Footballers who have played for both PNE and Watford
Craig Beattie;
Charlie Bishop;
Wayne Brown;
Clarke Carlisle;
Chris Day;
Nathan Ellington;
Alec Farrall;
Len Gallimore;
Joe Garner;
Jimmy Gooch;
Brian Greenalgh;
Arthur Hetherington;
Matt Jackson;
Nigel Jemson;
Dominic Ludden;
Tamas Priskin;
Stuart Priskin;
Allan Smart;
Lee Williamson
Player Profile – Lee Williamson
Lee Trevor Williamson was born in Alvaston, Derby on 7 June 1982. He started his career with Third Division Mansfield and signed a professional contract on 3 July 2000.
His debut came prior to that on 24 September 1999 in a 4-0 home win over Shrewsbury. He replaced Michael Boulding with two minutes remaining and made a further 3 substitute appearances during the 1999/2000 season.
He played in every league game in 2001/02 and scored his first league goal in a 3-2 home win over Leyton Orient on 5 October 2001. His only other goals for the club came in the same season when Williamson scored a brace in a 4-1 victory at Lincoln on 12 February 2002. That season saw Mansfield finished third and promotion to the second division.
The following season saw him make 40 league appearances but the club finished second bottom. Williamson played in the League Two play-off final at the Millennium Stadium which finished goal less but were beaten 4-1 on penalties by Huddersfield.
His 144th and final league game for Mansfield came in a 2-0 defeat at Grimsby on 28 August.
On 9 September 2004 Williamson joined Northampton and quickly established himself into the team. His debut came in a 0-0 draw at home to Notts County two days later. He made 37 appearances during the season and although he didn’t score a league goal in did score twice in the Football League trophy and the FA Cup.
Williamson joined Rotherham on 28 July 2005 and once again established himself in first team making 41 appearances in the 2005/06 season. His debut came in a 2-1 home defeat to Walsall on 6 August 2005. His first of four goals during the season came in a 2-1 win at Bradford on 17 December.
He scored 4 goals in 37 appearances in 2006/07 including both goals in a 2-0 win at home to Brentford on 14 October 2006.
After 9 goals from 56 appearances Williamson completed a move to Watford along with teammate Will Hoskins for a combined fee of £1.2 million on 5 January 2007. On 31 January 2007 he played his first Premier League match in a 4-0 defeat at Manchester United.
On return to the Championship after their relegation from the Premier League Williamson scored on the first home game of the season as he scored the only goal in the win over Sheffield United and made 32 appearances in total. He also played in both legs of their play off defeat against Hull City.
On 9 and 11 November 2008 Watford played Swansea, one fixture for the league and the other in the Carling Cup, Watford scored two goals from both of the games both of these came from Lee Williamson. He followed this up less than two weeks later with another goal making his total for the season 3 goals, with his third against QPR.
His last match for Watford came in a 2-2 draw against Sheffield Wednesday on 14 March 2009, he had scored 4 league goals from 71 league appearances.
On 26 March 2009 he signed a loan deal with Preston until the end of the 2008/09 season. His debut came in a 1-1 draw at Bristol City on 4 April and scored his first Preston goal on 18 April 2009 against Cardiff which rounded off a 6–0 win at Deepdale. His fifth and last appearance came in a 2-1 win at Birmingham on 25 April. He was unlucky to be sent off when he clashed with Lee Bowyer and on losing his appeal he had to serve his three match ban, ending his season prior to the play off matches with Sheffield United