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George Grant

Biography

George featured twice as a trialist in league games against Queen’s Park and St. Johnstone in early January 1952 before being signed up from Lochee Harp, the right half turning down Sheffield Wednesday to sign up at Gayfield. He spent the next three and a half seasons with the club playing regularly when available, with business commitments seeing him unable to feature consistently. He decided to stop playing at the end of the 1954-55 season, with the club retaining his registration and in November 1955, wanting to sign for Dundee Utd, he paid £50 for his own release before joining…Read moreRead less
George featured twice as a trialist in league games against Queen’s Park and St. Johnstone in early January 1952 before being signed up from Lochee Harp, the right half turning down Sheffield Wednesday to sign up at Gayfield. He spent the next three and a half seasons with the club playing regularly when available, with business commitments seeing him unable to feature consistently. He decided to stop playing at the end of the 1954-55 season, with the club retaining his registration and in November 1955, wanting to sign for Dundee Utd, he paid £50 for his own release before joining the Tannadice side the following week.

Statistics

Apps
85
Goals
6
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.07
Minutes
7650
Seasons
4
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1954-5527300
1953-5417100
1952-5326200
1951-5215000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 10 Jan 1952 · Left: 17 Jan 1956

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Alec Cheyne2 Jan 195223 Apr 195585

Timeline

  1. Born

    Dundee

  3. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

  8. Died

    Dundee

Appearances (85)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
23 Apr 1955 Arbroath 1–0 Albion Rovers Division B1954-55 W
16 Apr 1955 Dundee United 6–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
9 Apr 1955 Third Lanark 3–2 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
2 Apr 1955 Arbroath 1–2 St Johnstone Division B1954-55 L
26 Mar 1955 Stenhousemuir 4–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
19 Mar 1955 Arbroath 5–1 Ayr Utd Division B1954-55 W
12 Mar 1955 Arbroath 1–1 Brechin City Division B1954-55 D
5 Mar 1955 Cowdenbeath 3–5 Arbroath Division B1954-55 W
26 Feb 1955 Arbroath 3–3 Airdrie (Old) Division B1954-55 D
19 Feb 1955 Morton 1–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 D
12 Feb 1955 Hamilton Accies 3–2 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
5 Feb 1955 Arbroath 0–4 St Johnstone Scottish Cup1954-55 L
29 Jan 1955 Arbroath 3–1 Dundee United Division B1954-55 W
8 Jan 1955 Dunfermline 2–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
3 Jan 1955 Arbroath 0–2 Alloa Division B1954-55 L
1 Jan 1955 Forfar 1–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 D
25 Dec 1954 Arbroath 1–4 Queen's Park Division B1954-55 L
18 Dec 1954 Arbroath 2–0 Third Lanark Division B1954-55 W
11 Dec 1954 St Johnstone 3–0 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
4 Dec 1954 Arbroath 1–0 Stenhousemuir Division B1954-55 W
27 Nov 1954 Ayr Utd 2–0 Arbroath Division B1954-55 L
2 Oct 1954 Arbroath 2–2 Dunfermline Division B1954-55 D
25 Sep 1954 Alloa 3–3 Arbroath Division B1954-55 D
18 Sep 1954 Arbroath 4–3 Forfar Division B1954-55 W
21 Aug 1954 Arbroath 3–1 Albion Rovers Scottish League Cup1954-55 W
18 Aug 1954 Morton 5–2 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1954-55 L
14 Aug 1954 Arbroath 2–3 Alloa Scottish League Cup1954-55 L
1 May 1954 Dundee United 2–1 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1953-54 L
7 Apr 1954 Motherwell 2–1 Arbroath Division B1953-54 L
27 Mar 1954 Arbroath 2–1 Cowdenbeath Division B1953-54 W

Goals scored (6)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
26 Feb 1955 Arbroath 3–3 Airdrie (Old) Division B1954-55 D 6′ (pen.)
19 Feb 1955 Morton 1–1 Arbroath Division B1954-55 D 30′ (pen.)
18 Sep 1954 Arbroath 4–3 Forfar Division B1954-55 W 34′
23 Jan 1954 Arbroath 5–0 Dunfermline Division B1953-54 W 1′
29 Nov 1952 Arbroath 3–1 Stirling Division B1952-53 W 6′
18 Oct 1952 Arbroath 3–0 Albion Rovers Division B1952-53 W 81′