also the Official Player of the Year Award. He decided to leave Colchester when his contract expired in June 2012; manager John Ward said that Williams wanted to play in the Championship. Hibernian On 10 July 2012, Williams signed a two-year contract with Scottish side Hibernian. During the 2012–13 season, Williams has saved five opposition penalty kicks. Williams won the player of the year award made by the Hibs Supporters' Association for 2012–13, ahead of regular goalscorer Leigh Griffiths. Hibs suffered relegation in the 2013–14 season, after which Williams was released at the end of his contract. Bradford City Williams signed for Bradford City in August 2014. He made his debut on 12 August, keeping a clean sheet as Bradford beat Morecambe 1–0 in the first round of the League Cup. Bury Williams moved to Bury in June 2016. Blackpool Williams signed for Blackpool on 3 July 2017. He was released by Blackpool at the end of the 2017–18 season. Bolton Wanderers On 3 August 2018 it was announced that Williams would be registered as goalkeeping back-up for Bolton Wanderers, where he worked as the Academy Goalkeeping Coach. At the end of the 2018–19 season, he reverted to his old role coaching the Bolton Wanderers Academy goalkeepers. Coaching career In February 2018, he replaced Dave Timmins as the goalkeeper coach at Blackpool with whom he was still playing for at the time. In July 2018, he was working as a goalkeeper coach for the Bolton Wanderers Academy and even turned out for the first team in a friendly against Guiseley to cover for regular goalkeeper Ben Alnwick. Despite being named as a substitute on numerous occasions, he did not make any appearances for the Bolton first team in the 2018–19 season and reverted to his old youth coaching role that summer, often stepping up to assist Lee Butler and later Mike Pollitt with first team duties. He left Bolton on 29 January 2021. Career statistics Notes References 1982 births Living people Footballers from Manchester Association football goalkeepers English footballers Manchester United F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players Bradford City A.F.C. players Bury F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing