PREVIEW: Cup night at the Turf

[ClaretTony]

Brief preview of tonight's game

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/cup-night-at-the-turf

[andyh]

I’d forgotten Stephen Grant... he is a pro golfer now!

[maccclaret]

You could've written:

"Shaun Goater was in the team and the other scorers were......"

He was as nailed on to score as 5-0 seems to be nowadays.

[ClaretTony]

I’d forgotten Stephen Grant... he is a pro golfer now!

They were the only two games he played for us having signed from Stockport that summer. He very quickly left after that to return to Ireland and work in the family business. I'd no idea he was a golfer.

[MACCA]

Those teams from.1999/2000 league cup ties say Stephen Grant came on as sub twice for us, I cannot remember him.

Is it an error and meant to be Tony Grant, or have I missed a player I never knew played for us?

Edit - not an error, just googled him, well I never, you learn something new every day.
Seems I was a little behind the rest, could have just waited for someone to ask first

[ClaretTony]

Those teams from.1999/2000 league cup ties say Stephen Grant came on as sub twice for us, I cannot remember him.

Is it an error and meant to be Tony Grant, or have I missed a player I never knew played for us?

See above - was Stephen Grant, only two games he played for us.

[MACCA]

See above - was Stephen Grant, only two games he played for us.

Yeah noticed soon as I pressed submit there were already posts on it. it said when I googled he only made 1 appearances for us, but I trust your stats to be far more accurate.

[ClaretTony]

Yeah noticed soon as I pressed submit there were already posts on it. it said when I googled he only made 1 appearances for us, but I trust your stats to be far more accurate.

The Wikipedia page says 1 but they only include league appearances so it should be 0. He made just the two appearances as a sub in the League Cup.

[Rojales Claret]

What time is KO tonight please?

[TVC15]

I’d forgotten Stephen Grant... he is a pro golfer now!

Wow - great piece of trivia.
Just looked him up - pretty amazing to do what he has done and changing sports like this at such a high level.
To make it as a golfer on any tour you need to be very good indeed - Grant is now consistently making cuts and hoping eventually to make it on European tour.
There can’t be many sportsmen to have crossed sports professionally like that - though many footballers are pretty decent at golf with the likes of Jimmy Bullard off scratch it’s a different matter doing it every week for your living.

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

What time is KO tonight please?

7.00

[Jimmymaccer]

For those abroad is there a “recommended” channel for the match being broadcast?

[superdimitri]

For those abroad is there a “recommended” channel for the match being broadcast?

ESPN+ has it in the USA. I'm sure others like DAZN Canada may have it too.

[ClaretTony]

Wow - great piece of trivia.
Just looked him up - pretty amazing to do what he has done and changing sports like this at such a high level.
To make it as a golfer on any tour you need to be very good indeed - Grant is now consistently making cuts and hoping eventually to make it on European tour.
There can’t be many sportsmen to have crossed sports professionally like that - though many footballers are pretty decent at golf with the likes of Jimmy Bullard off scratch it’s a different matter doing it every week for your living.

had one of two little things like this recently which are excellent

[TVC15]

had one of two little things like this recently which are excellent

I love finding out what our players from the 1980s and 1990s are doing now as you know that they cannot have retired on what we paid them !!
I thought i had a great memory for Burnley players in that last 30 years but I can honestly not remember Stephen Grant - my first reaction was to think of Tony Grant !

I like reading what ex players have to say about the club and certain managers during their playing time - loved the Glen Little podcast he did with Sam Parkin etc

[jrgbfc]

Can't remember Stephen Grant at all.