Aaron Grundy is an English

England

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 footballer who plays for Chorley FC

Chorley F.C.

Chorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986–87 and 1990–91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995–96 when they...

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Bury

Grundy began his career in the youth academy at Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

 in 1997, progressing the reserve side. He made his first team début on 18 October 2005 in the first round of the Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

 against Halifax Town

Halifax Town A.F.C.

Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years...

, which Bury lost 6–1, as a 16th minute substitute

Substitute (football)

In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is not performing well; there may also be tactical reasons such as...

, replacing striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 Tom Youngs

Tom Youngs

Tom Youngs is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He has also played on loan at Bedford Blues and Nottingham....

, after keeper Craig Dootson had been sent off. He made his league

The Football League

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 début later on that same season, replacing the injured Dootson as an 86th minute substitute in a 0–0 a draw with Barnet

Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

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In the 2006–07 season, he made four appearances for the Shakers.

He joined FC United of Manchester

F.C. United of Manchester

F.C. United of Manchester is an English semi-professional football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester that plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. It was formed in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's controversial takeover of the...

 on a short-term loan in February 2008 after an injury to their regular first-team goalkeeper Sam Ashton

Sam Ashton

Samuel Seth Ashton is an English footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for English non-League side Skelmersdale United. He has previously played for Bolton Wanderers and F.C...

 ruled him out for a few weeks. Grundy was awarded with fans player of the month and also received the leagues goalkeeper of the month after a successful spell with the Red Rebels.

He made a total of six appearances for Bury in his three years with the first team.

Move to non-league football

In August 2008, Grundy signed for Conference North

Conference North

The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...

 side Burscough

Burscough F.C.

Burscough F.C. is an English football club based in Burscough, Lancashire. The club are members of the Northern Premier League Premier Division and groundshare with Skelmersdale United...

 but rarely featured for the club and was subsequently released. On 1 March 2009 he signed for Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 side Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

 on non-contract terms.

After a successful trial period, Grundy signed for Conference North side Fleetwood Town

Fleetwood Town F.C.

Fleetwood Town F.C. is an English football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire. They currently play in the Conference National having been defeated in the Conference National play-off semi-final by AFC Wimbledon in the 2010–11 season.-History:...

 on 1 August 2009. He made his debut later that day in a pre-season friendly against his former club Bury.

In the summer of 2010, Aaron joined the Garry Flitcroft revolution at Chorley FC.

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