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JOSH GRANT
Full Name: Joshua William Grant
Born: 11 October 1998
Came from: Chelsea Went to: Chelsea
First game: 13 August 2019 Last game: 18 February 2020
Appearances: 30 (24/6) Goals: 0
After the departure of defender Peter Grant in January 2019, Argyle's quota of the surname was restored to three when Ryan Lowe signed young Chelsea defender Josh Grant on a half-season loan that August, linking up with namesakes Joel and Conor at Home Park.
Born in Brixton, Grant began his football at Chelsea at the age of seven and in his early years he enjoyed playing up front. As he progressed through Chelsea's youth system, his defensive qualities came to the fore and as a centre-back, he signed his first professional contract in 2015. Coming through the Chelsea youth teams, he helped to win the English Youth League with their under-18s and the UEFA Youth League with the under-19s. At 17 he made his Chelsea under-21 debut and at the end of the 2015-16 season was awarded the club's Scholar of the Year award.
He spent the first half of the 2018-19 season playing for and frequently captaining the Chelsea under-23 side and made four appearances in the Football League Trophy competition, including one at Home Park in the Blues' 5-0 victory over Argyle in October 2018.
A loan move to League Two side Yeovil Town followed for the second half of the 2018-19 campaign, where he made eight first team appearances.
The 20-year-old's arrival at Home Park was partly down to a recommendation from his cousin, Luke Croll, who played three times for Argyle under Derek Adams in November 2015. Grant featured regularly in the first half of the 2019-20 season, initially as a centre-back and then as a defensive midfielder. In January 2020 his loan was extended until the end of the season.
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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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