Keith Granger

Early life and Southampton Granger was born in Southampton and educated at the former Millbrook Secondary School.

With two matches remaining in the 1985–86 Football League season, Southampton's England international goalkeeper Peter Shilton pulled a hamstring. The second choice goalkeeper, Phil Kite, was on loan at Middlesbrough, and Tim Flowers had returned to Wolverhampton Wanderers after a loan spell. Despite having never previously played for the reserves, the 17-year-old Granger made his debut on 3 May 1986, away to Everton; Southampton lost the match 6–1. In his second and what proved to be last match, at Tottenham Hotspur two days later, they lost 5–3.

In the summer of 1986, Flowers joined Southampton on a permanent transfer, leaving Granger as the third-choice keeper. Although Shilton left the Saints a year later, he was replaced by John Burridge.

Darlington and non-league Granger moved on to Darlington in December 1987, initially on loan until the end of the season, and signed a permanent contract in March 1988. In the second game of the 1988–89 season, he suffered a serious injury to his left knee which ended his League career. He underwent six operations over the next 20 months, but never regained full fitness. and Farnborough Town, for whom he played three Southern League matches, two goalless draws and a 7–6 win. While playing for Farnborough against a Southampton XI, his knee was injured again, forcing his retirement as a player. His coaching career has included spells in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and with the Scotland under-16 team and the Football Association.