Grant Johnson (footballer)

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Grant Johnson
Personal information
Full name Ian Grant Johnson [1]
Date of birth (1972-03-24) 24 March 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brechin City (director)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1997 Dundee United 86 (7)
1997–2000 Huddersfield Town 65 (5)
2000 Clydebank 4 (0)
2000–2001 Alloa Athletic 24 (1)
2001–2003 Montrose 52 (4)
2003–2007 Brechin City 83 (4)
International career
1992–1993 Scotland U21 [2] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Grant Johnson (born 24 March 1972 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently on the board of directors of Scottish League Two club Brechin City. Johnson began his playing career with Dundee United before moving to Huddersfield Town in England. Returning to Scotland, he played for Clydebank, Alloa Athletic and Montrose before ending his career at Brechin City. Johnson is a Scotland under-21 internationalist, having made six appearances between 1992 and 1993.

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Playing career

Club

Johnson played for Dundee United until his mid-twenties, making over eighty appearances for The Terrors. He played eight games for United in 1996–97, which would be his final full season at Tannadice. In November 1997, he signed for Huddersfield Town, where he would spend the next three seasons. In August 2000, he had a month with Clydebank, then moved to Alloa Athletic for the remainder of the 2000–01 season. Two seasons at Montrose followed, before his move to Brechin City in 2003. He retired after leaving the club in August 2007.

International

Johnson represented the Scotland national under-21 football team. [2] [3]

Coaching career

Johnson returned to Brechin City in a coaching role in 2008, [4] going on to work under managers including his former Dundee United teammates Michael O'Neill [5] and Ray McKinnon. When McKinnon subsequently moved on to manage Raith Rovers in June 2015, Johnson went with him. [6] In May 2016, they returned to Dundee United. [7] Johnson's coaching work is part-time, as he is employed as a solicitor.

Outside football

During his playing career Johnson completed a law degree at the University of Dundee. He joined Thorntons, a Dundee solicitors, in 2003 and was made a partner in the firm in 2013. [8]

Honours

Club

Brechin City

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ScotlandLeague Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1991–92 Dundee United Scottish Premier Division 101---101
1992–93 1711032-213
1993–94 90-1010110
1994–95 131---131
1995–96 Scottish First Division 30430--334
1996–97 Scottish Premier Division80-10-90
EnglandLeague FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1997–98 Huddersfield Town Football League First Division 28120--301
1998–99 3645041-455
1999–2000 ----00
ScotlandLeague Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2000–01 Clydebank Scottish Second Division 40-10-50
Alloa Athletic Scottish First Division241---241
2001–02 Montrose Scottish Third Division 3122010-342
2002–03 3042110-335
2003–04 Brechin City Scottish First Division2501010-270
2004–05 Scottish Second Division2403020-290
2005–06 Scottish First Division23310--243
2006–07 Scottish Second Division121-20-123

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References

  1. ↑ "Grant Johnson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Scotland U21 Player Grant Johnson Details".
  3. ↑ Paul, Ian (17 February 1993). "Scotland Under-21s 3, Malta Under-21s 0". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Brechin post for Johnson". The Courier . Dundee. 26 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Michael O'Neill: Managing success from Brechin to Euro 2016". BBC Sport. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Thomson, Doug (15 June 2015). "Raith Rovers role for former Huddersfield Town midfielder Grant Johnson". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ray McKinnon on Dundee United: 'Head, not heart ruled my decision'". BBC Sport. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "New partners for Thorntons". The Courier. Dundee: DC Thomson. 12 February 2013.
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