsenal on their run to the 1930 FA Cup Final but was injured in a match against Newcastle United at the start of April 1930 and consequently missed the final. Returning the following season, he made only nine appearance as understudy to Joe Hulme and Cliff Bastin, who had established themselves as first-choice wingers, and missed out on a third Championship medal. Williams made one more appearance for Arsenal before leaving in March 1932; in total he played 26 games for Arsenal, scoring five goals.

Williams moved to Middlesbrough and played there for four seasons, before ending his career at Carlisle United in 1935–36.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rotherham County 1921–22 21220232
1922–23 32210332
1923–24 42331454
Total 957611018
Huddersfield Town 1924–25 35010360
1925–26 23610246
Total 58620606
Stoke City 1925–26 11200112
1926–27 28630316
1927–28 20200202
1928–29 23710247
Total 8217408617
Arsenal 1929–30 12340163
1930–31 920092
1931–32 100010
Total 22540265
Middlesbrough 1931–32 11100111
1932–33 30641347
1933–34 23310243
1934–35 14121162
Total 7811728513
Carlisle United 1935–36 16110171
1936–37 410041
Total 20110211
Career Total 3554824338051

Honours

Huddersfield Town
Stoke City
Arsenal

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Professionals v. Amateurs – selected teams for annual match". Derby Daily Telegraph. 26 September 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
General
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