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William "Billy" Woods is an Irish former professional football player. He is now the First Team Coach with Cork City.
Woods played all his schoolboy football with Midleton before spending two and a half years at Coventry City. He joined Cork City in 1993 and made his debut in October, playing under manager Damien Richardson during his first stint as manager when City played in Bishopstown.
He joined Tranmere Rovers in July 1995. After plying his trade there he returned to Ireland and signed for Portadown F.C. for one season in 1997.
Woods signed for Shamrock Rovers in 1998 in time to make his debut away to Altay S.K. in the UEFA Intertoto-Cup on 21 June. He made two appearances for the Hoops in Europe.
A few weeks later he won a FAI Super Cup medal.
In the 1999?00 season he was the club's joint-top goalscorer and even appeared in goal on one occasion. Woods scored a very memorable goal in the FAI Cup quarter final replay in 2001. His last game for the club was against Galway United on 31 March 2002.
After Richardson left the club at the end of the 2002 season, Woods rejoined his hometown club.
Woods won the League of Ireland Championship in November 2005.
Born
October 24th, 1973 in Cork (Age 50)
Teams
Cork City F.C. (2010) | Cork City F.C. (2002-2008) | Shamrock Rovers F.C. (1998-2002) | Portadown F.C. (1997-1998) | Blackpool F.C. (1996-1997) | Tranmere Rovers F.C. (1995-1997) | Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team (1995-1996) | League of Ireland XI (1995) | Cork City F.C. (1993-1995) | Coventry City F.C. (1991-1993) | Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team (1991) |
Last Changes
2024/03/16
New Event: 2024/07/19 - Chicago, IL, US
2023/05/27
New Event: 2023/06/01 - Brooklyn, NY, US
2022/10/01
New Event: 2022/10/17 - Columbus, OH, US
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