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Gareth Grant

b. 1980

Professional footballer (born 1980)

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Born 1980. Gareth Grant is a British association football player.

Gareth Michael Grant (born 6 September 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

He played as a professional in the Premier League and the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City. He also had spells as a professional with Bolton Wanderers and Chester City in which he did not make an appearance. He went on to feature in Non-league football with notable spells with Gainsborough Trinity, Harrogate Town and Farsley Celtic. He also had spells with Scarborough, Droylsden, Ossett Town, Pontefract Collieries and Frickley Athletic.

Career Grant made 30 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City, Halifax Town and Lincoln City. At Bradford he scored three goals, against FK Atlantas in the Intertoto Cup, Darlington in the League Cup and Portsmouth in the league. During his spell with Lincoln he scored once against Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy. After Lincoln, he played in non-League football for Chester City, for whom he made one start and scored two goals in the Cheshire Senior Cup against Cheadle Town. Grant also played for Gainsborough Trinity and Harrogate Town, where he scored 15 goals from 43 appearances in all competitions in the 2005–06 season. In the summer of 2006, Grant moved to Farsley Celtic and helped them to gain promotion to the Conference National in 2007, including scoring a goal in the play-off final win of that year. In February 2008, Grant re-signed for Harrogate Town in time for him to face his former team Gainsborough Trinity. On 13 March 2010 Grant signed alongside his Farsley strike partner Lee Ellington for fellow Conference North side Droylsden, but left shortly afterwards to join former club Gainsborough Trinity. On 1 July 2010 he joined Farsley, moving on to join Ossett Town in July 2013.

In March 2014 he joined Frickley Athletic.

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Who is Gareth Grant?

Professional footballer (born 1980)

When was Gareth Grant born?

Gareth Grant was born on 6 September 1980 in Leeds.

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Gareth Grant is an association football player.

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Gareth Grant is British.

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· Wikipedia: Gareth Grant

· Wikidata: Q5522848

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