Lee Williamson
Lee Trevor Williamson is a former professional footballer who is currently an academy coach at Burton Albion
Born in Derby, Williamson started his career at Mansfield Town and went on to play for clubs including Northampton Town, Rotherham United, Watford, Preston North End, Sheffield United, Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers and Burton Albion. He played internationally for Jamaica, including at Copa América Centenario and during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Club career
Early career
Williamson started his career at Mansfield Town, making 165 appearances in his stay at Field Mill. He then moved to Northampton Town early in the 2004–05 season where he quickly established himself as an automatic choice in the first team where he scored two goals.Williamson then joined Rotherham United in the summer of 2005, and once again established himself in first team.
Watford
He 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 for Watford against Manchester United.Williamson scored three times in his first season at Vicarage Road but was then loaned to Preston North End at the end of March until the end of the 2008–09 season. He scored his only Preston goal on 18 April 2009 against Cardiff City which rounded off a 6–0 win at Deepdale.
Sheffield United
Williamson signed with Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £500,000, during the 2009 close season. Having suffered a back injury in pre-season Williamson found himself sidelined until the end of October and had to wait until December to score his début goal for the club against Crystal Palace.He continued to be dogged by injuries during his first season with the Blades and eventually returned for a second operation on his back in the close season. This time, however, Williamson almost died after suffering complications during the operation. He was placed on a life support machine for two days after contracting an infection. Sheffield United's manager at the time Kevin Blackwell commented: "He was placed on life support. He's a very lucky lad to be alive."
On 26 July 2012, on Sheffield United's pre-season tour of Malta, manager, Danny Wilson confirmed Williamson would not sign a new deal with the club and had subsequently been told to stay away from training with the squad. Despite this Wilson refused to rule out Williamson signing a new deal.