\n Following a trial period, the left-back joined up with Richardson’s Royals on a short-term contract until January 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n During the Royals’ 1-0 league win against Stevenage at the Select Car Leasing Stadium on Thursday evening (November 6) Williams came on for Daniel Kyerewaa in the 79th minute and made his presence known.\n<\/p>\n
\n During his first minutes on the pitch Williams took up the left-wing position and glimpses of what he could bring to the Reading squad shone through.\n<\/p>\n
\n His pace was clearly visible as the 28-year-old made runs and found space in-between Stevenage’s lines. In defensive phases, which was Reading was forced to in the majority of the second half, Williams tucked into the midfield to cover space centrally.\n<\/p>\n
\n Williams managed one clearance and won three ground duels as Reading fought-off Stevenage to protect their 1-0 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n Randell Williams making his debut for Reading FC during Reading FC v Stevenage. EFL Sky Bet League One 25\/26. (Image: \u00a9Jason Dawson)\n<\/p>\n
\n After the game, speaking to RoyalsTV, Williams reflected on his debut for the club saying that he “couldn’t wait to get started” and that he’s “happy to be here”.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “I know the boys well. I know the coach well. He hasn’t been here for long and I haven’t been here for long either.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He has his ideas and we, as players, just have to get involved in what he wants to do.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Sometimes it takes time, but as you saw today [November 6], I thought the guys were fantastic.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Randell Williams has taken up the number 21, a number previously worn by academy wonderkid Michael Olise, centre-forward Paul Brayson and more recently goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis.\n<\/p>\n
\n When asked what the Royals can expect from Williams, he said: “It’s my job to be both a leader and a performer in the club. I will bring all my qualities and leadership qualities as best I can.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He added that the fans can expect speed, a bit of flair and “hopefully a few goals and assists.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Randell Williams celebrating Reading’s 1-0 win after Reading FC v Stevenage. EFL Sky Bet League One 25\/26. (Image: \u00a9Jason Dawson)\n<\/p>\n
\n When asked about what his goals are for his time at Reading, Williams said: “For me personally, the goal is to keep building up.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s a competitive squad. Everyone has to fight for their place, but we have to win games first and foremost. And today [November 6] we got the three points.\n<\/p>\n
\n “And that’s all that counts.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The 28-year-old wide man can play on the wing or at full-back and has plenty of experience in League One, most recently with Leyton Orient.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “Another goal is to get promoted.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There’s no reason why we can’t make it.\n<\/p>\n
\n “31 games and 93 points to play for, I’ve played in and around the playoffs for the majority of my career. I know personally what it takes and the dressing room has more than enough to get there.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Williams has played more than 80 games in League One across Bolton Wanderers and Leyton Orient – He scored 8 goals and assisted 9 during his campaigns.\n<\/p>\n
\n In his most recent club, Leyton Orient, he reached the League One play-off final only to be defeated by Nathan Jones’ Charlton 1-0 at Wembley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a trial period, the left-back joined up with Richardson’s Royals on a short-term contract until January 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-30083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}