Gareth Grant

Gareth Michael Grant (born 6 September 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

Gareth Grant
Personal information
Full name Gareth Michael Grant
Date of birth (1980-09-06) 6 September 1980
Place of birth Leeds, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Bradford City 24 (1)
1999 → Halifax Town (loan) 3 (0)
2000 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2001 → Lincoln City (loan) 3 (0)
2002 Chester City 0 (0)
2002–2005 Gainsborough Trinity
2005 → Scarborough (loan) 1 (0)
2005–2006 Harrogate Town 34 (10)
2006–2008 Farsley CelticA 20 (4)
2008 Harrogate Town 12 (1)
2009–2010 Farsley Celtic
2010 Droylsden 2 (0)
2010 Gainsborough Trinity
2010–2013 Farsley
2013 Ossett Town
2013–2014 Pontefract Collieries
2014 Frickley Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

He played as a professional in the Premier League and the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City.[1] He also had spells as a professional with Bolton Wanderers and Chester City in which he did not make an appearance. He went on to feature in Non-league football with notable spells with Gainsborough Trinity, Harrogate Town and Farsley Celtic. He also had spells with Scarborough, Droylsden, Ossett Town, Pontefract Collieries and Frickley Athletic.

Career

Grant made 30 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City. At Bradford he scored three goals, against FK Atlantas in the Intertoto Cup,[2] Darlington in the League Cup[3] and Portsmouth in the league.[4] During his spell with Lincoln he scored once against Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy.[5] After Lincoln, he played in non-League football for Chester City, for whom he made one start and scored two goals in the Cheshire Senior Cup against Cheadle Town.[6] Grant also played for Gainsborough Trinity and Harrogate Town, where he scored 15 goals from 43 appearances in all competitions in the 2005–06 season.[7] In the summer of 2006, Grant moved to Farsley Celtic and helped them to gain promotion to the Conference National in 2007, including scoring a goal in the play-off final win of that year. In February 2008, Grant re-signed for Harrogate Town in time for him to face his former team Gainsborough Trinity.[7] He was released later that year, then spent nearly a year out of football before rejoining Farsley Celtic in March 2009.[8] On 13 March 2010 Grant signed alongside his Farsley strike partner Lee Ellington for fellow Conference North side Droylsden, but left shortly afterwards to join former club Gainsborough Trinity. On 1 July 2010 he joined Farsley,[9] moving on to join Ossett Town in July 2013.[10]

In March 2014 he joined Frickley Athletic.[11]

Notes

A. ^ These figures only include seasons in the Conference National, so are incomplete.

References
  1. "Gareth Grant". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. "Mills makes his mark". BBC. 9 July 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. "Bradford steamroller past Darlington". BBC. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  4. "Bradford 3–1 Portsmouth". BBC. 12 January 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  5. "Lincoln 4–1 Chesterfield". BBC. 13 February 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  6. "15. What happened to..." Chester City Unofficial Website. Steve Mansley. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  7. "Grant returns to Town". Harrogate Town F.C. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  8. Grayson, James (9 March 2009). "Grant Acceepts Celts Mayday Shout". Farsley Celtic F.C. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  9. "Driscoll begins new era – first signings". Farsley A.F.C. Official Website. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  10. "Ossett Town bag forward duo". NonLeageDaily.com. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  11. "Frickley Athletic sign Gareth Grant and Jack Wakefield". Non League Yorkshire. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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