Grant Tierney
Peter Grant Tierney (born 11 October 1961) is a Scottish former footballer who has played in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle. Tierney has always been known as Grant rather than Peter.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Grant Tierney [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bainsford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1980 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| 1980–1985 | Cowdenbeath | 157 | (9) |
| 1985–1988 | Meadowbank Thistle | 132 | (10) |
| 1988–1990 | Dunfermline Athletic | 51 | (3) |
| 1990–1996 | Partick Thistle | 85 | (5) |
| 1996–1997 | Livingston | 38 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Stenhousemuir | 1 | (0) |
| Camelon Juniors | |||
| Total | 464 | (30) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Camelon Juniors (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Tierney began his playing career at Hearts but never made a first team appearance and after breaking a leg in a reserve team fixture, moved on to Cowdenbeath. After joining Meadowbank Thistle, he was appointed club captain and led the Edinburgh club in a successful period where they won the Scottish Football League Second Division in 1986–87 then finished runners-up in the First Division the following year, being denied a place in the Premier Division by league reconstruction.[2]
In December 1988, Tierney joined Dunfermline Athletic and won promotion to the Premier Division at the end of the season. As the only part-time player in the top division however, Tierney gradually slipped out of the first-team at Dunfermline and he joined Partick Thistle in the summer of 1990 for what was then, a club record transfer fee.[2] Thistle were promoted back to the Premier Division in 1992 and Tierney played a further four seasons in the top league before leaving for Livingston in January 1996.[3]
Coaching career edit
Tierney was appointed as caretaker-manager of Camelon Juniors in May 2016 until the end of the season following the departure of John Sludden.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Peter Grant Tierney". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "1990 - Grant Tierney". partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. The Partick Thistle History Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Grant Tierney at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- ^ "Bell and Ure to leave as McDowell arrives at Carmuirs". Falkirk Herald. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
External links edit
- Grant Tierney at Soccerbase