Thomas Grant (footballer)

Thomas Grant
Personal information
Full name Thomas Grant
Date of birth (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

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
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 2012–13[13] Championship 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
2013–14[14] 4 0 0 0 1 1 3[a] 0 8 1
2014–15[15] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Falkirk total 28 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 36 2
Arbroath 2014–15[15] League Two 11 2 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 12 2
Fleetwood Town 2015–16[16] EFL League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Stenhousemuir 2016–17[17] League One 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Alloa Athletic 2017–18[18] League One 0 0 0 0 3 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Career total 46 4 4 0 4 1 5 0 59 5
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in the League One play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b "Grant told to use Dad as inspiration". Scottish Professional Football League. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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.