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Aaron Williams (footballer) played for which team from 2013 to 2014?
Aaron Williams ( footballer ) Aaron John Williams ( born 21 October 1993 ) is an English footballer who plays as a forward , most recently for AFC Telford United . He previously played in the Football League for Walsall , Peterborough United and Newport County , and is also an England C-team international . Club career . Walsall . Early career . Williams was born in West Bromwich , West Midlands . He grew up in nearby Wednesbury and attended Wodensborough Community Technology College , supporting Birmingham City as a youngster . He joined Walsall as an eight-year-old and later trained with Manchester United ( as the clubs had a partnership at the time ) , but opted to remain with Walsall to stay close to home and get more game time . He eventually worked his way through the ranks at the Bescot Stadium , scoring 22 league goals for the youth team in the 2011–12 season . Redditch United loan . He joined up with Redditch United on a work experience loan deal in late 2011 and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to Stourbridge on 26 December . At Redditch , Williams operated as a Utility player , notably playing as a centre-back in a January 2012 game against Leamington . The side also looked to utilise his long throwing ability . He played a total of three games for Redditch before signing a one-year professional contract with Walsall ahead of the 2012–13 season . 2012–13 season . He was later handed the #19 shirt and made his professional debut as a second-half substitute for Nicky Featherstone on 21 August 2012 against Oldham Athletic . Williams made a total of eight appearances for Walsall in 2012 , six of which came in league fixtures . Romulus and AFC Telford United loans . On 2 January 2013 , Williams joined non-league side Romulus on a one-month loan deal . He played his first game for the club that day , a 1–1 draw with Sutton Coldfield Town . After three appearances for Romulus , he returned to Walsall . Following Walsalls good form towards the latter stages of the 2012–13 season , Williams struggled to break into the first team and was again sent out on loan . On 6 March 2013 he signed for AFC Telford United of the Conference National in an initial one-month loan deal , wearing the number 20 shirt . His debut came in a 0–2 home loss to Macclesfield Town on 9 March 2013 . Williams scored the first professional goal of his career for Telford against Woking in a 5–2 away defeat on 16 March 2013 . Despite the club being relegated from the Conference National on 30 March 2013 , Walsall allowed Williams to remain with Telford until the end of the season to gain valuable playing experience . On 13 April 2013 he scored a hat-trick in just 17 minutes of play in an away game against Ebbsfleet United . Williams three goals helped the club come back from a one-goal deficit to claim a 3–1 win . This victory ended Telfords 30-game run without a league win and condemned Ebbsfleet United to relegation from the Football Conference . In total , Williams played 10 games for Telford and managed to score 4 goals in all competitions . Williams returned to Walsall but was released at the end of the season , alongside George Bowerman , Richard Taundry , Connor Taylor and Jake Jones . Worcester City . Following the clubs relegation new Telford manager Liam Watson offered Williams the chance to rejoin the club for pre-season training in a bid to try and earn a contract , however a permanent deal never materialised . Later in the summer of 2013 , Williams went on trial with another Conference North side , Worcester City . He played in friendly fixtures against Nuneaton Town , Stourport Swifts , Westfields and Loughborough University , scoring against the latter . On 31 July 2013 , after impressing whilst on trial at the club , Worcester City announced that they had signed Williams for the 2013–14 season . Williams started the season as a part of manager Carl Heeleys new-look , younger Worcester side , playing alongside the likes of former Aston Villa youth prospect Ebby Nelson-Addy and former Walsall teammate Richard Taundry . On 26 October 2013 , Williams scored his first goal for Worcester City , opening the scoring in an FA Cup Fourth Road Qualifying game against Conference National side Lincoln City . A late Andrew Boyce goal denied Worcester the victory , but Worcester earned a replay at Sincil Bank ( which was ultimately lost 3–0 three days later ) . On 3 December 2013 , Williams scored against his former club AFC Telford United in an FA Trophy First Round Replay at the New Bucks Head . His goal was Worcesters third in a 3–0 victory . The second goal of the game was initially reported by Telfords website as an Aaron Williams goal , but Worcester later confirmed that it had been awarded to his teammate Ellis Deeney . Williams first league goal of the season was Worcesters second in a 2–1 home victory against Colwyn Bay on 18 January 2014 . Williams came off the bench to score the winning goal for Worcester on 1 March 2014 , heading in a Steven Leslie cross with ten minutes remaining in a 2–1 home victory over Stalybridge Celtic . On 18 March 2014 , manager Carl Heeley opted for a much-changed , youthful line-up against Williams former club Redditch United in the Worcestershire Senior Cup . Williams was named as Worcester captain for the game , however he could not prevent a 2–0 Redditch victory . Williams played a total of 49 times for Worcester during the 2013–14 season in all competitions , scoring 4 goals . 39 appearances and 2 goals were achieved in the league . He was offered a new contract with the club in the summer of 2014 , and joined up with the squad ahead of the new season . However , he did not feature in any of Worcesters opening games of the season . Rushall Olympic . On 2 September 2014 Williams signed for Rushall Olympic , managed by former Ajax , West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers player Richard Sneekes . He went straight in to the squad for the clubs away game with Barwell that day and was an unused substitute . He made his début five days later in a 3–2 away win against Curzon Ashton . Williams started his Pics career in positive form , plying his trade up front alongside former Kidderminster Harriers striker Aaron Farrell . He scored in the league games against Kings Lynn Town and Ilkeston and in the FA Cup against Tamworth before netting twice in a 2–1 victory over Belper Town on 7 October . Williams next goal for the club came from the penalty spot on 1 November 2014 , as Rushall overcame Cambridge City 2–0 in the First Qualifying Round of the FA Trophy . He followed this up seven days later with Rushalls third goal in a 3–0 league win over Buxton . The strikers good form continued in Rushalls 5–0 victory over Stratford Town in the FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round on 15 November . Williams scored a hat-trick , claiming the match ball as well as reaching 10 goals in his first 17 appearances in all competitions for the club . Williams scored to put Rushall Olympic 1–0 up against Conference North side Guiseley in the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Trophy on 2 December 2014 . Guiseley hit back with two goals , and Williams had the chance to equalise from the penalty spot but ultimately saw his effort saved by Guiseley goalkeeper Steven Drench . On 16 December , Williams came on as a second-half substitute in Rushalls Birmingham Senior Cup First Round game away to Stourbridge . Rushall won 5–3 after extra time following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes ; Williams scored twice after the 120th minute to send his side through . He scored another two goals in Rushalls 3–0 Boxing Day win over Trafford and further one against Stourbridge on New Years Day . Williams was provided an assist by former Birmingham City , Coventry City and Nottingham Forest striker Dele Adebola on 10 January 2015 , but his tenth league goal of the season was ultimately a consolation as Rushall went down 3–1 at home to Ilkeston . Williams then opened the scoring against Workington on 17 January but Rushall went on to lose 3–2 . Williams netted his 20th and 21st goals of the season on 20 January against Sutton Coldfield Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup . His good scoring form continued , with his 20th league ( 30th overall ) goal of the season coming in the form of a winning goal from 35 yards against Nantwich Town on 23 March . Rushall Olympic lost 3–2 away at Witton Albion on 24 March but Williams two goals were enough to promote him to joint-top scorer in the Northern Premier League Premier Division with 22 , alongside Liam Hardy of Buxton . His goalscoring exploits continued until the end of the campaign : his goal in Rushalls 2–1 win away at Ashton United on the final day of the season was his 28th league goal of the season ( and 38th overall ) . This crowned him the top scorer of the Northern Premier League Premier Division for 2014–15 . In May 2015 , Williams was rewarded for his efforts at Rushall Olympics end-of-season awards ceremony . The striker was named Supporters Player of the Season , Players Player of the Season and Golden Boot Top Goalscorer – and also picked up the clubs Goal of the Season award for his long-range strike against Nantwich Town in March 2015 . Nuneaton Town . In the summer of 2015 , Williams re-joined former club Walsall for pre-season training after accepting an invitation from manager Dean Smith . However , on 6 July 2015 , the striker signed a two-year contract with Nuneaton Town of the National League North . He scored on his full début , a 3–2 away win at Chorley . He followed this up with the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Lowestoft Town , which was Nuneatons fourth consecutive victory . Williams start to life in a Nuneaton shirt was positive , scoring 5 goals in his first 10 games in an attacking partnership alongside veteran striker Marlon Harewood . Williams continued to impress in to the new year , and by late January 2016 had scored 16 goals in 32 appearances in all competitions for Nuneaton . This good form attracted the attention of third-tier side Peterborough United , who took Williams and Nuneaton teammate Zeus de la Paz on a weeks trial . Peterborough United . 2015–16 season . On 23 January 2016 , Williams returned to the Football League by signing for League One club Peterborough United . He signed on the same day as Nuneaton teammate Callum Chettle . Signed by Graham Westleys , Williams played 10 games in total ; he scored goals against Port Vale and Doncaster Rovers . However , he soon became surplus to requirements at the club following Westleys departure and did not appear for the first team at all at the beginning of the new season . 2016–17 season : loan return to Nuneaton Town . On 4 August 2016 , Williams returned to former club Nuneaton Town on loan , signing a contract until January 2017 . He moved on the same day as Peterborough United teammate Jordan Nicholson , who also joined Nuneaton on loan . Two days later he scored on his full competitive return , Nuneatons first goal in a 2–3 loss to Halifax Town . Williams went on to score a total of 7 goals at Nuneaton during his loan spell . Newport County . On 1 January 2017 Williams joined League Two club Newport County on a free transfer , signing an 18-month contract . Williams was reunited with Graham Westley , who had signed him a year earlier at Peterborough United . He made his Newport debut on 2 January in the starting line-up for the League Two fixture versus Wycombe Wanderers . At the time of his arrival , the club were struggling at the bottom end of the league table and appeared to be destined for relegation from the Football League . Williams scored his first goal for Newport on 28 January 2017 in a 3–1 win versus Hartlepool United in League Two . He later scored in a 1–1 draw with Morecambe and also scored a consolation goal in a 6–1 loss to Plymouth Arygle . While struggling to find consistency in front of goal , Williams continued to appear for Newports first team and was part of the squad the clubs famous Great Escape . Newport avoided relegation on the last day of the season at the expense of Hartlepool United . After being 11 points adrift in March the club managed to win 7 games out of 12 to survive . However , at the beginning of the next season Williams again found himself out of favour and was sent out on loan . Loan to Brackley Town . On 15 August 2017 , Williams joined Brackley Town in an initial six-month loan deal . During the loan spell Williams experienced a return to goalscoring form , and managed 23 goals in all competitions for Brackley . Williams was reunited with former Nuneaton Town team-mate Shane Byrne at the club . Brackley Town . Williams contract at Newport County was terminated on 12 January 2018 by mutual consent . The following day , he signed a permanent contract with Brackley Town . He managed to continue his goalscoring exploits with 6 goals in his first 7 league games back at the Northamptonshire side . Williams was part of the side that qualified for the Northamptonshire Senior Cup Final on 6 February 2018 with a 10–9 penalties victory over Peterborough Sports ( the game ended 0–0 in normal time ) . Further cup success followed on 25 March in the 2017–18 FA Trophy Semi-Final as Williams scored the opening goal in the second leg against Wealdstone . Brackley won 2–0 on the day and 3–0 on aggregate to book their place in the Final , gifting the club their first ever game at Wembley Stadium . Williams goalscoring form did not cease there ; his strike against Boston United on 27 March 2018 , Brackleys third in a 4–1 league victory , was his 33rd goal of the season in all competitions across his two spells at the club . Harrogate Town . Williams spent the 2018–19 season with newly-promoted National League side Harrogate Town . Despite the club performing above expectations and finishing in the promotion play-off positions , Williams struggled for game time throughout the season . He left the club after one year , during which he scored 5 goals across 34 league appearances . Return to AFC Telford United . On 17 June 2019 , six years after a short loan spell with the club , Williams signed a two-year contract with National League North side AFC Telford United . International career . Williams goalscoring exploits at Rushall Olympic attracted the attention of England C manager Paul Fairclough at the end of the 2014–15 season . On 16 May 2015 , Williams was named in the squad to take on the Republic of Irelands under-21 team in a friendly in Galway on 1 June . The striker came on as a second-half substitute in Englands 2–1 win . Honours . Club . Brackley Town . - FA Trophy : 2017–18 Individual . - Northern Premier League Premier Division Golden Boot : 2014–15 ( 28 goals ) - Rushall Olympic Supporters Player of the Season : 2014–15 - Rushall Olympic Players Player of the Season : 2014–15 - Rushall Olympic Golden Boot Top Goalscorer : 2014–15 ( 38 goals ) - Rushall Olympic Goal of the Season : 2014–15 ( vs . Nantwich Town on 21 March 2015 )