William "Billy" Woods is an Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 former professional football player. He is now the First Team Coach with Cork City.

Cork City and beyond

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

Damien Richardson

Damien John Richardson is an Irish football manager and former player. He currently has no club attachments, having left Cork City at the end of the 2007 season. Richardson formerly managed Gillingham in England and Cobh Ramblers, Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers in Ireland.Richardson's father...

 during his first stint as manager when City played in Bishopstown.

He joined Tranmere Rovers in July 1995 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1995/0705/Pg021.html#Ar02104:114A09136A210E8A0910DA21. After plying his trade there he returned to Ireland and signed for Portadown for one season in 1997.

Shamrock Rovers

Woods signed for Shamorck 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

FAI Super Cup

The FAI Super Cup is a defunct football tournament which was played for 3 years between 1998 and 2000. It was played before the League of Ireland season began, usually in July. The first tournament was played in the neutral Morton Stadium and the 1999 and 2000 editions were both played for in...

 medal.

In the 1999-00 season he was the club's joint-top goalscorer and even appeared in goal on one occasion.http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/rep9.html. Scored a very memorable goal in the FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

 quarter final replay in 2001 http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vshels4.htm. His last game for the club was against Galway United

Galway United

Galway United F.C. was founded as Galway Rovers in 1937. They are a football club currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of the Irish football....

 on 31 March 2002.

After Richardson left the club at the end of the 2002 season, Woods rejoined his hometown club.

2005 season

Woods was an Eircom League medal winner in November 2005. Cork City beat Derry City

Derry City F.C.

Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division...

 2-0 on 18 November 2005 to secure the title in the last game of the season. Although Woods did not play in that game, he had been an integral part of the squad through the year.

2006 season

After the departure of Liam Kearney to Shelbourne in the 2006 season, Woods filled the gap left by Kearney at left wing. He became a key player during the season and was nominated by many for the FourFiveOne player of the year award.

Champions League

Woods scored Cork City's opening goal in the Champions League qualifier in July 2006 against Cypriot champions Apollon Limasoll. Woods was a key player in City's run to the second qualifying round, in which Cork City were beaten by Serbian and former European and World Club Champions Red Star Belgrade 4-0 on aggregate.

Future

Woods agreed to stay with Cork City for another year in February 2007. Once again, he signed a part-time contract with the club so as to dovetail his job as car salesman with training and playing for City.

In February 2008 he signed a new contract to remain at Cork City, but retired in October 2008.http://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/10/15/SSCup-Derry-v-Cork-City-LIVE/

Cork City

In June 2010, Billy returned to play for Cork City. He made 14 appearances for City that season and was appointed as First Team Coach in December 2010. He is currently doing the UEFA ‘B’ licence and will be enrolling on the course to do his ‘A’ Licence in the coming year.http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/2010/12/21/billy-woods-appointed-first-team-coach/

Honours

• League of Ireland
  League of Ireland
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  • Cork City F.C. 2005
• FAI Cup
  FAI Cup
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  • Cork City F.C. 2007
• FAI Super Cup
  FAI Super Cup
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  • Shamrock Rovers 1998
• PFAI Young Player of the Year
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  • Cork City F.C.- 1994/95