Martin Grehan (born 9 October 1984) is a Scottish

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who used to play as a forward.

Career

Grehan was born in

Glenrothes Glenrothes (; , ; sco, Glenrothes; gd, Gleann Rathais) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south of Dundee. The town had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it ...

. After a spell in the East Fife Youth system, Grehan spent some time in the Amateurs with

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side Kettle United. During his time at United he played with the Scotland Amateur Team. Grehan then joined

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club

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lana ...

from junior team Dundonald Bluebell in January 2008. He became the first junior player to join the club since legend Dougie Arnott back in the late 1980s. Soon after, Grehan went on a month's loan to

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club Forfar Athletic, and made an immediate impact by scoring on his debut. Grehan was released by Motherwell and then signed for Scottish Second Division club Stirling Albion in the summer of 2008. Grehan was unveiled by manager Ian McCall on 29 January 2010 as a

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player having signed for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first Thistle goal to give ''The Jags'' a 2–1 victory, away to Ross County, during the second last match of the 2009–10 season. After his spell at Thistle, Grehan moved to Stranraer. Grehan went on to play 27 games for Stranraer, scoring 5 goals, as the club reached the end of season play-offs, losing in the final against

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. Grehan signed for Alloa Athletic in the 2012 summer transfer window. However, after only one season at Alloa, he was released by

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in May 2013. Grehan then returned to Stranraer for the 2013–14 season in June 2013. Grehan departed Stranraer after one season and signed for League One rivals

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nea ...

on 6 June 2014. Grehan had a short spell with

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. ...

in 2015, before dropping back into junior football with Kilbirnie Ladeside in February 2016. Grehan signed with

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in 2017 and spent three seasons with the Lowland League club before announcing his intentions to move on in July 2020. On 5 October 2020, Grehan signed for

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team Gartcairn. He later resigned with BSC Glasgow on 7 January 2021. Drumchapel United announced the signing of Grehan on 22 May 2021.

References

External links

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Martin Grehan's Stranraer F.C. player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grehan, Martin 1984 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Motherwell F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players People from Glenrothes Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Stranraer F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Footballers from Fife Dundonald Bluebell F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Broomhill F.C. (Scotland) players West of Scotland Football League players