David Graham (footballer born 1978)

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David Graham
Personal information
Full name	David Graham
Date of birth	October 6, 1978 (1978-10-06) (age 29)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1998–2001 2001 2001–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008	Rangers Dunfermline Athletic → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) Torquay United Wigan Athletic Sheffield Wednesday → Huddersfield Town (loan) →Bradford City (loan) → Torquay United (loan) Gillingham	003 0(0) 039 0(4) 002 0(0) 120 (47) 030 0(1) 024 0(2) 017 0(9) 022 0(3) 007 0(0) 016 0(3)
National team
	Scotland U21	008 0(?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

David Graham (born October 6, 1978 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer. His favoured position is as a forward, although he can also play in midfield. He has been capped at Under-21 level by his country.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Wigan Athletic 1.2 Sheffield Wednesday 1.3 Gillingham 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Playing career

He began his career with Rangers, making his debut in the 5-3 away win against Shelbourne in the UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round 1st leg. He made 4 further appearances, all as a substitute before moving to Dunfermline Athletic in November 1998. He joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan in January 2001,^[1] before moving to Torquay United on loan in March that year. He settled in well at Torquay United, helping the Devon side retain their league status on the final day of the season in the crucial game at Barnet. In July that year he signed permanently for Torquay and played a major role in turning the club's fortunes around, culminating in automatic promotion at the end of the 2003-2004 season.

[edit] Wigan Athletic

Not surprisingly his form had been noticed by larger clubs than Torquay United and he moved to Wigan Athletic in June 2004 for a fee of £215,000.^[2] Despite helping Wigan to the English Premier League he moved to Sheffield Wednesday in August 2005 for a fee of £250,000.^[3]

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday

A slow start to his career at Hillsborough led him to sign on loan at Huddersfield Town on 23 January 2006, until the end of the season.^[4] He scored nine goals in seventeen appearances for Huddersfield Town, helping them to ensure a play-off place in League One, if not quite automatic promotion.

Graham was blocked from Wednesday's 2006 tour of the United States, visa restrictions due to a minor police offence nine years previously preventing his entry to the country.^[5] Wednesday accepted an undisclosed bid for Graham from Blackpool on 27 July 2006, but he turned down the move, instead joining Bradford City on a 5-month loan deal.^[6]

After returning from his unsuccessful spell at Bradford, Graham again found it hard to break into Wednesday's first team under Brian Laws not making a single starting appearance for the first team. Although he impressed, scoring freely in the reserves. On 21 March it was announced that Graham would be returning to the team bottom of the football league where he first made a name for himself, on a loan until the end of the season, at Torquay United. In a bid to preserve their Football League status and hopfully impress Brian Laws enough to warrant a place on the team sheet. [1] It later became clear that Graham had been transfer listed, fined two weeks wages and sent to Torquay due to a, 'serious breach of club discipline'. [2] Graham was unable to prevent Torquay's relegation from the Football League.

[edit] Gillingham

At the end of the 2006-07 season Graham was told he had no future at the club and made available for transfer. He joined Gillingham on trial in July 2007.^[7] He was released by Sheffield Wednesday on 6th August 2007^[8] and signed for Gillingham on a one year contract the following day.^[9] He made his debut for Gillingham on 11 August 2007 against Cheltenham Town, as his side went down 1–0. He scored his first goals for the club on 2 October when he scored two in a 3–1 defeat of Leyton Orient. On January 31 it was announced that he had been released from his contract.^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• David Graham career stats at Soccerbase