Lloyd McGrath (born 24 February 1965) is an English retired professional footballer.
A hard-working midfielder, McGrath made his senior debut for
Coventry City on 28 April 1984 in one of their heaviest defeats ever - an 8-2
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
defeat at
Southampton. However, three years later he took part in the biggest success of their history so far - the
1987 FA Cup Final
The 1987 FA Cup Final between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur on 16 May 1987 at Wembley Stadium, London, England was the 106th Final of the FA Cup, English football's primary cup competition. It was the third final for Tottenham Hotspur in s ...
triumph over
Tottenham Hotspur. He set up the winning goal with a cross that was deflected off the knee of
Gary Mabbutt.
By the time of his departure to
Hong Kong First Division League side
Sing Tao at the end of the
1993-94 season, when the Sky Blues finished 11th in the
FA Premier League
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, he had played 214 league games for the club and scored four goals.
After unsuccessful 3 months in Hong Kong,
he played for
Portsmouth for the rest of his professional career, retiring in 1997. He now has business interests in the north of Coventry as licensee of the Hawkes Mill Sports and Social Club.
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1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
English men's footballers
Coventry City F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
England men's under-21 international footballers
Sing Tao SC players
Men's association football midfielders
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