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. He also had spells as a professional with

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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,

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and

Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.

. He also had spells with Scarborough, Droylsden, Ossett Town,

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and Frickley Athletic.

Career

Grant made 30 appearances in the

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for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City. At Bradford he scored three goals, against FK Atlantas in the Intertoto Cup,

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in the League Cup and Portsmouth in the league. During his spell with Lincoln he scored once against Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy. After Lincoln, he played in

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for Chester City, for whom he made one start and scored two goals in the Cheshire Senior Cup against Cheadle Town. Grant also played for Gainsborough Trinity and

, where he scored 15 goals from 43 appearances in all competitions in the 2005–06 season. In the summer of 2006, Grant moved to

and helped them to gain promotion to the

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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. 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, moving on to join Ossett Town in July 2013. In March 2014 he joined Frickley Athletic.

Notes

A. These figures only include seasons in the

, so are incomplete.

References

External links

* * (Farsley Celtic stats only)
Chester City 'What happened to...?' article
(2003)
2008 interview
on Farsley Today
Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Gareth 1980 births Living people Footballers from Leeds English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bradford City A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players Farsley Celtic F.C. players Ossett Town A.F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Pontefract Collieries F.C. players Frickley Athletic F.C. players