Former Championship manager, 44, now working at Bristol Airport as picture of him in uniform goes viral
A FORMER Championship manager has swapped wingers for wings - by taking a job at Bristol Airport.
And fans could barely believe their eyes as he opted for a high-viz instead of a high line.
2
Luke Williams was dismissed as Swansea manager in February
Credit: Getty
2
He has taken on a new job helping those with mobility difficulties at Bristol Airport
Credit: https://x.com/MEK230402
Ex-Swindon and Notts County chief Luke Williams was Swansea boss from January 2024 until his
The London-born gaffer, 44, was placed on gardening leave.
But despite no doubt receiving a pay-off from the Welsh club when axed four months ago, he was keen to do something worthwhile during his time out of the game.
So much so that as he awaits a new stint in a dugout, kind-hearted Williams has undertaken a gig helping disabled and limited-mobility passengers around the Bristol Airport terminal, as reported by
READ MORE ON FOOTBALL
He started the job two weeks ago.
And it did not take long for a photo of him at his new workplace to go viral.
The snap showed humble Williams wearing his yellow reflective vest uniform and lanyard coming out of the lift in Bristol.
An
Most read in Football
CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS
One replied: "He's just doing this because he's bored, he genuinely doesn't care about others' opinions and you have to respect it."
Another commented: "Fair play to the guy."
Former Premier League manager is told 'f--- you' by his own player before he shushes him in furious Club World Cup row
A third joked: "Managing in the top flight."
A fourth added: "Cardiff City fan here with nothing but respect for this. Call me woke if you want. (*best believe I'll turn up in full bluebirds kit when I fly out next week)"
And a final person typed: "Clearly has a massive work ethic. Good luck to him!"
Williams told
He also revealed how he loaded lorries for BHS and drove minibuses to and from nightclubs and airports to fund his early coaching career.
In those days, he collected £1.50 for every player who attended his sessions.
Williams also applied for an electrician course when he left his coaching role with
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Irish Sun
35 minutes ago
- The Irish Sun
Chaos as England's U21s Euros quarter-final win over Spain ends in mass brawl as Ashley Cole is forced to step in
CHAOS erupted at the final whistle as England beat Spain 3-1 to set up an Euro U21 semi-final against Holland. The holders will battle the Dutch in Bratislava on Wednesday for a place in the European Championship final. 2 James McAtee led the way as England booked their place in the Euro U21s semis Credit: Getty 2 Harvey Elliott also scored in a 3-1 win over Spain Credit: Getty James McAtee and Harvey Elliott showed the precision of a Spanish archer to take the lead in a lightning quick start before Eliot Anderson wrapped things up with a late penalty. Despite handing their much-fancied opponents a lifeline before the break, England held firm in Tranava to roar on. But the match ended in chaos as players from both sides clashed in a touchline fracas, with former Leeds man Charlie Cresswell at the centre of things. Tempers spilled over as unsettling scenes of shirt-grabbing and shoving took centre stage. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL And it even needed Chelsea legend and England coach Ashley Cole to step in and break up the ruckus amid fears of a red card for a Young Lion. Six members of Lee Carsley's army headed to the Stadion Antona Malatinskeho, where Big Sam Allardyce won his only game in charge of England in 2016, with happy memories. Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Jarell Quansah, Alex Scott, Samuel Iling-Junior and Ronnie Edwards were all returning to the scene of their 2022 Under-19 Euro triumph with England. And it proved to be a happy hunting ground once again as they refused to relinquish their grip on the trophy. Most read in Football Only Quansah and Scott out of them started here as Carsley rang the changes after Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to Germany. In came Tino Livramento for Iling-Junior, Tyler Morton replaced Elliot Anderson in midfield, captain James McAtee took over from Ethan Nwaneri. The fourth, and biggest eyebrow raiser, was the inclusion of Birmingham City's Jay Stansfield over Jonathan Rowe as Carsley opted for a more traditional No9 in attack for the first time this tournament. BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Meanwhile, Leeds striker Mateo Joseph, whose father is cousins with ex-England star Emile Heskey, was the man tasked with leading the Spanish attack against the Three Lions. Though our boys had more than just him to worry. England u21s clash with Germany SUSPENDED as stadium plunged into semi-darkness and players taken off pitch In-demand Valencia midfield duo Javi Guerra and Diego Lopez and Las Palmas' Alberto Moleiro were the three matadors ordered to provide the magic for him. Lopez was straight into it, heading over before a minute had passed and then 30 seconds later his shot hit Charlie Cresswell's arm and the ref pointed to the spot. Fortunately, England survived as a VAR check led to the Italian official Simone Sozza overturning his decision. And Carsley's men roared back to turn a potential nightmare start into a dream one. Alex Scott's corner flicked off a defender's head and the Spaniards failed to deal with and allowed McAtee to pounce and drill home from eight yards. Moments later the Young Lions doubled their advantage when Quansah powered forward and thundered a strike towards goal. It was too much for Alejandro Iturbe, and Elliott reacted quickest to slot home after the keeper spilled it. Spain were stunned and struggled to threaten until they were gifted a way back into it. Scott's sloppiness allowed Moleiro to nick it, dart into the box before going down after colliding with Quansah's outstretched left leg. Guerra, after a lengthy delay, kept his cool to send James Beadle the wrong way to leave the game on a knife edge going into the break. England shot out the traps after the restart as Quansah found Omari Hutchinson on the edge of the box. The Ipswich winger's brilliant backheel set Stansfield free, but his strike was deflected over. Cresswell headed Elliot's corner into the side-netting but it was Beadle's heroics that kept their lead on the hour with a superb double save to deny Guerra. Spain were beginning to pile on the pressure as Cresswell threw his body in front of a stinger from Moleiro. But for all of their play and passing, they just could not find a way through as their hopes died right at the death when Beadle saved low down from Roberto Fernandez. Nottingham Forest ace Anderson then stepped up to the spot to fire home a penalty at the death, knocking the stuffing out of Spain for good. It was a display to make Sir Francis Drake proud. Now bring on the Dutch.
Irish Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Dublin forced to grind out result as they book quarter-final spot
Dublin 1-19 Cork 1-16Dublin are through to the last eight of the Championship for the 22nd consecutive season after grinding their way past certainly wasn't the performance of champions in waiting from Dessie Farrell's side as they struggled for long periods of the first half and were behind as late as the 55th minute, but they outscored a plucky Cork outfit by 0-7 to 0-3 coming down the stretch with Seán Bugler and Cormac Costello top-scoring with 0-5 each and Paddy Small weighing in with Óg Jones was Cork's main attacking threat and arguably the best forward on the field as he finished with 1-4 from play, giving Seán MacMahon a difficult evening, though Stephen Cluxton denying him a second goal in the first half ultimately proved result means that Dublin will play one of Tyrone, Monaghan or Meath in the All-Ireland quarter-final next weekend, with 2003 the last time that they failed to reach that stage of the Championship or its was no Con O'Callaghan as he was withdrawn from the published line-up and although the likes of Bugler, Costello and Small showed up well at times, his loss was still felt and Dublin's chances of kicking on from here will weigh heavily on his missed the defeat to Armagh, he played a full part in Dublin's season-saving win over Derry seven days earlier, with Farrell outlining afterwards how he had 'run the gauntlet' by holding him in reserve with a potentially more testing quarter-final in once Dublin got ahead late on, Cork's threat dwindled as their only score in the closing 12 minutes came from a Mark Cronin the incredible drama of the first game at Croke Park, there was a flatness to the atmosphere as this preliminary quarter-final got underway, though perhaps that would have been the case in any Limerick supporters among the 36,546 attendance largely headed for home and, after five minutes, it looked the smart call as a second shock of the day already appeared remote as Dublin swept into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead through Paddy Small (two), Ciarán Kilkenny and it would be 12 minutes before they scored again and, indeed, they only managed four scores for the remainder of the half as Cork took control of the game and bossed possession for long Og Jones got them off the mark in the ninth minute before Mark Cronin added a free and Cork went in front as Jones finished low to Cluxton's left and in off the post for the game's opening goal after Ian Maguire had taken possession from a sideline Hurley kicked a couple of points for Cork and though Dublin were kicking the odd score to stay on their shoulder, it was John Cleary's side that were finding the scores easier and, indeed, they had a golden opportunity for a second goal only for Cluxton to save from Jones on the half hour goalkeeper Micheál Aodh Martin converted the resulting 45 and Jones brought his tally to 1-2 as he waltzed through amid a glaring lack of intensity from the Dublin however, Bugler hooked over a two-pointer just before the buzzer to halve Dublin's deficit and make it 1-8 to 0-9 at the seized the initiative on the restart, outscoring Cork by 1-3 to 0-1 in the opening 10 minutes to go three points in front. Brian Howard struck for the goal after he lost Seán McDonnell all too easily, though the Raheny man's finish was lethal as he gave Martin no chance with a rocket to the top to their credit, didn't buckle and hit four points without reply through Colm O'Callaghan, Jones, Cronin and Seán Walsh to regain the lead as Dublin went through another fallow period, this time going 10 minutes without a boss John Cleary was the most relieved man in Croke Park as an act of dissent on his part - he kicked the ball away as Dublin were about to take a sideline ball - resulted in a 50-metre penalty though Costello kicked the resulting two-point free did bring Dublin level shortly afterwards, however, before Paddy Small put them in front with his third of the day. It was nip and tuck as Jones equalised, Bugler restored Dublin's lead and then sub Cathail O'Mahony fisted Cork level with 12 minutes points from Costello and Paddy Small gave Dublin some comfort but Cronin's free was brought it back to one and McDonnell had a two-point free to put Cork in front only for it to drop short into Cluxton's that, Cork's chance was effectively gone as Costello (free) and sub Luke Breathnach completed the scoring to see Farrell's side into the last S Cluxton; E Murchan, S MacMahon, D Byrne; B Howard (1-0), J Small (0-1), L Gannon (0-1); P Ó Cofaigh-Byrne, C Kilkenny (0-1); K McGinnis, S Bugler (0-5, 1tp), N Scully (0-1); P Small (0-4), L O'Dell, C Costello (0-5, 0-2f).Subs: C Murphy for O'Dell (45), L Breathnach (0-1) for McGinnis (57), T Lahiff for Gannon (59), N Doran for Scully (68).CORK: MA Martin (0-1 '45'); N Lordan,D O'Mahony, M Shanley; B O'Driscoll, S Brady, M Taylor; I Maguire (0-1), C O'Callaghan (0-2); P Walsh, S Walsh (0-1), S McDonnell; M Cronin (0-4, 0-2f), B Hurley (0-2), C Jones (1-4).Subs: E McSweeney for P Walsh (48), C Cahalane for McDonnell (49-58, temp), C O'Mahony (0-1) for Hurley (55), S Powter for Taylor (58), L Fahy for Lordan (63).REFEREE: S Hurson (Tyrone).
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- The Irish Sun
‘I would like to clear up the speculation' – Paige Spiranac forced to make statement after viral video
PAIGE SPIRANAC was forced to make a statement after a viral video did the rounds online. Influencer Paige cleared the air after a bizarre clip showing a woman falling off a golf buggy was shared online. 28 Paige Spiranac has shot down claims that she appeared in a viral video Credit: Getty 28 The bizarre clip showed a blonde woman drinking beer while leaning out of a golf buggy Credit: 28 The video ends with the woman falling off before hitting the ground hard Credit: In the clip, a blonde lady sipped a can of beer while clinging onto the side of a moving cart. She seemed to be loving life as she vibed while clutching a handle. But in a painful moment, things went south as the woman fell off the buggy. The video ended with her landing on the ground and her sunglasses flying off her head. READ MORE IN GOLF The beer also didn't make it, with the woman's can spilling all over the green. Her identity was not revealed on social media. Yet she bore an Most read in Golf BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS She fired out a defiant statement insisting it was not her in the clip. However, Paige still managed to see the funny side as she ended her statement with a hilarious quip. 'I'm pumped for you' - Fans love Paige Spiranac's shock new career move into 'big, high-powered executive job' She declared: 'I would like to clear up the speculation. This is not me. 'We all know I wouldn't be wearing a polo.' Fans were quick to react to Paige's message. One said: 'You would have stuck the landing.' Another declared: 'Sounds like something someone who fell off a golf cart would say.' One noted: 'We were worried for a moment.' Another added: 'I'm glad you cleared this up, too funny!' A glimpse inside Paige Spiranac's glamorous life... 28 Paige Spiranac has defended her sexy outfits and says she feels comfortable in them Credit: Instagram 28 She gains messages of support whenever she posts a new photo Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee 28 Paige's 2024 calendar is available to buy Credit: Twitter / @PaigeSpiranac 28 Paige played in a charity golfing match against Jerry Kelly earlier this year Credit: Instagram 28 Paige promoted her golfing equipment wearing this tiny, pink leotard Credit: Instagram 28 Paige put a cheeky spin on the Masters jacket ahead of the 2022 championship Credit: Twitter 28 Paige dressed as Harley Quinn for Halloween in 2022 Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee 28 Paige dressed as Cammy from Street Fighter for last year's Halloween Credit: Instagram 28 Paige showed off her bum in bright red hot pants to celebrate March Madness Credit: Instagram 28 Paige has also shown her appreciation for baseball in the past Credit: Instagram 28 Paige celebrated the US Open in a stars and stripes bikini, eating hot dogs Credit: Instagram 28 In an homage to Top Gun, Paige dressed as a sexy fighter jet pilot Credit: Instagram 28 Paige has amassed a strong following across her various profiles Credit: Instagram/_paige.renee 28 Paige used to be a professional golfer but turned into a social media star Credit: Instagram @ 28 Paige shares a series of raunchy pics on a daily basis Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee 28 Paige also talks about golf across her popular pages Credit: Instagram / @_paige.renee 28 Paige is golf's top influencer Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee 28 She regularly delivers golf tips to fans Credit: Instagram @ 28 Paige loves posting saucy photos Credit: instagram @_paige.renee 28 She's a firm believer in her golf advice Credit: Instagram / _paige.renee 28 She has plenty of followers online Credit: instagram @_paige.renee 28 Paige is not shy of the camera Credit: INSTAGRAM @_paige.renee 28 Paige regularly thrills with saucy snaps Credit: Instagram @ 28 With followers often seeing her on the course Credit: Instagram @_paige.renee 28 She regularly shares revealing snaps Credit: Twitter / PaigeSpiranac
