Joe Rodwell-Grant

Joe Rodwell-Grant
Personal information
Full name Joseph Edward Rodwell-Grant[1]
Date of birth (2002-10-18) 18 October 2002
Place of birth Haslingden, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Curzon Ashton
Youth career
2013–2020 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Preston North End 1 (0)
2020 → Chorley (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Bamber Bridge (loan) 1 (0)
2021 → Bamber Bridge (loan) 4 (1)
2022 → Lancaster City (loan) 5 (1)
2022–2024 Wigan Athletic 0 (0)
2022 → FC United of Manchester (loan) 10 (5)
2024–2025 Warrington Town 39 (2)
2025– Curzon Ashton 17 (2)
2025- Warrington Town (Loan)

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:

00, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Joseph Edward Rodwell-Grant (born 18 October 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Curzon Ashton. He also runs his own coaching business, where he trains youth players and professional players 1:2.

Career

Rodwell-Grant was born in Haslingden, Lancashire and grew up in Rossendale with his mother.[2] He joined the youth academy of Preston North End at the age of 11, after he was picked up playing junior football in East Lancashire.[2] In 2020, he went on successive loans with non-league sides Chorley and Bamber Bridge.[3] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 12 May 2021.[4] He made his professional debut with Preston North End in a 3–0 EFL Cup win over Mansfield Town on 10 August 2021.[5] He was released by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.[6]

On 29 July 2022, he signed a contract with Wigan Athletic after a successful trial period.[7] In September 2022, he joined FC United of Manchester on loan before returning to the club in October.[8]

In July 2024, Rodwell-Grant joined National League North side Warrington Town.[9]

In May 2025, following Warrington Town's relegation, Rodwell-Grant remained in the National League North, joining Curzon Ashton.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2020–21[11] Championship 00—00—00
2021–22[11] Championship 100010—20
Total 100010—20
Chorley (loan) 2020–21[11][12] National League North 4020——60
Bamber Bridge (loan) 2020–21[13] NPL Premier Division 10——1[a]020
Bamber Bridge (loan) 2021–22[14] NPL Premier Division 71——1[a]081
Lancaster City (loan) 2021–22[15] NPL Premier Division 161———161
Wigan Athletic 2022–23 Championship 00———00
Warrington Town 2024-25 Vanarama National League North 3921 000
Career total 292201020342
  1. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Preston North End- (x1)

EFL Youth Alliance Cup 2022

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Professional retain list 2019-20" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rodwell-Grant, Joe (19 August 2021). "EXCLUSIVE Joe Rodwell-Grant column: Moving to the city helped bring my PNE dream to lifewebsite=www.lep.co.uk".
  3. ↑ "PNE Fan Joe Excited By Opportunity". www.pnefc.net.
  4. ↑ "Preston North End hand professional contracts to four of their scholars". www.lep.co.uk. 12 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mansfield Town vs. Preston North End - 10 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ "Preston North End Retained List Confirmed". www.pnefc.net. 9 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Quadruple boost for Wigan Athletic's Academy". Wigan Today. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ↑ @FCUnitedMCR (17 October 2022). "🔥 Player News: Joe Rodwell-Grant We're delighted to announce that centre-forward Joe has rejoined us on loan from @LaticsOfficial Welcome back Joe, thanks to all parties for making this deal possible 🤝 Next game: Guiseley Away - Tuesday 🟥🟥⬜⬛⬜🟥🟥" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Warrington Town land new striker". warringtontownfc.co.uk. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Player News | Welcome Joe Rodwell-Grant". curzon-ashton.co.uk. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 Joe Rodwell-Grant at Soccerway
  12. ↑ For FA Cup second qualifying round: Nield, Mike (4 October 2020). "Chorley 2, Gateshead 1: FA Cup joy for Magpies". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 31 March 2022. For FA Cup third qualifying round: Kilbride, Jacob (13 October 2020). "York City knocked out of FA Cup after 1-0 defeat at Chorley". York Press. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Bamber Bridge – Appearances – Joseph Rodwell-Grant – 2020-2021". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Bamber Bridge – Appearances – Joe Rodwell-Grant". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "Lancaster City – Appearances – Joseph Rodwell-Grant". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.