- Roddy Grant
Football player infobox
playername= Roddy Grant
fullname = Roderick John Grant
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|9|16
cityofbirth =Gloucester
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub =
position = Forward (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Strathbrock
years = 1986-1989
1989-1992
1992-1993
1993-1995
1995-2000
1999-2000
2000-2003
2003-2004
clubs = Cowdenbeath
St. Johnstone
Dunfermline Athletic
Partick Thistle
St. Johnstone
→ Ayr United (loan)
Brechin City
Peterhead
Career
caps(goals) = 064 0(27)
120 0(32)
032 00(4)
060 0(18)
122 0(34)
013 00(2)
084 0(40)
007 00(0)
502 (157)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =Roderick John "Roddy" Grant (born
September 16 1966 inGloucester ) is an English-born Scottish former professional footballer. He played for seven clubs during a 19-year playing career, beginning as a trainee with Cowdenbeath in 1989 and closing out his professional career with Peterhead in 2003.He had two spells with St. Johnstone, during the former of which he scored Saints' second goal in a 3-1 win at home to Airdrieonians, securing promotion into the Premier League.
Grant moved into junior football with Linlithgow, playing for them until midway through the 2004/5 season. He finished the season with Pumpherston juniors. As of September 2006, he is assistant manager to Steve Pittman at Recreation Park. [ [http://eteamz.active.com/pumpherstonjuniors/roster/ Pumpherston Juniors: Squad ] ]
Trivia
* Prior to becoming a full-time footballer, Grant was a
stonemason . [ [http://www.blueheaven.org.uk/roddy/ Blue Heaven | Roddy Grant Interview | The St. Johnstone Fanzine online. Perth Saints, Scottish football, Saintees, Scotland, British soccer, McDiarmid Park, Saint Johnstone, Crieff Road, Perthshire, Ormond. Fixtures, news, super saints, scottish premiership, great britain, uk, blue heaven, tayside, tartan army, taysiders, st johnstone, perth saints, saintees, Scots soccer, British football, blueheaven, latest news and fixtures ] ]
* Played in histestimonial match against Coventry onNovember 12 ,1999 .
* He is the only player to play and score at every Scottish league ground. [ [http://eteamz.active.com/pumpherstonjuniors/roster/index.cfm?season=252546&sport=5&id=4727643 Pumpherston Juniors: Squad ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11194 Grant's profile at soccerbase.com]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/roddygrant.htm Independent site profile]
* [http://www.blueheaven.org.uk/roddy/ Interview with Blue Heaven]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-113290107.html Four sent off as Roddy threatens to quit]
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