Ryan Williams: ‘I fell out of love for football after leaving Portsmouth for Oxford United’
Ryan Williams has revealed he fell out of love with football after leaving Pompey for Oxford United.
And it took a return to his native Australia just 12 months later for him to rediscover it.
Following a Fratton Park departure in the summer of 2021 which left him ‘heartbroken’, the winger was snapped up on a free transfer by U’s boss Karl Robinson.
Following a Fratton Park departure in the summer of 2021 which left him ‘heartbroken’, the winger was snapped up on a free transfer by U’s boss Karl Robinson.
However, the reunion proved to be a deeply unhappy one, with Williams desperate to leave after just six months.
‘I hated Oxford that much’
He told The News: ‘Staying at Pompey wasn’t meant to be, then I went to Oxford, fell out of love for football, and ended up going back to Australia to fall back in love with it again. Everything happens for a reason.
‘Every day, I drove to Oxford from our home in Knowle and it was a nightmare, I was never used to travelling that much.
‘It wasn’t about Pompey, that’s just the way my career had gone at that point. Instead I was focussed on going to Oxford and playing attacking football. It didn’t really happen like that. I wasn’t even playing as a winger.
‘Our first game at Cambridge United saw me play on the right wing, I got an assist on my debut, came off in the 59th minute as it finished 1-1, all goo
Ryan Williams has revealed he fell out of love with football after leaving Pompey for Oxford United.
