Lewis Grabban

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Personal information
Lewis Grabban
Full name	Lewis Grabban
Date of birth	January 12, 1988 (1988-01-12) (age 20)
Place of birth	Croydon, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Millwall
Number	10
Youth clubs
2004-2005	Crystal Palace
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005- 2006 2007 2008-	Crystal Palace → Oldham Athletic (loan) → Motherwell (loan) Millwall	10 (1) 9 (0) 5 (0) 10 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 7 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lewis Grabban (born January 12, 1988 in Croydon, Greater London, England) is a footballer who plays for League One side Millwall as 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, However later left after GCSE to join Crystal Palace on a full-time basis.^{[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 début for Crystal Palace at Southend United, replacing Clinton Morrison late on.

Grabban then scored his first league goal for Palace in March coming on as a late substitute for Michael Hughes before slotting home in the 94th minute to secure the Eagles a 3-2 win at promotion chasing West Bromwich Albion.

At the end of August Lewis joined Scottish Premier League side Motherwell on a three-month loan deal^[1], though this proved to be an unsuccessful one as Grabban failed to break into a side threatening the Old Firm under manager Mark McGhee. He made just six appearances before returning to Palace for 2008.

On 21st January 2008 he signed for Palace's local rivals Millwall for £150,000.