Euan Williams has come back strongly from his dismissal in the Carabao Cup at Swansea City – The former Charlton midfielder recently made his first Football League start

Euan Williams admitted it’s taken some time to get over the red card on his full debut for Gillingham.

Williams was sent off early in the second half at Swansea after starting the League Cup game back in mid-August, miss-judging a tackle as he slid in for the ball.

A three-game ban was followed by an international call-up for Northern Ireland under-21s and then a slight niggle left him back queuing up for a starting role in Mark Bonner’s team.

Since then, he’s started in the EFL Trophy against Crystal Palace under-21s but had to wait a while before his first-ever Football League appearance, appearing as a substitute away at Bradford on October 19.

In the recent game at Swindon, the 19-year-old made his first start in the league and last weekend earned plenty of plaudits after starting against Blackpool in the FA Cup.

Williams said: “I have probably learnt from that (sending off), it was obviously quite a low point for me. I thought I was actually doing alright in the game as well prior to that.

“It took me a while to get going again because I had international (football) and then I came back and I had a couple of niggles and stuff, so I didn't actually train that much either during that period.

“It's taken me probably another four or five weeks of working to be anywhere close to even being on the bench. For that period, I just stuck to it and eventually the chance came and I think I've taken it.

“The difference from playing and not playing is obviously massive. For me now, it's just focusing on the next game and trying to have as much of an impact as I can on training and in games.

“I like to run forward and play forward. My main focus is getting the ball forward to try and create chances for the team to try and score