Harry Grant (footballer)

Harry Edward Grant (born 31 December 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Southern League Division One Central side North Leigh, where he plays as a midfielder.

Harry Grant
Personal information
Full name Harry Edward Grant[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-31) 31 December 1993
Place of birth Reading, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 North Leigh
Youth career
2004–2007 Reading
2008–2011 Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (0)
2013 → Gillingham (loan) 2 (0)
2013 Gillingham 5 (0)
2013–2014 → Maidenhead United (loan) 37 (12)
2014 Bromley 21 (2)
2014–2015 → Farnborough (loan) 32 (10)
2015 Hayes & Yeading United 12 (0)
2015–2016 Chippenham Town 31 (4)
2016–2017 Reading City 28 (11)
2017–2018 Thatcham Town 38 (14)
2018– North Leigh 52 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:47, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Playing career

Grant is a central midfielder. He played youth football for Swindon Town where he was captain of their youth team. Dave Jones signed Harry for Sheffield Wednesday in June 2012 on a two-year professional contract. Grant played central midfield for Sheffield Wednesday Development Squad in the U21 Development League scoring 13 goals in 24 games in the 2012–13 season. In March 2013, he joined Gillingham on loan and made his début for the club on 27 April 2013, playing 70 minutes against Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium, in what was their title winning season.[2]

After a brief stint at Gillingham,where he featured in 5 games, he joined Maidenhead United on loan where he made an impressive start, by scoring the winning goal to advance them to the fourth round of the 2013–14 FA Trophy. On 26 December 2013, he scored two goals for Maidenhead in a 3–1 win against Staines Town. Grant ended his loan spell with a return of twelve goals in 37 appearances helping the Magpies avoid relegation.

Grant joined Bromley for the season 2014–15. However, after 21 games, Grant moved onto Farnborough on a loan deal until the end of the season. Grant ended his loan spell with a return of 10 goals in 32 appearances. He went on to play for Hayes & Yeading United and Chippenham Town.[3][4]

In 2018, Grant won the 2017-18 FA Vase with Thatcham Town F.C. at Wembley Stadium. He now plays for Southern Football League club North Leigh.

Honours

Gillingham

Bromley

Thatcham

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References
  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers: 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. "Burton 3 - 2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. "Former Swindon Town youth team captain Harry Grant signs for Chippenham Town". This is Wiltshire. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. Green, Adam (19 August 2016). "Lewis adds four to Hayes & Yeading squad". Pitchero Non League. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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