William Donald Grigg was born on 3 July 1991 and is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons.
20 Facts About Will Grigg
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Will Grigg was educated at Solihull School and was signed by Birmingham City at the age of seven.
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Will Grigg progressed through the club's youth teams, but suffered a broken leg at age 15.
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Will Grigg started the replay and was substituted after 58 minutes for Steven Ruck.
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Will Grigg started 2013 in style with a goal, an assist and his first professional Man of the Match award in Walsall's televised league match against Portsmouth on 4 January.
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Will Grigg's form led to interest from Championship side Derby County and Premier League sides Aston Villa, Southampton and Norwich City.
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Will Grigg's contract expired at the end of the season and he left the club after turning down a new four-year deal.
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Will Grigg finished his Walsall career having made 109 appearances and scored 28 goals.
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On 1 July 2013, Will Grigg signed for fellow League One side Brentford on a three-year deal.
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Injury, international call ups and being played out of position by manager Uwe Rosler led to Will Grigg enduring a stuttering start to his Brentford career and he admitted suffering a dip in confidence.
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Will 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.
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Will 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 campaign with 36 appearances and 4 goals.
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On 18 July 2014, it was announced that Will Grigg had joined League One side Milton Keynes Dons from Brentford on a season long loan.
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Will Grigg hit his next patch of regular goalscoring form in mid-March 2015, scoring nine goals in eight matches to help consolidate the Dons' third place in the table.
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On 14 July 2022, Will Grigg joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a free transfer, returning on a permanent basis to a club he'd spent two previous spells with on loan.
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Will Grigg was born in England but was eligible to play for Northern Ireland through a grandparent.
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Will Grigg has represented Northern Ireland at U19, U21 and senior level.
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On 18 May 2016, Will Grigg was selected as part of the provisional 27-man squad to represent Northern Ireland in the UEFA Euro 2016 competition.
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Will Grigg was born into an Aston Villa-supporting family and supported the club up until the age of seven, when he joined Birmingham City and changed his allegiances.
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In 2021, Will Grigg spoke on the topic, noting that while "the song itself never annoyed me", he disliked how "some people only connected me with it and not with my goals".