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Post by Big_Al on Dec 14, 2014 22:52:58 GMT 1
Former Gills player, Secretary and Commercial Manager,Bill Williams, has penned a fantastic Autobiography that lifts the lid on his career in football over the last 50 years. tinyurl.com/lyq4u4g |
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Post by muppet on Dec 15, 2014 0:21:23 GMT 1
Just read the piece on the homepage, seems another real character. Not many in football anymore.
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Post by sunnyboy on Dec 15, 2014 5:30:04 GMT 1
I moved to the US in 1979 and to Atlanta, GA in 1981. Bill was assistant manager to Georgia Generals, Atlanta's only pro soccer team (not sure if NASL or not). Dave Chadwick was the manager and he lived in the same neighborhood as I did. There were a few British players in Atlanta at that time - Mike Elson (Exeter), Graham Tutt (Charlton and  ), Phil Woosnam, Paul Child (Villa). Met Child and Elson who owned an indoor football facility that did very well. The team did not last long and only now do they have an MLS team coming to Atlanta in 2016. |
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Post by sunnyboy on Dec 15, 2014 5:30:23 GMT 1
I moved to the US in 1979 and to Atlanta, GA in 1981. Bill was assistant manager to Georgia Generals, Atlanta's only pro soccer team (not sure if NASL or not). Dave Chadwick was the manager and he lived in the same neighborhood as I did. There were a few British players in Atlanta at that time - Mike Elson (Exeter), Graham Tutt (Charlton and ), Phil Woosnam, Paul Child (Villa). Met Child and Elson who owned an indoor football facility that did very well. The team did not last long and only now do they have an MLS team coming to Atlanta in 2016. |
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Post by lincolngills on Dec 16, 2014 21:15:07 GMT 1
Read somewhere on the net that Bill Williams took Billy Hughes out to South Africa but don't think it enhanced his career. Wonder if he mentioned him in his autobiography?
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), Phil Woosnam, Paul Child (Villa). Met Child and Elson who owned an indoor football facility that did very well. The team did not last long and only now do they have an MLS team coming to Atlanta in 2016.