Bolton debut in the 1-1 draw against Morecambe earlier this week, as Wanderers ended the game with 10 men following Marcus Maddison's red card.
Wanderers boss Ian Evatt targeted Williams last summer as a signing but it did not materialise and the midfielder ended up with the Seasiders after leaving Rochdale.
And Williams has explained how conversations with Evatt helped convince him to move to the University of Bolton Stadium, with a return to League One behind his aim.
He said: “I spoke to the gaffer and he sold it for me. I knew this was a big club, it’s going to go places and I thought for the next challenge for me, I thought it would be a great move for me. "The gaffer showed faith in me to bring me in so I just need to repay that now..
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