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Paul Williams (footballer, born 1971)

Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
Paul Darren Williams (born 26 March 1971) is an English professional football coach and former player who is academy director at Birmingham City.

As a player, he was a centre back and midfielder from 1989 until 2005, most notably in the Premier League for Coventry City and Southampton, as well as in the Football League for Derby County and Stoke City.

Upon his retirement he moved into coaching, working in the academies at Southampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich City, Birmingham City and with the England youth teams. He served Nottingham Forest as caretaker manager late in the 2015–16 season. He has also managed Fredericksburg Gunners and has worked on the coaching staff's of Swansea Ciy, Brentford, Aldershot Town and Sheffield Wednesday.

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Events on 1971

  • 8Jan

    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
  • 7Jun

    First Amendment to the United States Constitution

    The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • 11Jul

    Chile

    Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
  • 21Sep

    Bhutan

    Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
  • 24Nov

    D. B. Cooper

    During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.