Lewis Grabban

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Personal information
Lewis Grabban
Full name	Lewis Grabban
Date of birth	12/01/1988
Place of birth	Croydon, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	33
Youth clubs
2004-2005	Crystal Palace
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006- 2006	Crystal Palace → Oldham Athletic (loan)	5 (1) 9 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lewis Grabban (born January 12, 1988 in Croydon, England) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace of The Championship. He wears the number 33 shirt, and is a striker.

He went to Cumnor House School in South Croydon, where his footballing talent was noticed, and was spotted by Croydon Schools and Purley Panthers teams. He went on to secondary education at Trinity School of John Whitgift in Shirley, taking a year to build a shoe tree. However, Lewis later left to join Crystal Palace on a full-time basis following an argument with a teacher.^{[citation needed]}

Lewis joined Crystal Palace in 2004, and in the 2004-05 season he scored 28 goals for the Palace Reserve and Under 18 sides - a very impressive tally. His reward for this good start was two Carling Cup substitute appearances against Walsall and Coventry City - with Lewis nearly scoring just seconds after coming on against Walsall (Michael Hughes did, from the rebound).

Lewis continued to score for the reserve team in the 2005-06 season, and was rewarded by being named "Academy Scholar of The Year" and was given his first professional contract, in May 2006. He played again in a friendly at Stevenage Borough, and scored his first Palace goal, to complete a 3-0 win for the Eagles.

Lewis joined Oldham Athletic on a one-month loan deal in August 2006, in order to get some first team experience. This was extended by a further month shortly before the deal was due to expire. During his time at Boundary Park, he made one start and nine substitute appearances for the Latics.

Grabban made his league debut for Crystal Palace on 20th February 2007 in a 1-0 win over Southend at Roots Hall, replacing Clinton Morrison on 81 minutes.

Grabban then scored his first league goal for Crystal Palace on 14th March 2007 coming on as an 86th minute substitute for Michael Hughes and securing a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion in the 4th minute of Extra-Time, much to the delight of his teammates, the Palace management and Grabban himself.