Mark Grew

Mark Stuart Grew (born 15 February 1958) is an English former football player and coach who played as a goalkeeper.

His career started in 1976 with West Bromwich Albion, where he spent seven seasons as a backup keeper before moving on to Leicester City.

He transferred to Cardiff City in 1992 and won the Third Division title with the club in 1992–93, and also picked up two Welsh Cup winners medals.

[3] He turned professional at First Division club West Bromwich Albion in the 1976–77 season, having just starred in the 1976 FA Youth Cup final, which ended in a 5–0 aggregate victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

[3] During the 1978–79 campaigned he was loaned out to Fourth Division newcomers Wigan Athletic, where he played four league games in the absence of John Brown.

He returned to The Hawthorns, and played 33 league games for the "Baggies" as he faced competition from Tony Godden before he joined Leicester City, also of the First Division, for a £60,000 fee.

"Grew was appointed the Port Vale youth team coach in December 1994 and stayed with the club for the next eight years.

[16] In March 2003 he was appointed as an assistant manager at Stafford Rangers until he returned to Port Vale in a coaching capacity for the youth team after the club was taken over by Valiant 2001.

[17] Following a capitulation to Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road on 20 October 2007, Grew gave a memorable post-match interview, saying that the team was "gutless... spineless... the worst bunch of players I have seen at Vale Park in 17 years".

[18] On 8 October 2008, Grew rejected the opportunity to become assistant to recently appointed Port Vale manager Dean Glover.

[20] Vale were hammered 5–0 by Rotherham United in his first game in charge,[21] but rallied to beat Burton Albion 2–1,[22] before Jim Gannon was appointed manager.

[24] Following Gannon's swift departure in March 2011, Grew was elevated to the position of caretaker manager for the third time in twelve years.