John Granville (footballer)

John Granville (born Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago) is a retired professional football goalkeeper from Trinidad & Tobago.

John Granville
Personal information
Full name John Hubert Granville
Date of birth (1956-05-06) May 6, 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Oakland Stompers 0 (0)
1978 Southern California Lazers 18 (0)
1979 Cleveland Cobras ? (?)
1980–1984 ASL Sports ? (?)
1985 Slough Town 9 (0)
1985–1986 Millwall[1] 6 (0)
1986–1987 Los Angeles Heat 7 (0)
1988–1991 Wycombe Wanderers 120 (0)
1991–1992 Aldershot 30 (0)
1992 Chertsey Town 5 (0)
1994–1995 Chesham United ? (?)
2001 Doc's Khelwalaas 1 (0)
2002 Hayes 1 (0)
International career
Trinidad and Tobago
Managerial career
2006–2007 Wycombe Wanderers (assistant)
2007–2009 Swindon Town (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Granville was born on the island of Tobago, in Scarborough. In 1978, he played for the Southern California Lazers and was selected to the American Soccer League all-star team.[2] Granville led the league in goalkeeping with a 0.99 goals against average[3] and posted seven clean sheets. In 1979, he played for the Cleveland Cobras, also of the ASL.

He was a goalkeeper and represented Trinidad and Tobago at international level. Granville was on the Trinidad and Tobago team at the 1975 Pan American Games.[4]

He has been goalkeeping coach at Wycombe Wanderers and Swindon Town.

Honours

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Wycombe Wanderers

References

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  1. ^ "MILLWALL : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Four Lazers all-league". The Gadsden Times. September 3, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2020..
  3. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ^ "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Wanderers' Magic Moment at Wembley 1991". chairboys.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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