Ian Griffiths

Ian James Griffiths (born 17 April 1960) is an English former footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Rochdale, Port Vale, Wigan Athletic, Mazda Hiroshima, and Wrexham. A winger, he scored 23 goals in 340 league and cup games in the English Football League between 1978 and 1992. He spent most of his career in the Third Division and Fourth Division, though he did manage to win a league title in Japan and also appeared in the 1991 Welsh Cup final.

Career Griffiths began his career with John King's Tranmere Rovers, who were relegated out of the Third Division at the end of the 1978–79 season. Rovers finished 15th in the Fourth Division in 1979–80, before slipping into the re-election zone in 1980–81 under the stewardship of new manager Bryan Hamilton. They rose to 11th in 1981–82, but ended the 1982–83 season just one point and one place above the re-election zone. He scored five goals in 116 league games in his five-year stay at Prenton Park. He then spent the 1983–84 campaign with Rochdale, and scored five goals in 41 league games for Jimmy Greenhoff's "Dale" in what turned out to be a brief stay at Spotland. He joined Fourth Division side Port Vale on trial in October 1984. He scored on his full debut at Vale Park, in a 4–1 win over Scunthorpe United in a second round FA Cup game on 7 December 1984.

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1978–79 Third Division

1979–80 Fourth Division

1980–81 Fourth Division

1981–82 Fourth Division

1982–83 Fourth Division

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1983–84 Fourth Division

1984–85 Fourth Division

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1985–86 Third Division

1986–87 Third Division

1987–88 Third Division

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1990–91 Fourth Division

1991–92 Fourth Division

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Honours Mazda Hiroshima Japan Soccer League Second Division (West): 1988–89

Wrexham Welsh Cup runner-up: 1991