Northern Irish football player

William Donald Grigg ( bear 3 July 1991 ) is a professional football player who plays as a striker for League One club Rotherham United, on loanword from Sunderland, and the Northern Ireland national team. Grigg began his master career at Walsall and came to prominence during the 2012–13 season, winning the golf club ‘s Player of the Season and Players ‘ Player of the Season awards .

early life and career [edit ]

Grigg was born in Solihull, West Midlands. [ 4 ] He was educated at Solihull School and was signed by Birmingham City at the long time of seven. [ 5 ] He progressed through the golf club ‘s young teams, but suffered a broken leg at historic period 15. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] After his free by Birmingham in 2007, Grigg became a student at Solihull College of Technology and turned out for Solihull Moors ‘ youth team. [ 8 ]

Club career [edit ]

Stratford Town [edit ]

In September 2007, Grigg signed non-contract terms with Midland Alliance side Stratford Town and made his first team debut in a 0–0 FA Cup qualifying draw versus Hednesford Town on 15 September. [ 9 ] He started the replay and was substituted after 58 minutes for Steven Ruck. [ 10 ] Grigg scored in a league match versus Biddulph Victoria on 29 September and again versus Racing Club Warwick on 7 October. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

Walsall [edit ]

Having courted matter to from West Bromwich Albion, Grigg signed a eruditeness at League One english Walsall in the summer of 2008. [ 14 ] Assigned the number 24 shirt, he made his league debut as an 89th-minute substitute for Dwayne Mattis in a 0–0 puff with Cheltenham Town on 20 December 2008. [ 15 ] Grigg was an idle substitute for a 2–1 kill off to Tranmere Rovers on 28 December 2008 and made no foster appearances in the first team police squad during the 2008–09 temper. [ 16 ] Grigg made no appearances during the 2009–10 season, but was an unused substitute on 20 occasions. [ 17 ] Grigg featured regularly as a second-half substitute during the 2010–11 temper and made his first start for Walsall in a 1–0 FA Cup second attack defeat at Torquay United on 27 November 2010. [ 18 ] He made his first league beginning in a 1–0 away win against Charlton Athletic on 12 December 2010. [ 19 ] He scored his first aged finish in a 2–2 league draw against Bristol Rovers on 11 January 2011. [ 20 ] Grigg finished the 2010–11 season having made 30 appearances and scored 4 goals. [ 21 ] Grigg made 32 appearances and 4 four goals during the 2011–12 season. [ 22 ] Grigg became a regular starter during the 2012–13 season and scored seven goals before the New Year, including a stimulate in a 4–2 aside victory over Milton Keynes Dons on Boxing Day. [ 23 ] Grigg started 2013 in style with a finish, an aid and his first base professional world of the Match award in Walsall ‘s televised league match against Portsmouth on 4 January. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] His impressive form continued as he scored his first base hat-trick in a 3–0 victory at Carlisle United on 26 February, [ 26 ] bringing his season count up to 14 goals. He finished the 2012–13 season with a run of 10 goals in 11 matches, [ 27 ] as Walsall mounted an unsuccessful challenge to qualify for the League One playoff. Grigg ‘s shape led to sake from Championship side Derby County and Premier League sides Aston Villa, [ 14 ] Southampton and Norwich City. [ 28 ] Grigg won the Walsall Player of the Season and Players ‘ Player of the Season awards for the 2012–13 season, [ 29 ] having made 45 appearances and finished as the clubhouse ‘s top scorer with 20 goals. [ 27 ] Grigg ‘s compress expired at the end of the season and he left the club after turning down a raw four-year share. [ 14 ] He finished his Walsall career having made 109 appearances and scored 28 goals. [ 30 ]

Brentford [edit ]

On 1 July 2013, Grigg signed for companion League One slope Brentford on a three-year deal. [ 31 ] As Grigg was under 24 at the time of the transfer, the deal went to a Football League court and Brentford were ordered to pay an initial £325,000, plus add-ons. [ 32 ] By July 2014, the fee had risen to £405,000. [ 33 ] Grigg made his debut for the golf club in the first match of the 2013–14 season, a 1–1 away guide at Port Vale on 3 August 2013. [ 34 ] On his future appearance, he scored his first Brentford goals, a brace in a 3–1 home victory over Sheffield United on 10 August. [ 35 ] Injury, international call ups and being played out of place by coach Uwe Rösler led to Grigg enduring a stuttering get down to his Brentford career and he admitted suffering a drop in confidence. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] He went 10 matches without a goal, until he was retrospectively credited with Brentford ‘s second gear in a 3–2 win over Peterborough United on 26 November. [ 38 ] In the follow match, he scored the winner in a 1–0 league victory over Notts County. [ 39 ] Grigg scored his fifth Brentford goal against Port Vale on 11 January 2014, scoring late in the second half after coming on for Sam Saunders. [ 40 ] In March and distillery behind Clayton Donaldson and Marcello Trotta in the pick at order, Grigg told the Hounslow Chronicle “ I have n’t become a regretful striker nightlong. I ‘ve been training well, I ‘m confident and keep believing. If I get a run of games, I think I will always score goals ”. [ 41 ] Grigg made regular appearances in the latter stages of a successful season in which Brentford secured automatic promotion to the Championship, but he was unable to find the net and finished the crusade with 36 appearances and 4 goals. [ 42 ] Grigg departed Griffin Park on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season and left the cabaret on 14 July 2015. [ 6 ] [ 43 ]

Milton Keynes Dons [edit ]

On 18 July 2014, it was announced that Grigg had joined League One side Milton Keynes Dons from Brentford on a season long loan. [ 6 ] Manager Karl Robinson stated that Grigg is “ a goalscorer at this charge and he ‘s a Northern Ireland international excessively. He ‘s got the pedigree to come in and do well ”. [ 6 ] Grigg scored on his debut for the club, levelling the score at 2–2 in an eventual 4–2 win over Gillingham on the opening day of the 2014–15 season. [ 44 ] After three far appearances without scoring, Grigg put on a man of the equal performance in a League Cup irregular cycle match versus Manchester United on 26 August, scoring a brace in a electric shock 4–0 victory. [ 45 ] The match kick-started Grigg ‘s season and he went on to score three goals in his following six matches, to take his tally to five goals in seven matches. [ 46 ] Grigg hit his adjacent plot of regular goalscoring form in mid-march 2015, scoring nine goals in eight matches to help consolidate the Dons ‘ third position in the table. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] His four goals in two matches over the Easter Weekend saw him named in the Football League Team of the Week. On 28 April, Grigg was presented with the Dons ‘ Goal of the Season and Top Goalscorer awards. [ 49 ] He finished the season with a goal in a 5–1 mob of Yeovil Town, which confirmed a second-place ending for the Dons and automatic rifle promotion to the Championship, ahead of mate contenders Preston North End. [ 50 ] Grigg scored 22 goals in 50 appearances during the 2014–15 season. [ 46 ]

Wigan Athletic [edit ]

On 14 July 2015, Grigg signed for newly relegated League One golf club Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract for an undisclosed tip, [ 43 ] reported to be “ around £1 million ”. [ 51 ] Grigg scored his first goal from the penalty point in a 2–1 get the better of to Bury in the League Cup first orotund. [ 52 ] Grigg scored his first hat-trick for Wigan in a 3–0 victory over Port Vale on 30 January 2016. [ 53 ]
Grigg scored 25 League goals during the 2015–16 season, finishing as League One ‘s exceed goalscorer, to help Wigan earn automatic promotion. [ 54 ] His performances earned him a tied 25th place in the initial vote process for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award after the 2015–16 campaign. [ 55 ] On 19 February 2018, Grigg scored the only goal in Wigan ‘s 1–0 home win against Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth turn. [ 56 ] This brought his entire FA Cup goals for the temper to seven, including four goals against top-flight opposition, making him the leading scorer in the season ‘s FA Cup ( from the first round onwards ). [ 57 ]

sunderland [edit ]

Grigg signed for Sunderland on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2019 for a fee of £3,000,000, which remains the highest fee paid by a league one club. [ 58 ] Grigg made his debut for the Wearside club on 9 February where they drew 1–1 away to Oxford United in the league. [ 59 ] On the 19th Grigg scored his foremost goal for his new clubhouse in his 4th appearance slot in a penalty to take Sunderland into a 3–2 lead over Gillingham. The match finally finished 4–2. [ 60 ] Grigg ‘s finish put Sunderland 1–0 ahead of home side Bristol Rovers in the EFL Trophy semi concluding on 5 March. Sunderland travelled to Wembley for the final after winning 2–0. The other finish coming from Lewis Morgan. [ 61 ] On 31 March Grigg started in the 2019 EFL Trophy Final against Portsmouth, he was substituted off in the 77th minute with Sunderland 1–0 up through an Aiden McGeady goal. however, the match finished 1–1, ( 2–2 AET ) and Portsmouth won 5–4 on penalties. [ 62 ] Grigg struggled for form during the 2019–20 season, making 20 league appearances and scoring just one finish as Sunderland finished 8th and failed to qualify for the playoffs, after the League One season was ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 63 ] In an interview with Wigan Today in June 2020, Grigg hinted that he regretted leaving Wigan to join Sunderland, stating “ I absolutely loved my time at Wigan and, in hindsight, I credibly should not have moved ”. [ 64 ]

return to Milton Keynes Dons ( lend ) [edit ]

On 1 February 2021, Grigg returned to MK Dons on loanword for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [ 65 ] On 20 February 2021, he scored the inaugural goal of his second spell at the club ( and his beginning in over a year ), in a 4–3 home succeed over Northampton Town. [ 66 ] On 24 April 2021, Grigg scored four goals in a individual pit during a 5–0 home winnings over Swindon Town, becoming the inaugural MK Dons actor to score four goals in a unmarried game in the club ‘s history. [ 67 ]

Rotherham United [edit ]

On 31st August 2021, Grigg joined Rotherham United on lend for the 2021-22 season. [ 68 ]

International career [edit ]

Grigg was born in England but was eligible to play for Northern Ireland through a grandparent. [ 69 ] He has represented Northern Ireland at U19, U21 and senior level. He scored on his U21 debut after coming on as a substitute against San Marino in a UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifier [ 70 ] on 3 September 2010 and earned his first senior cap in a 6–0 frustration to the Netherlands in a friendly on 2 June 2012, playing the wax 90 minutes. [ 71 ] After a promote five friendly and 2014 World Cup qualifying appearances, Grigg failed to win a crown between October 2013 and March 2015, but his good form for Milton Keynes Dons earned him a start in a friendly versus Scotland. [ 72 ] He played 58 minutes of the 1–0 get the better of, before being substituted by Paddy McCourt. [ 73 ] On 18 May 2016, Grigg was selected as separate of the probationary 27-man police squad to represent Northern Ireland in the UEFA Euro 2016 competition. [ 74 ] On 28 May, he was named in the final 23-man team, [ 75 ] but ended up not playing a single minute throughout the tournament. [ 76 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Grigg was born into an Aston Villa-supporting family and supported the club up until the old age of seven, when he joined Birmingham City and changed his allegiances. [ 7 ]

“ Will Grigg ‘s on arouse ” [edit ]

In May 2016, Wigan Athletic supporter Sean Kennedy uploaded a television to YouTube titled “ Will Grigg ‘s on fire ”, which featured a song written in recognition of the holocene goal-scoring feats of Grigg with the chorus to “ Will Grigg ‘s on fire, your defense is terrified ” sing to the tune of “ Freed from Desire “ by italian singer Gala. [ 77 ] Since it was uploaded, the song has become a very democratic football chant and a national sensation. [ 77 ] Kennedy received a dislodge Wigan season tag from the Wigan chair David Sharpe for the 2016–17 season as a result of achiever of the chant. [ 78 ] On 31 May 2016, Electro duet Blonde released a adaptation of the birdcall and it entered the iTunes charts at act seven, [ 79 ] equally well as reaching number 76 on the Official UK Singles Chart. [ 80 ] On 25 June 2016, DJ/Producer DJ B3LFAST reached act 17 on the iTunes Germany Top 100 chart with his own spoof song “ Will Grigg ‘s On Fire ” featuring raw original lyrics [ 81 ] In 2021, Grigg spoke out about how some reaction to the song annoyed him. [ 82 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of 18 December 2021.

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 October 2018[92]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Northern Ireland 2012 1 0
2013 4 0
2015 2 0
2016 3 1
2018 3 1
Total 13 2
As of match played 8 September 2018. Northern Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Grigg goal.[92]

Honours [edit ]

Wigan Athletic
Sunderland
Individual

References [edit ]