Roy Williams

Royston Brian "Roy" Williams (3 March 1932 – 25 October 2011) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Hereford United and Southampton during the 1950s.

Football career Williams was born in Hereford and began his football career at local club Hereford United in August 1947.

In November 1952, he signed for Southampton for a fee of £4,000, making his debut at inside-right in a 1–1 draw away to Fulham on 26 December 1952. Fulham came to The Dell on the following day and "the Saints" won 5–3, with Williams scoring the second Southampton goal with a header after 31 minutes to bring the scores level; the other Saints' goals were scored by Frank Dudley with a hat-trick and Johnny Walker. Williams made a total of ten appearances (at either inside-right or inside-left) during the 1952–53 season at the end of which Southampton were relegated to Division Three.

Williams was only 5 ft 4in tall and was probably the smallest forward ever to play for Southampton, but he had a stocky build and was able to "mix it" with the toughest defenders

In the next season, Williams only made a handful of appearances with Tommy Mulgrew and Johnny Walker now firmly established at inside-right and left respectively. In his three seasons at The Dell, Williams scored seven goals from 41 league appearances.