Derek Grant
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-05-19) 19 May 1966
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985-1988 Cowdenbeath 81 (9)
1988-1990 Airdrieonians 79 (4)
1990-1992 Meadowbank Thistle 77 (4)
1992-1996 Montrose 118 (27)
1996-1997 Berwick Rangers 22 (1)
Bo'ness United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Grant (born 19 May 1966) is a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender for Meadowbank Thistle.[1]

Club career

Grant started his career at Cowdenbeath. He made 81 appearances for the Blue Brazil between 1985 and 1988.[2]

His good form earned him a £35,000 move to Airdrieonians in 1988. He spent 3 years with the Diamonds and turned out 79 times in the league for the North Lanarkshire club.[3]

The defender signed for Meadowbank Thistle in 1990 where he made 77 league appearances over the next two years.[4]

He was on the move again in 1992, this time signing for Montrose. He made 118 appearances for the Gable Endies, including a stunning winner in a 1-0 Scottish Challenge Cup quarter final tie against Stirling Albion.[5]

Grant signed for Berwick Rangers in 1996. It would prove to be his final stint in the Scottish Football League.[6] After one season at the Borderers, he left the club and moved into the Lowland Football League with Bo'ness United.

References

  1. ↑ "Derek Grant". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Stark, Jim (7 May 2020). "Some big money has changed hands for Cowden talent". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Boag does the damage". The Herald. 2 February 1989. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Meadowbank Th 2 Clydebank 3 League (Division 1)". Bankies Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Grant's late strike books Montrose a last-four spot". The Herald. 28 October 1992. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "McGraw's header rescues Falkirk". The Herald. 5 February 1997. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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