Following on from the sad news about Ron Healey earlier this week I just found out that Gareth Williams passed away on 4 June.

Gareth was a wing half with us in the 1960s and played 161 League games. He was highly rated and we sold him to Bolton in 1967 for £40,000 , in the days where we sold a player a season for £40k, following on from the sale of Rodrigues and Hole. He had a lengthy spell there before ending his career at Bury.

I'm pretty sure he was born in London to Welsh parents, and in those days it meant he wasn't eligible to play for Wales, as I'm sure he would have won some caps.


RIP Gareth and condolences to his family.