Gareth Grant

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gareth Grant

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Gareth Michael Grant

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leeds, England

| height =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1997–2002 | clubs1 = Bradford City | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = → Halifax Town (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2000 | clubs3 = → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2001 | clubs4 = → Lincoln City (loan) | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0

| years6 = 2002 | clubs6 = Chester City | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2002–2005 | clubs7 = Gainsborough Trinity | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2005 | clubs8 = → Scarborough (loan) | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2005–2006 | clubs9 = Harrogate Town | caps9 = 34 | goals9 = 10

| years10 = 2006–2008 | clubs10 = Farsley Celtic{{ref|conf|A}} | caps10 = 20 | goals10 = 4

| years11 = 2008 | clubs11 = Harrogate Town | caps11 = 12 | goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2009–2010 | clubs12 = Farsley Celtic | caps12 = | goals12 =

| years13 = 2010 | clubs13 = Droylsden | caps13 = 2 | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2010 | clubs14 = Gainsborough Trinity | caps14 = | goals14 =

| years15 = 2010–2013 | clubs15 = Farsley | caps15 = | goals15 =

| years16 = 2013 | clubs16 = Ossett Town | caps16 = | goals16 =

| years17 = 2013–2014 | clubs17 = Pontefract Collieries | caps17 = | goals17 =

| years18 = 2014 | clubs18 = Frickley Athletic | caps18 = | goals18 =

| club-update = 21:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

}}

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

He played as a professional in the Premier League and the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City.{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=14514 |title=Gareth Grant |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=3 January 2010}} 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,{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/826127.stm

|title=Mills makes his mark

|publisher=BBC

|date=9 July 2000 |accessdate=6 January 2010}} Darlington in the League Cup{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/942253.stm

|title=Bradford steamroller past Darlington

|publisher=BBC

|date=25 September 2000 |accessdate=6 January 2010}} and Portsmouth in the league.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1752859.stm

|title=Bradford 3–1 Portsmouth

|publisher=BBC

|date=12 January 2002 |accessdate=6 January 2010}} During his spell with Lincoln he scored once against Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1166672.stm

|title=Lincoln 4–1 Chesterfield

|publisher=BBC

|date=13 February 2001 |accessdate=6 January 2010}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.chester-city.co.uk/what_happened_to_15.asp |title=15. What happened to... |work=Chester City Unofficial Website |publisher=Steve Mansley |accessdate=6 December 2009}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.harrogatetown.com/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=News%20Archives%202007-08%202.db&command=viewone&id=8&op= |title=Grant returns to Town |publisher=Harrogate Town F.C |date=22 February 2008 |accessdate=3 January 2010}} 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. He was released later that year, then spent nearly a year out of football before rejoining Farsley Celtic in March 2009.{{cite web |url=http://pjmstudy.doyourownsite.co.uk/news08_27591.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714032319/http://pjmstudy.doyourownsite.co.uk/news08_27591.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Grant Acceepts Celts Mayday Shout |first=James |last=Grayson |publisher=Farsley Celtic F.C |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=3 January 2010 }} 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,{{cite web

|url=http://www.farsleyafc.co.uk/news0910_48086.html

|title=Driscoll begins new era – first signings

|publisher=Farsley A.F.C. Official Website

|date=2 July 2010

|accessdate=23 July 2010}} moving on to join Ossett Town in July 2013.{{cite web

|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=95422

|title=Ossett Town bag forward duo

|date=25 July 2013

|publisher=NonLeagueDaily

|access-date=25 July 2013

|url-status=usurped

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728182408/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php

|archive-date=28 July 2013

}}

In March 2014 he joined Frickley Athletic.{{cite web |title=Frickley Athletic sign Gareth Grant and Jack Wakefield |date=14 March 2014 |url=http://www.nonleagueyorkshire.com/2014/03/14/frickley-athletic-sign-gareth-grant-and-jack-wakefield/ |publisher=Non League Yorkshire |accessdate=17 February 2020}}

Notes

A. {{note|conf}} These figures only include seasons in the Conference National, so are incomplete.

References

External links

{{soccerbase|14514|Gareth Grant}}
{{soccerbase|45485|Gareth Grant}} (Farsley Celtic stats only)
[http://www.chester-city.co.uk/what_happened_to_15.asp Chester City 'What happened to...?' article] (2003)
[http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/playerinterviews/Farsley-Celtic-player-interview-Gareth.3638797.jp 2008 interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130422051636/http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/playerinterviews/Farsley-Celtic-player-interview-Gareth.3638797.jp |date=22 April 2013 }} on Farsley Today
[http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=gran01 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326072625/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=gran01 |date=26 March 2012 }}

Category:1980 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Leeds

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players

Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players

Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players

Category:Lincoln City F.C. players

Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players

Category:Chester City F.C. players

Category:Scarborough F.C. players