Roger Willis
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Full name | Roger Christopher Willis[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 June 1967||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
198?–1988 | Dunkirk | ||
1988–1990 | Grimsby Town | 9 | (0) |
1990 | → Boston United (loan) | 10 | (5) |
1990–1992 | Barnet | 81 | (23) |
1992–1993 | Watford | 36 | (2) |
1993–1994 | Birmingham City | 19 | (5) |
1994–1996 | Southend United | 31 | (7) |
1996–1997 | Peterborough United | 40 | (6) |
1997–2002 | Chesterfield | 135 | (21) |
2002 | Peterborough United | 4 | (0) |
2002 | Kettering Town | 2 | (0) |
2002 | Stevenage Borough | 1 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Cambridge City | 2 | (0) |
2003 | Hucknall Town | 1 | (0) |
2004 | St Albans City | 5 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roger Christopher Willis (born 17 June 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League between 1989 and 2002 playing for seven different clubs.[2]
Career
Willis, a native of Sheffield generally known by his nickname, Harry, played for Nottingham-based non-league club Dunkirk before joining Grimsby Town in 1989.[3] He made ten first-team appearances for the Mariners in all competitions,[4] and spent time on loan to Boston United in the Conference,[5] before being sold to Barnet for £10,000 at the end of the 1989–90 season.[3]
In his first season with Barnet, Willis helped them to the Conference title and consequent promotion to the Football League.[3] A flourishing second season, in which he was one of the key players as Barnet reached the playoff semifinal,[6] earned him a move to Division One (second-tier) club Watford in October 1992 for a fee of £175,000.[3] After a relatively unsuccessful year with the Hornets,[7] he rejoined former Barnet manager Barry Fry, now at fellow Division one club Birmingham City, for a fee of £150,000.[3] Willis left for Southend United after ten months,[3] and went on to feature for Peterborough United before settling down for a five-year spell with Division Three (fourth-tier) Chesterfield, whom he helped to promotion in the 2000–01 season.[8]
Released by Chesterfield in 2002, he made a brief return to Peterborough, followed by occasional appearances for non-league clubs Kettering Town, Stevenage Borough, Cambridge City and Hucknall Town, before retiring from the game in February 2003.[9][10] He came out of retirement to play for St Albans City in 2004.[11]
References
- Infobox statistics
- Football League clubs: Roger Willis career statistics at Soccerbase
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- General
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sheffield
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- Cambridge City F.C. players
- Hucknall Town F.C. players
- St Albans City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- National League (English football) players