Career
Williams started his career with a local club, Mansfield Town before moving to Tranmere Rovers, Chesterfield, Hull City and then onto Bristol Rovers. After playing for three seasons in League Two, he joined Aldershot Town on a month"s loan in September 2005 when Ian Atkins was manager at Bristol Rovers. After Atkins departed the club, Williams briefly returned to Rovers before leaving the club in December 2005 and joining the Shots on a contract that ran until the end of the 2007-2008 season.
In a pre-season friendly against Crystal Palace in July 2007, Williams tore his anterior cruciate ligament.
Following their promotion, Williams left by mutual agreement. On 6 May 2008, Williams joined another Conference club, Weymouth, signing a one-year contract.
In 2009 he joined Mansfield Town. Following a loan spell with Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity in December 2010, he joined the club on a permanent basis in January 2011.
In September 2012 he joined North Ferriby United.
Williams and Ferriby secured promotion to the Conference North at the end of the 2012-2013 season, and on 26 May 2013 he announced he had re-signed for Trinity. After starting several games and assisting on the coaching staff, Williams moved to Scarborough Athletic in September 2013 after work commitments meant he couldn"t continue playing at Conference North level
Williams stayed with the Seadogs until December 2014, when he completed a move to AFC Mansfield, joining former boss Rudy Funk and returning to the town where he began his career.