Gregg Blundell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregg Steven Blundell | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | Knowsley United | ? | (?) |
| 1997–2001 | Vauxhall Motors | ? | (?) |
| 2001–2003 | Northwich Victoria | 90 | (39) |
| 2003–2005 | Doncaster Rovers | 86 | (28) |
| 2005–2007 | Chester City | 57 | (12) |
| 2007–2009 | Darlington | 71 | (10) |
| 2008 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Chester City | x | (x) |
| 2009 | → Barrow (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Barrow | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 334 | (91) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:22, 6 May 2011 (UTC). |
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Gregg Steven Blundell (born 3 October 1977 in Liverpool, England) is a retired English footballer who played as a striker. He is now a physiotherapist for Tranmere Rovers. Prior to his appointment at Tranmere he combined playing football and being the club's physiotherapist at Barrow AFC in the Conference National.
Gregg started as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers but was released. After a spell with Knowsley United, he began a prolific scoring record with Vauxhall Motors, who rose through the non-league pyramid in his spell there. The goals continued to flow after a move to Football Conference club Northwich Victoria in 2001. Despite playing for a side in the bottom half of the table, Blundell had a strong scoring record. This prompted a move to Conference promotion chasers Doncaster Rovers in March 2003.
Blundell's first season with Rovers ended with his promotion to the Football League, after play-off wins over future club Chester City and Dagenham & Redbridge. His belated Football League debut at Leyton Orient on 9 August 2003 saw him open the scoring in a 3-1 win, as Rovers went on to win the Division Three title. Blundell scored 18 goals during the season.
However, many Rovers fans felt that he had reached his level at League one and despite being given chances in the first team, he never managed to achieve the success he had the season before.
Blundell was signed by Chester City from Doncaster Rovers for a Club Record Fee in July 2005 (reputedly £105,000). He made a quick impact with Chester, bagging six goals by the end of September 2005 as Chester challenged for promotion from Football League Two. But his season was to lie in tatters after an injury sustained against Rochdale on 7 October 2005. After missing three months out injured, just one more goal was managed before the end of the season. His confidence was still never fully recovered the following season and Chester accepted a nominal bid for Blundell from Darlington as transfer deadline day approached in January 2007.
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