Thomas Grant (footballer)

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Thomas Grant
Personal information
Full name Thomas Grant
Date of birth (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 Falkirk 28 (1)
2015 → Arbroath (loan) 11 (2)
2016–2017 Fleetwood Town 3 (0)
2017 Stenhousemuir 4 (1)
2017–2018 Alloa Athletic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Thomas Grant (born 31 May 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Alloa Athletic.

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He is the son of former Aberdeen player Brian Grant. [1] [2]

Career

Born in Aberdeen, Grant began his career at Falkirk. He made his debut on 10 November 2012, replacing Jonathan Flynn for the final four minutes of a 2–1 Scottish Football League Division One loss at Raith Rovers. [3] He made 23 appearances in his first season, scoring the opening goal of a 2–0 win at Dumbarton on 23 February 2013. [4] On 3 August 2013, he scored the final goal of Falkirk's 3–0 win over Clyde in the first round of the Scottish League Cup. [5] For much of the 2013–14 season he suffered from the effects of a virus and was unable to play football, [1] making only 8 appearances compared to 27 in the previous campaign.

In January 2015, Grant was loaned to Scottish League Two team Arbroath for the remainder of the season. [6] He scored twice in eleven matches there: in a 3–1 loss at Berwick Rangers on 14 February, [7] and a free kick in a 5–0 home win over the same team on 2 May which qualified the team for the promotion play-offs. [8] After only 7 first-team appearances, Grant was released by Falkirk in January 2016. [9]

On 5 March 2016, Grant signed for Fleetwood Town until the end of the 2015–16 season. [10] Ten days later, he made his debut in Football League One, playing the entirety of a 0–1 loss to Walsall at Highbury Stadium. [11] He was released by Fleetwood during the January 2017 transfer window. [2] Grant signed a short-term contract with Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir in February 2017. [2] He left Stenhousemuir at the end of the 2016–17 season, then signed for Alloa Athletic. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Falkirk 2012–13 [13] Championship 231400000271
2013–14 [14] 4000113 [lower-alpha 1] 081
2014–15 [15] 1000000010
Falkirk total281401130362
Arbroath 2014–15 [15] League Two 11200001 [lower-alpha 2] 0122
Fleetwood Town 2015–16 [16] EFL League One 3000000030
Stenhousemuir 2016–17 [17] League One 4100000041
Alloa Athletic 2017–18 [18] League One 0000301 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Career total464404150595
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in the League One play-offs

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References

  1. 1 2 "Grant told to use Dad as inspiration". Scottish Professional Football League. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Grant makes Stenhousemuir move". Scottish Professional Football League. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Raith Rovers 2-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dumbarton 0-2 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Falkirk 3-0 Clyde". BBC Sport. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (11 February 2015). "Scottish Championship ins and outs - January 2015". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Berwick 3-1 Arbroath". BBC Sport. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Arbroath 5-0 Berwick". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Grant leaves the club". falkirkfc.co.uk. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Town sign midfielder Thomas Grant until the end of the season". Fleetwood Town FC. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Fleetwood 0 Walsall 1". Express & Star. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Grant is latest Alloa recruit". SPFL. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Grant in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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