Brian Grundy

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Brian Grundy
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-05-09) 9 May 1945 (age 79) [1]
Place of birth Atherton, England
Position(s) Left-Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963–1967 Wigan Athletic 71 (8)
1967–1971 Bury 99 (10)
1971–???? Great Harwood Town
Bangor City
Morecambe
1977 Wigan Athletic 4 (0)
1977–1978 Northwich Victoria
1978–1979 Winsford United
1979 Mossley
Managerial career
1980–1983 Glossop North End
1983–1984 Mossley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Grundy (born 9 May 1945) is an English former professional football winger. He played in the Football League for Bury.

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Career

Grundy qualified as a schoolteacher and played part-time for Wigan Athletic in the Cheshire League, scoring eight goals in 71 appearances for the club between 1963 and 1967. [2] In November 1967 he played for Wigan against Bury in a Lancashire Cup game, scoring and impressing Bury manager Les Shannon to the extent that he was signed by Bury the following week. [1] He went full-time in January 1968 and was part of the Bury side that won promotion from Division Four that season.

Released by Bury at the end of the 1970–71 season, Grundy joined Great Harwood Town in July 1971. He went on to play for Bangor City and Morecambe before returning to Wigan Athletic for a second spell in September 1977, [3] making a further four appearances for the club. [2] In May 1978 he moved from Northwich Victoria to Winsford United [4] before being transferred to Mossley for a fee of £100 in March 1979. [1] He was released by Mossley in November 1979 [1] and later had three years as manager of Glossop North End before taking over as manager of Mossley in December 1983. [1] He was sacked in October 1984 after a poor start to the 1984–1985 season. [1]

While managing Glossop and Mossley, Grundy was the landlord of a pub in Glossop. [1] He later emigrated to Spain. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Complete A-Z of players 1919–2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN   1-874427-91-7.
  3. ↑ "Clubs set out on that long Wembley trail". The Liverpool Echo. 2 September 1977. p. 25.
  4. ↑ "On The Move". The Liverpool Echo. 18 May 1978. p. 28.
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