John McGrath (Irish footballer)

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John McGrath
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Personal information
Full name John Matthew McGrath
Date of birth 27 March 1980 (1980-03-27) (age 28)
Place of birth    Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Burton Albion
Number 6
Youth clubs
Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2003
2002–2003
2003–2005
2004
2005
2005–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007–		 Aston Villa
→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
Doncaster Rovers
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Kidderminster Harriers
Limerick
Weymouth
Tamworth
Burton Albion		 03 (0)
22 (2)
11 (0)
08 (0)
19 (0)
0? (?)
14 (3)
42 (3)
46 (4)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Matthew McGrath (born 27 March 1980 in Limerick, Republic Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays in midfield for Conference National side Burton Albion.

[edit] Career

Before embarking on a professional soccer career, he was an outstanding underage hurler and Gaelic footballer for Monagea.[citation needed] McGrath started his career at Aston Villa but after making only three appearances he failed to make the grade and went out on loan to Dagenham & Redbridge in November 2002.[1]

He was then signed by Doncaster Rovers on 10 July 2003 in time for the start of their first campaign back in the Football League after being promoted from the Football Conference.[2] He spent two months on loan at Shrewsbury Town,[3] before signing for Kidderminster Harriers in January 2005. In May 2005, McGrath was released by Kidderminster, having been sent off in his last game, away to Northampton Town on 7 May.

He then joined Limerick but left the club to join Conference South side Weymouth in January 2006.

McGrath was only at Weymouth for a short period before joining Nationwide Conference side Tamworth in the summer of 2006.[4] On 10 May 2007, McGrath and Tamworth teammate Jake Edwards joined local rivals Burton Albion following Tamworth's relegation from the Conference National.[5] His first season at Burton saw the club make the play-off semi-finals after he had played in 52 games and scored eight goals,[6] after which he signed a new one-year deal with the club.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Daggers make loan swoop", BBC Sport, 2002-11-30. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  2. ^ "Doncaster snap up McGrath", BBC Sport, 2003-07-07. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  3. ^ "McGrath stays with Shrews", BBC Sport, 2004-09-28. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  4. ^ "Winger McGrath to join Tamworth", BBC Sport, 2006-07-13. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  5. ^ "Burton sign up duo from Tamworth", BBC Sport, 2007-04-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  6. ^ Burton 2007/2008 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  7. ^ "McGrath pens new Brewers contract", BBC Sport, 2008-05-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 

[edit] External links

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Burton Albion F.C. – current squad

1 Poole • 2 Corbett • 3 Webster • 5 James • 6 McGrath • 7 Stride • 8 Goodfellow • 11 Gilroy • 12 Holmes • 13 Taylor • 14 Harrad • 15 Austin • 17 Brayford • 19 Hall • 20 Clough • 24 Simpson • 30 Deeney • FW Banim • FW Knowles • Manager: Clough


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NAME McGrath, John Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McGrath, John
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 27 March 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin, Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH