Talk:Tom Williams (footballer, born 1980)

Number of spells at Peterborough

Three permanent and three loan - so do we say it is three spells, or six spells? Personally I am edging towards saying either "six" or "three permanent" for accuracy. Other opinions needed please! GiantSnowman 13:01, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd say three spells. If each loan was made permanent while he was still there, that's really one unbroken spell IMO -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

It can be confusing for non-football fans to see six (seemingly) different spells though. So we should perhaps qualify it with "permanent." GiantSnowman 13:08, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Kettering

Having noticed the back-and-forth editing of this article on my watchlist, yesterday I reworded the item to take out the apparently offending "signed for", but include mention of the match Mr Williams played for Kettering, sourced to the club's website. "Signed for", in my opinion at least, tends to imply "signed a contract", whether temporary or permanent, short-term or long-term, but the Football Association's registrations list for August confirms he never had a written contract with Kettering. The Talksport reference I removed suggests that the player signed "as a guest". Not sure if it's just the words "signed for" that Mr Williams (if it is he) is objecting to, but if that is the only problem, I don't really think it's all that vital to include them if his 54-minute Kettering "career" can be easily summed up without. Thoughts? cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Talksport suggests it was a three-game deal, probably verbal given the FA's source. I feel it should be worded to mention that joined Kettering (in whatever manner we can agree) and played; I think that simply saying he played one game for Kettering could be confusing for some. This is all minor though, at least we have now established that he was with Ketting. GiantSnowman 11:16, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

To be precise, Talksport quoted the player's agent as saying it was a three-game arrangement as a guest. Not sure that the unsubstantiated words of players' agents are a reliable source for anything, but that's by the by. Personally, I wouldn't bother saying he joined Kettering before playing for them. Strikes me as either obvious or not desperately informative: I don't know what rules the Conference has about casual appearances. But it doesn't bother me that much; as said above, I was just trying to deflect the slow edit-war. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:48, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2018

Williams is now on trial at Hashtag United in the Eastern Counties League Division One. He played a game on trial against Romford FC but has presumably left Arizona United.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmGHATp2evc R2GEdits (talk) 08:44, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Being on trial is not the same as signing with them. I'll update to show he has left Arizona though. GiantSnowman 08:48, 27 July 2018 (UTC)