Peter Grant (footballer)
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Peter Grant is a Scottish
former footballer
and was, until October 2007, manager of Norwich City
. This was Grant's first role in management, but he had previously held coaching jobs at Bournemouth
, West Ham United
and West Bromwich Albion
. He is currently the assistant manager at Aston Villa
.
During his playing career, Grant played for Celtic
, Norwich City
, Reading
and Bournemouth. He was awarded a testimonial match against Bayern Munich by Celtic in 1997.
, in his second stint as Norwich City manager, had previously tried to sign Grant soon after taking over from Dave Stringer
at Carrow Road in 1992 - however, Celtic had been unwilling to let Grant leave, and Walker opted for Gary Megson
as a midfielder enforcer.
After deciding against taking on former Barcelona captain (and European Cup winner) Jose Maria Bakero, Walker this time found Celtic willing to let Grant - now 32 - move to East Anglia. In 1997–98, a difficult season with the club suffering a number of injuries to key players, Grant started 32 games, scoring 3 times; he made 31 starts (coming on as substitute twice) the following season under Bruce Rioch
, before being transferred to Reading in summer 1999.
Grant was sent off in an old firm game after breaking out from the wall to get a 2nd yellow card (after being booked for conceding the foul).
He suffers from ichthyophobia.
at West Ham
, helping them reach the 2006 FA Cup Final and finish ninth in their first season back in the English Premier League.
In October 2006 Peter Grant was appointed manager of Norwich City, leaving his position as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at West Ham United
. On 14 October he was in the stands to see his new side draw 3-3 with Queens Park Rangers
at Loftus Road
, presided over by caretaker manager Martin Hunter
.
Grant opted to retain Hunter, but appointed a new assistant manager, Jim Duffy. Hunter eventually left the club in the summer of 2007 to take up a coaching position at Watford
. Grant's first signing for Norwich was Jamie Ashdown
from Portsmouth
on a one month loan.
Grant generally made a good start to his managerial career only losing 2 league gamea out of his first 6 although this was a heavy 5-0 defeat to Stoke and a defeat to local rivals Ipswich. They did get wins against high flying teams such as Birmingham and Cardiff. However following this City only won once in the league in December and January which put them very close to the relegation zone. At one point City were only three points off the drop zone although two consecutive away wins at relegation rivals Barnsley and Luton all but ended any fears of relegation and City finished the season off in 16th.
In the summer of 2007 Grant prepared for his first full season in charge at Carrow Road by signing Jamie Cureton
, Jon Otsemobor
, David Marshall
. He also signed Julien Brellier
and David Strihavka
, both of whom struggled to perform and left by January. However, he expressed his frustration at losing Rob Earnshaw and Dickson Etuhu
as a result of buy-out clauses in their contracts.
City's season got off to a 0-0 draw at preston and a 2-1 home win against Southampton. However after this it all started to go wrong and City only picked up one win in the next few games against Crystal Palace. After this City went on a disastrous run losing 5 out of their six games and failing to score in any of them. The last game of this run was a televised 1-0 defeat to QPR who had yet to register a win in the season. Grant announced after the match he was considering his future at the club and the next day he resigned as manager after just one year in charge.
On 8 July 2008, he joined West Bromwich Albion
as first-team coach, replacing Craig Shakespeare
. Grant, who holds a UEFA Pro License
, was a team-mate of Albion manager Tony Mowbray
at Celtic
.
In June 2009, Celtic began negotiations with West Bromwich Albion to agree on compensation for the management team of Tony Mowbray
, Mark Venus
and Peter Grant
. He was appointed the first-team coach at Parkhead after West Bromwich Albion and Celtic
agreed a compensation fee believed to be in the region of £ 2.5 million.
On 25 March 2010, Grant was dismissed as first-team coach at Celtic
along with manager Tony Mowbray and coach Mark Venus after their 4-0 loss to St. Mirren the day before.
In July 2010 Grant was appointed first-team coach at Birmingham City
. before following McLeish to Aston Villa as assistant manager.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
former footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and was, until October 2007, manager of Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
. This was Grant's first role in management, but he had previously held coaching jobs at Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
and West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
. He is currently the assistant manager at Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
.
During his playing career, Grant played for Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
, Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
, Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
and Bournemouth. He was awarded a testimonial match against Bayern Munich by Celtic in 1997.
Playing career
After making 361 appearances for Celtic between 1982 and 1997, Grant signed for Norwich City for a fee of £200,000. Mike WalkerMike Walker
Mike Walker is the name of:*Mike Walker , gossip columnist for the National Enquirer*Mike Walker , jazz guitar player from Salford in England*Mike Walker , American football player...
, in his second stint as Norwich City manager, had previously tried to sign Grant soon after taking over from Dave Stringer
Dave Stringer
Dave Stringer , is a former player and manager of Norwich City football club.As a player, he won the fans' vote to be Norwich City player of the year in 1972 and made a total of 499 appearances for the club. He ended his playing career with Cambridge United before returning to Norwich city to coach...
at Carrow Road in 1992 - however, Celtic had been unwilling to let Grant leave, and Walker opted for Gary Megson
Gary Megson
Gary John Megson is an English former football player and is currently manager of Sheffield Wednesday.He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers...
as a midfielder enforcer.
After deciding against taking on former Barcelona captain (and European Cup winner) Jose Maria Bakero, Walker this time found Celtic willing to let Grant - now 32 - move to East Anglia. In 1997–98, a difficult season with the club suffering a number of injuries to key players, Grant started 32 games, scoring 3 times; he made 31 starts (coming on as substitute twice) the following season under Bruce Rioch
Bruce Rioch
Bruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....
, before being transferred to Reading in summer 1999.
Grant was sent off in an old firm game after breaking out from the wall to get a 2nd yellow card (after being booked for conceding the foul).
He suffers from ichthyophobia.
Management and coaching career
Grant enjoyed a successful time as assistant manager to Alan PardewAlan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former player, currently the manager of Newcastle United....
at West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, helping them reach the 2006 FA Cup Final and finish ninth in their first season back in the English Premier League.
In October 2006 Peter Grant was appointed manager of Norwich City, leaving his position as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
. On 14 October he was in the stands to see his new side draw 3-3 with Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
at Loftus Road
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is home to the English football team Queens Park Rangers of the Premier League and has a capacity of around 18,500. The four stands are called the Loftus Road End , Ellerslie Road Stand, South Africa Road Stand and the School End,...
, presided over by caretaker manager Martin Hunter
Martin Hunter (football coach)
Martin Hunter is an English Football coach who was appointed Southampton Football Club's Under-21 manager on 13 July 2010.-The FA:Before joining The Football Association Hunter worked as the assistant manager at Bradford City and Stoke City...
.
Grant opted to retain Hunter, but appointed a new assistant manager, Jim Duffy. Hunter eventually left the club in the summer of 2007 to take up a coaching position at Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
. Grant's first signing for Norwich was Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :...
from Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
on a one month loan.
Grant generally made a good start to his managerial career only losing 2 league gamea out of his first 6 although this was a heavy 5-0 defeat to Stoke and a defeat to local rivals Ipswich. They did get wins against high flying teams such as Birmingham and Cardiff. However following this City only won once in the league in December and January which put them very close to the relegation zone. At one point City were only three points off the drop zone although two consecutive away wins at relegation rivals Barnsley and Luton all but ended any fears of relegation and City finished the season off in 16th.
In the summer of 2007 Grant prepared for his first full season in charge at Carrow Road by signing Jamie Cureton
Jamie Cureton
Jamie Cureton is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Leyton Orient.-Early years:Cureton began his professional career with Norwich City, before moving on to Bristol Rovers...
, Jon Otsemobor
Jon Otsemobor
Jon Otsemobor is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday. Born in Liverpool, right back Otsemobor has notably played for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and Southampton, and was signed by Sheffield Wednesday on 1 July 2010.-Liverpool:Otsemobor signed for...
, David Marshall
David Marshall (footballer)
David James Marshall is a Scottish footballer who plays for Cardiff City as a goalkeeper. He is also a current Scotland international.-Celtic:...
. He also signed Julien Brellier
Julien Brellier
Julien Brellier is a French footballer. He currently plays amateur football for AC Seyssinet. He is best known for his time with Scottish club Hearts, where he earned cult hero status due to his tough-tackling midfield displays.-Early Career:Brellier started his career at French club Montpellier...
and David Strihavka
David Strihavka
David Střihavka is a Czech footballer who currently plays for the Corgoň Liga club MŠK Žilina. Strihavka had moved from Banik Ostrava to Norwich City in July 2007 and was the first Czech player to play for the club. Norwich terminated his contract on 11 January 2008...
, both of whom struggled to perform and left by January. However, he expressed his frustration at losing Rob Earnshaw and Dickson Etuhu
Dickson Etuhu
Dickson Paul Etuhu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. His younger brother Kelvin is also a footballer...
as a result of buy-out clauses in their contracts.
City's season got off to a 0-0 draw at preston and a 2-1 home win against Southampton. However after this it all started to go wrong and City only picked up one win in the next few games against Crystal Palace. After this City went on a disastrous run losing 5 out of their six games and failing to score in any of them. The last game of this run was a televised 1-0 defeat to QPR who had yet to register a win in the season. Grant announced after the match he was considering his future at the club and the next day he resigned as manager after just one year in charge.
On 8 July 2008, he joined West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
as first-team coach, replacing Craig Shakespeare
Craig Shakespeare
Craig Shakespeare is a former professional footballer who went on to become a football coach. He is currently assistant manager at Leicester City after leaving Hull City to follow Nigel Pearson.-Playing career:...
. Grant, who holds a UEFA Pro License
UEFA Pro License
The UEFA Pro Licence is a coaching licence from UEFA . The UEFA Pro Licence is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the UEFA 'B' and 'A' Licences....
, was a team-mate of Albion manager Tony Mowbray
Tony Mowbray
Anthony Mark "Tony" Mowbray is an English former professional football player, who is currently the manager of Middlesbrough...
at Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
.
In June 2009, Celtic began negotiations with West Bromwich Albion to agree on compensation for the management team of Tony Mowbray
Tony Mowbray
Anthony Mark "Tony" Mowbray is an English former professional football player, who is currently the manager of Middlesbrough...
, Mark Venus
Mark Venus
Mark Venus is an English football coach and former player. As a player, he spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Ipswich Town. As a coach, he has served as an assistant manager to Tony Mowbray at Hibernian, West Bromwich Albion and Celtic...
and Peter Grant
Peter Grant
Peter "G" Grant was an English music manager. Grant managed the popular English bands The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Bad Company, among others, and was also a record executive for Swan Song Records. Grant has been described as "one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history"...
. He was appointed the first-team coach at Parkhead after West Bromwich Albion and Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
agreed a compensation fee believed to be in the region of £ 2.5 million.
On 25 March 2010, Grant was dismissed as first-team coach at Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
along with manager Tony Mowbray and coach Mark Venus after their 4-0 loss to St. Mirren the day before.
In July 2010 Grant was appointed first-team coach at Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
. before following McLeish to Aston Villa as assistant manager.
Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
 |
16 October 2006 | 9 October 2007 | 54 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 33.3 |
Honours as a player
- Scottish League Championship - 1986, 1988
- Scottish Cup - 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995