Martin Grehan

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Martin Grehan

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}

| youthclubs1 = East Fife

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2008

| youthclubs2 = Kettle United

| youthyears3 = 2008

| youthclubs3 = Dundonald Bluebell

| years1 = 2008

| years2 = 2008

| years3 = 2008–2010

| years4 = 2010–2011

| years5 = 2011–2012

| years6 = 2012–2013

| years7 = 2013–2014

| years8 = 2014–2015

| years9 = 2015–2016

| years10 = 2016–2017

| years11 = 2017–2020

| years12 = 2020–2021

| years13 = 2021

| years14 = 2021–2022

| years15 = 2023–2024

| clubs1 = Motherwell

| clubs2 = → Forfar Athletic (loan)

| clubs3 = Stirling Albion

| clubs4 = Partick Thistle

| clubs5 = Stranraer

| clubs6 = Alloa Athletic

| clubs7 = Stranraer

| clubs8 = Stenhousemuir

| clubs9 = Arbroath

| clubs10 = Kilbirnie Ladeside

| clubs11 = BSC Glasgow

| clubs12 = Gartcairn

| clubs13 = BSC Glasgow

| clubs14 = Drumchapel United

| clubs15 = Broomhill

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 10

| caps3 = 49

| caps4 = 39

| caps5 = 27

| caps6 = 31

| caps7 = 36

| caps8 = 26

| caps9 = 13

| caps10 =

| caps11 = 61

| caps12 =

| caps13 =

| caps14 =

| caps15 = 28

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 19

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 5

| goals6 = 8

| goals7 = 13

| goals8 = 6

| goals9 = 1

| goals10 =

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| goals12 =

| goals13 =

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| goals15 = 3

| club-update = 28 May 2021

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Martin Grehan (born 9 October 1984) is a Scottish footballer who played as a forward before becoming professional. Prolific as an amateur and winning the 5 a-side Scottish Cup 2003 in Dunfermline and 2004 edition in Hamilton with Inter Silky Soccer.

Career

Grehan was born in Glenrothes. After a spell in the East Fife Youth system, Grehan spent some time in the Amateurs with Fife side Kettle United. During his time at United he played with the Scotland Amateur Team. Grehan then joined Scottish Premier League club Motherwell from junior team Dundonald Bluebell in January 2008. He became the first junior player to join the club since legend Dougie Arnott back in the late 1980s.{{Cite news|date=2008-01-07|title=Motherwell sign Junior strike ace|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/7175709.stm|access-date=2020-08-03}} Soon after, Grehan went on a month's loan to Scottish Third Division club Forfar Athletic, and made an immediate impact by scoring on his debut.{{cite web|title=Grehan extends stay with Forfar|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7325089.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=1 April 2008|accessdate=7 September 2013}}

Grehan was released by Motherwell and then signed for Scottish Second Division club Stirling Albion in the summer of 2008.{{cite web|title="The Greek" nets Binos deal|url=http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=173&Itemid=132|work=Motherwell.co.uk|accessdate=15 June 2008}}

Grehan was unveiled by manager Ian McCall on 29 January 2010 as a Partick Thistle player having signed for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first Thistle goal to give The Jags a 2–1 victory, away to Ross County, during the second last match of the 2009–10 season.{{Cite news|date=2010-04-24|title=Ross County 1-2 Partick Thistle|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8638901.stm|access-date=2020-08-03}}

After his spell at Thistle, Grehan moved to Stranraer. Grehan went on to play 27 games for Stranraer, scoring 5 goals, as the club reached the end of season play-offs, losing in the final against Albion Rovers.{{cite web|title=Albion Rovers 3 v 1 Stranraer|url=http://albionroversfc.com/?p=2277|publisher=albionroversfc.com|date=20 May 2012|accessdate=7 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130907160457/http://albionroversfc.com/?p=2277|archivedate=7 September 2013}} Grehan signed for Alloa Athletic in the 2012 summer transfer window.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19037867|title=Scottish Division Two ins and outs|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=7 August 2012|accessdate=7 August 2012}}{{Cite web|title=Grehan signs up for Wasps {{!}} SPFL|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/grehan-signs-up-for-wasps|access-date=2020-08-03|website=spfl.co.uk}} However, after only one season at Alloa, he was released by Paul Hartley in May 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/news.aspx |title=Alloa Athletic FC - News |website=www.alloaathletic.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026175858/http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/news.aspx |archive-date=2008-10-26}} Grehan then returned to Stranraer for the 2013–14 season in June 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.stranraerfc.org/ |title=Home |website=stranraerfc.org}} Grehan departed Stranraer after one season and signed for League One rivals Stenhousemuir on 6 June 2014.{{Cite web|title=Stenhousemuir snap up Grehan {{!}} SPFL|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/stenhousemuir-move-for-grehan|access-date=2020-08-03|website=spfl.co.uk}} Grehan had a short spell with Arbroath in 2015,{{Cite web|title=Martin Grehan {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} BSC Glasgow {{!}} Age 35 {{!}} Soccer Base|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48526|access-date=2020-08-03|website=soccerbase.com}} before dropping back into junior football with Kilbirnie Ladeside in February 2016.{{Cite web|title=Ladeside land top senior hitman|url=https://www.ardrossanherald.com/sport/14275088.kilbirnie-ladeside-fc-snap-up-former-arbroath-striker/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald|language=en}}

Grehan signed with BSC Glasgow in 2017{{Cite web|date=1984-10-08|title=Martin Grehan|url=https://www.bscglasgow.co.uk/player/martin-grehan/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=BSC Glasgow FC|language=en-GB}} and spent three seasons with the Lowland League club before announcing his intentions to move on in July 2020.{{Cite web|title=Not a easy decision but I've decided that's my time came to a end with BSC Glasgow|url=https://twitter.com/mgrehan84/status/1279788692320722945|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Twitter|language=en}}

On 5 October 2020, Grehan signed for West of Scotland League team Gartcairn.{{Cite web|last=Thomson|first=Paul|date=2020-10-05|title=Former Motherwell and Partick Thistle striker joins Gartcairn|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/former-motherwell-partick-thistle-striker-22793005|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Daily Record}} He later resigned with BSC Glasgow on 7 January 2021.{{Cite web|title=Welcome back Paolo! Martin Grehan rejoins BSC Glasgow.|url=https://twitter.com/BSCGlasgowFC/status/1347249172135768064|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Drumchapel United announced the signing of Grehan on 22 May 2021.{{Cite web|title=Drumchapel Utd are delighted to announce the signing of Martin Grehan|url=https://twitter.com/drumchapeluwos/status/1396089044912705538|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Twitter|language=en}}