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Martin Grehan (born 9 October 1984) is a Scottish
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who used to play as a forward.


Career

Grehan was born in
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. 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
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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. Soon after, Grehan went on a month's loan to
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club
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, and made an immediate impact by scoring on his debut. Grehan was released by Motherwell and then signed for
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club
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in the summer of 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. 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. Grehan signed for
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in the 2012 summer transfer window. However, after only one season at Alloa, he was released by
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in May 2013. Grehan then returned to Stranraer for the 2013–14 season in June 2013. Grehan departed Stranraer after one season and signed for
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rivals Stenhousemuir on 6 June 2014. Grehan had a short spell with Arbroath in 2015, before dropping back into junior football with Kilbirnie Ladeside in February 2016. Grehan signed with BSC Glasgow in 2017 and spent three seasons with the Lowland League club before announcing his intentions to move on in July 2020. On 5 October 2020, Grehan signed for West of Scotland League team Gartcairn. He later resigned with BSC Glasgow on 7 January 2021. Drumchapel United announced the signing of Grehan on 22 May 2021.


References


External links

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Martin Grehan's Stranraer F.C. player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grehan, Martin 1984 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Motherwell F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players People from Glenrothes Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Stranraer F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Footballers from Fife Dundonald Bluebell F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Broomhill F.C. (Scotland) players West of Scotland Football League players