Grant Tierney Explained

Grant Tierney
Fullname:Peter Grant Tierney [1]
Birth Date:11 October 1961
Birth Place:Falkirk, Scotland
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Bainsford
Years1:1978–1980
Years2:1980–1985
Years3:1985–1988
Years4:1988–1990
Years5:1990–1996
Years6:1996–1997
Years7:1997–1998
Clubs6:Livingston
Clubs7:Stenhousemuir
Clubs8:Camelon Juniors
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Caps2:157
Goals2:9
Caps3:132
Goals3:10
Caps4:51
Goals4:3
Caps5:85
Goals5:5
Caps6:38
Goals6:3
Caps7:1
Goals7:0
Manageryears1:2016
Managerclubs1:Camelon Juniors (caretaker)
Totalcaps:464
Totalgoals:30

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.

Playing career

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.

Coaching career

Tierney was appointed as caretaker-manager of Camelon Juniors in May 2016 until the end of the season following the departure of John Sludden.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Grant Tierney. londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters Club. 25 May 2016.
  2. Web site: 1990 - Grant Tierney. partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. The Partick Thistle History Archive. 25 May 2016. 22 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022212133/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1990+-+Grant+Tierney. dead.
  3. News: Bell and Ure to leave as McDowell arrives at Carmuirs. 18 August 2016. Falkirk Herald. 8 June 2016.