Peter Grant (footballer)

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Personal information
Peter Grant
Full name	Peter Grant
Date of birth	30 August 1965
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Position	Manager (former Midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Norwich City
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1982-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002	Celtic Norwich City Reading Bournemouth	362 (15) 68 (3) 29 (1) 15 (0)
National team
1989	Scotland	2 (0)
Teams managed
2006-present	Norwich City
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Peter Grant (born 30 August 1965 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a former footballer and current manager of Norwich City. This is Grant's first role in management, but he has previously held coaching jobs at Bournemouth and West Ham United.

During his playing career, Grant played for Celtic, Norwich City, Reading and Bournemouth.

1 Playing for Norwich
2 Managing Norwich City
3 Managerial stats
4 External links

[edit] Playing for Norwich

After making 361 appearances for Celtic between 1982 and 1997, Grant signed for Norwich City for a fee of £200,000. Mike Walker, 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 1997-1998, 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.

[edit] Managing Norwich City

On Friday 13 October 2006 Peter Grant was appointed manager of Norwich City, leaving his position as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at West Ham United. On Saturday 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 has opted to retain Hunter, and assistant manager Doug Livermore, closely associated with his predecessor Nigel Worthington. His first signing for Norwich was Jamie Ashdown from Portsmouth on a one month loan.

Grant had a mixed start as Norwich manager, with wins against Cardiff and Birmingham but a heavy defeat at Stoke. After the 1-1 draw at home to Hull City on 25 November, Grant publicly criticised the supporters for the lack of atmosphere, saying they were 'a disgrace'. His refusal to apologise for his remarks led to considerable criticism from supporters, though in the following game against Leicester the supporters created the 'cauldron of noise' that had been asked for, and helped the team to a superb display and a 3-1 victory.