Gareth Williams

Nottingham Forest

Williams was born in Glasgow. He started his career at Nottingham Forest, a product of the club's youth system, where he played alongside Jermaine Jenas and David Prutton. While at Forest, Williams was described as the "best passer at the club" by former England player and City Ground manager David Platt. During the 2001–02 season, Williams was named the club's player of the year, in a season which also saw him achieve the first of his five full caps for Scotland.

Leicester City

Williams signed a three-year deal with Leicester City in July 2004. The transfer fee was decided by tribunal due to his age and the player being a free agent. Williams' agent later confirmed the decision of the tribunal was around £500,000 rising if the Foxes achieved promotion to the Premiership. Having spent almost two and a half years with City, and with his contract up at the end of the 2007–08 season, the club sold Williams to Premiership side Watford for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £600,000, on 31 January 2007. It was later reported that the player was one of the club's top earners.

Watford

On 3 February 2007 he made his Premiership debut for Watford against Bolton Wanderers. He only played for Watford a further two times, before sustaining anterior cruciate ligament damage during a match against Chelsea in April 2007, an injury that kept him out of action for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. Although recovering the following…

Williams captained the Scotland Under-21 team and won the first of his five full caps against Nigeria at Pittodrie in April 2002.