WHAT a couple of weeks Mike Williams has just had!
In the Kidderminster programme he was reflecting on how he'd recovered from a rough ride against Hayes & Yeading to turn in a good performance at Histon, but his display against The Harriers took things to a different level again!
When he slid in to score from Wes Baynes' wicked free kick he registered his first goal since he hit the net against Lewes last November.
Things would get even better before the first half was over though; benefitting again from Baynes' excellent set piece delivery, he headed the ball accurately inside the far post to score two in a game for the first time.
And all on the 100th league appearance of his career; doubling his career goalscoring total was quite a way to commemorate that anniversary!
"You know with Wes you're going to get good quality on the delivery," said Mike.
"As for the first one, I just anticipated it and fortunately it went in.
"For the second one we've been working hard on set pieces; the gaffer's been saying we need to score more from them, and this time it worked and it went in for us!
"Obviously it's the performance which comes first, but if you get a goal it's nice and if you get two it's a little bit special!"
With Mani Assoumani and Gareth Taylor absent, it wasn't the tallest Wrexham side which lined up on Tuesday, yet ironically both goals were scored from set pieces.
Indeed, the threat from Baynes' dead ball delivery was such that Williams even managed to get the ball in the net a third time, volleying in Christian Smith's nod down from a Baynes corner - which unfortunately, had swung out of play before making its way into the box.
"Near the end I thought I could have got the hat trick with the disallowed goal," said the former U21 international defender.
"I must be honest, though, and say that before I hit it I saw the referee had pulled it back and everyone had stopped. I still put it in, just in case though!"
Ironically, Mike's goals take him ahead of brother Marc in the scoring table this season as the younger brother searches for his first goal of the campaign.
A terrific, tireless performance up front deserved to be rewarded with a goal, but instead the final whistle went with 'Williams The Defender 'two goals ahead of 'Williams The Forward', although Marc's work was nearly rewarded in the last minute of injury time when the Kidderminster keeper's clearance hit his body and rebounded agonisingly close to the post!
"We were having a little laugh in the changing room between Marc and I, saying he should be the one getting the goals and I should be the one defending!" recalled Mike.
"Right at the end I thought that was going to be Marc's first goal, when he forced down the keeper's clearance.
"We've said it'll end up coming off his back or his knee or something like that to get him off the mark, and I thought that was it! It just crept past the post though!"
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