Greg Tansey

Greg Tansey
Personal information
Full name Gregory James Tansey
Date of birth (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988
Place of birth Huyton, England[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Stockport County 98 (13)
2008 → Altrincham (loan) 5 (0)
2011–2012 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 (4)
2012–2014 Stevenage 56 (9)
2014– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 97 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:34, 1 October 2016 (UTC).


Gregory James "Greg" Tansey (born 21 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle as a midfielder.

Tansey started his career at Stockport County, progressing through the youth system before making his first-team debut in 2006. He was loaned out to Conference National side Altrincham towards the latter stages of the 2007–08 season. Tansey spent six years at Stockport, becoming a permanent fixture in the side, as well as finishing as the club's top goalscorer during the 2010–11 campaign.
He left Stockport in June 2011, joining Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a free transfer. Tansey spent one season at Inverness, before joining Football League One club Stevenage in May 2012, before returning to Inverness in 2014.

Club career

Stockport County

Tansey progressed through the Centre of Excellence at Stockport County after joining them at age thirteen,[3][4] and made his first-team debut in a 1–0 away win against Macclesfield Town in the Football League Trophy in October 2006.[5] He went on to make five appearances during the 2006–07 season,[6] including his first league appearance, starting in a 2–1 home defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.[7]
Ahead of the following season, Tansey, along with fellow Stockport player Ryan Crowther, were invited to travel to Milan with Liverpool's youth team to play in an arranged youth tournament.[3] Liverpool agreed a deal with Stockport for both players, subject to satisfactory performances at the tournament.[3][8] After the tournament, Liverpool wished to sign both players, although Tansey declined Liverpool's contract offer as he stated he wished to develop playing first-team football, as opposed to playing in Liverpool's youth side on a weekly basis.[3][9] He was also strongly linked with a move to Charlton Athletic,[10] but eventually signed a new two-year deal with Stockport in August 2007.[10] He made 16 appearances for the club during the 2007–08 season,[11] before joining Conference National side Altrincham on loan in March 2008.[12] This deal ran until the end of the season.[12] He made his Altrincham debut in a 1–1 draw against promoting-chasing Torquay United a day after joining the club,[13] and went on to make five appearances before returning to Stockport.[11]

Tansey struggled for first-team opportunities during the first half of the 2008–09 season,[14] with Stockport now plying their trade in League One following their promotion the previous season.[15] His first appearance of the season came as a 60th minute substitute in a 5–0 win over Yeovil Town in the FA Cup in November 2008.[14] He featured thirteen times during the season,[14] scoring his first professional goal, a 25-yard free-kick, in a 2–1 home defeat against Walsall on 13 April 2009.[16] The 2009–10 campaign turned out to be Tansey's first season of regular football, playing 37 times in all competitions, and scoring twice[17] — including a "stunning 30-yard drive" in a 2–1 win over Leyton Orient.[18] Financial difficulties at the club meant that Stockport were forced to sell a lot of players throughout the season, and the club were ultimately relegated back to League Two.[19]

Despite the wholesale changes over the summer, Tansey remained at Stockport for the 2010–11 season, playing in the club's first match of the campaign, a 1–1 draw against Southend United.[20] He scored his first goal of the season in an FA Cup tie away at Peterborough United in November 2010, hitting a late consolation strike from 30-yards as Stockport lost 4–1.[21] Four days later, on 20 November, he scored a late 25-yard equaliser against Torquay United at Edgeley Park.[22] This was followed by successive braces in December 2010; with Tansey scoring twice to salvage a point against Crewe Alexandra,[23] and then netting two late goals as Stockport beat relegation rivals Barnet at Underhill.[24] His impressive performances throughout the month meant that he won the League Two Player of the Month Award.[25] He went on to score a further five times in the club's last nine league games,[26][27][28][29] although he could not prevent the club's relegation to the Conference National.[30] He finished the season as Stockport's top goalscorer with eleven goals in 41 games.[31] He also scored Stockport's last goal in the Football League, a penalty in the tenth minute of added time in a 1–1 home draw with Cheltenham Town.[32] During his six years at Stockport, Tansey made 112 appearances, scoring fourteen times.[1]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Despite being offered a new one-year deal at Stockport,[33] Tansey left the club in favour of a move to SPL side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, officially signing on a free transfer in June 2011.[34][35] He made his debut against Motherwell at Fir Park on 23 July 2011, playing the whole match in a 3–0 loss.[36] Tansey opened his goalscoring account for Inverness two weeks later, on 6 August 2011, netting twice as Inverness drew 3–3 away at Dunfermline Athletic.[37] In November 2011, Tansey was sent-off in a 2–0 home loss against Celtic. He was "controversially ordered off for leading with an arm in an aerial challenge", but contact was described as "minimal".[38] The decision left Inverness manager Terry Butcher "furious" — "There's no way it's a red card. If anything it is assault by fingernail".[39] Inverness opted to appeal against the sending off, and the red card was later rescinded with referee Stephen O'Reilly admitting he had "made a mistake".[40] He went on to score in games against Dunfermline and Hibernian respectively, taking his league goal tally for the season to four.[41][42] Tansey scored a free-kick on the last day of the season, in a 2–0 home victory over Hibernian,[43] in what was ultimately his last game for the club.[43] During his one season at Inverness, he played 39 times, scoring five goals.[44]

Stevenage

In May 2012, Tansey rejected a contract extension at Inverness, and opted to join League One side Stevenage, signing a three-year deal with the club.[45][46] He made his debut for Stevenage in the club's 3–1 home victory over AFC Wimbledon in the League Cup on 14 August 2012, playing the first 70 minutes of the match.[47] Tansey scored his first goal for the club in his ninth appearance, scoring with a 30-yard effort in a 3–1 win over Walsall at Broadhall Way on 18 September.[48] He then went on to score in Stevenage's next two home games; scoring with a long-range strike in a 2–2 draw against Bury,[49] before netting the only goal of the game courtesy of a curling free-kick in a 1–0 win over Scunthorpe United.[50]

A month later, Tansey scored another long-range strike, this time in Stevenage's 4–1 loss to Preston North End, briefly tying the game in the first-half after the ball had dropped to him on the edge of the area.[51] A goal in the club's 1–1 away draw with Bournemouth on 20 November 2012 took his goal tally to five for the season.[52] Just four days later, he scored with a "looping shot" in injury-time as Stevenage came from a goal down to draw 1–1 at home against Tranmere Rovers.[53] Shortly after featuring in the club's defeat to Tranmere Rovers in March 2013,[54] Tansey had a hernia operation, an injury that ruled him out of first-team action for a month.[55] He returned as a late second-half substitute in Stevenage's last game of the season, a 2–0 loss to Milton Keynes Dons on 27 April 2013.[56] Tansey made 40 appearances during his first season with the club, scoring six times.[57]

Ahead of the 2013–14 campaign, Tansey scored in pre-season friendly match, a 2–0 victory against a Queens Park Rangers XI at Broadhall Way.[58] He then opened the league season by scoring one goal and assisting another in Stevenage's 4–3 home loss to Oldham Athletic.[59] Three weeks later on 31 August 2013, Tansey scored his second goal of the season – a free kick – in a 1–1 draw against Bradford City.[60] Then, on 21 September 2013, Tansey scored his third goal of the season, converting a penalty, in a 3–1 loss against Carlisle United.[61] In all games at Stevenage, Tansey made sixty-two appearance and scored nine times.[62]

Inverness CT return

On 17 January 2014, Tansey re-signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle on an 18-month deal.[63] Upon returning to Inverness, Tansey stated that he rejoined the club because of his motivation to help them play in Europe.[64]

After a substitute appearance against Aberdeen, he made his starting debut against Hearts in the League Cup semi-final where he opened the scoring with a thunderous 25-yard-strike.[65] In the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup, in a 5–0 loss to Dundee United, Tansey was sent-off after lunging at Paul Paton.[66] After being suspended for the game against Hibernian, it was confirmed that Tansey was eligible to play in the final of the Scottish League Cup.[67]
In the final against Aberdeen, Tansey played the whole 90 minutes plus extra time before the game eventually reached a penalty shoot-out, and then went to 'sudden death.' Aberdeen won the match and the Cup after Tansey, along with Billy McKay, missed their penalties in the shoot-out.[68] Tansey scored his first league goal, of his second spell at Inverness, in a 2–2 draw against St Mirren on 29 March 2014.[69] He then scored his second goal in the last game of the season, a 2–0 win over St Johnstone.[70] On his return, Tansey made twenty-one appearances and scored three times in all competitions.

At the start of the 2014–15 season, Tansey was a regular starter for the first team, operating in central midfield. He scored his first goal of the campaign during a 2–0 win over Motherwell.[71] Two weeks later on 16 August 2014, Tansey scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–0 win over Kilmarnock.[72] Two months later on 18 October 2014, Tansey's third goal of the season, in a 1–0 win over St Mirren.[73] Tansey then scored from a penalty spot in the fourth round replay of Scottish Cup, in a 4–1 win over St Mirren on 2 December 2014.[74] At the beginning of January 2015, Tansey signed an extension to his contract, keeping him at Inverness until the end of May 2017.[75] Tansey scored three goals during February, starting the first one was against Partick Thistle in the fifth round of Scottish Cup,[76] St Mirren[77] and Dundee United.[78] In the semi-final of Scottish Cup against Celtic, Tansey scored from the penalty spot to equalise after Craig Gordon was sent-off, as Inverness beat them 3–2 to put them through to their first ever Scottish Cup final.[79] Tansey also played a vital to help the club qualify for the Europa League after finishing third when he provided assist for Edward Ofere to score the winning goal to guarantee European football for the first time.[80] Tansey played as a centre-midfielder in the Scottish Cup Final, in a 2–1 win over Falkirk to win their first ever Scottish Cup Final.[81] In his first full season at the club since his return, Tansey made 42 appearances and scored eight times in all competitions.

Personal life

Tansey's grandfather, Jimmy, was also a professional footballer, and played for Everton and Crewe Alexandra.[82][83]

Honours

Stockport County
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Individual

Career statistics

As of 30 May 2015
Club Season League[A] National Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stockport County
2006–07[86]
 3000002050
2007–08[87]
 130200010160
2008–09[88]
 121100000131
2009–10[89]
 322201020372
2010–11[90]
 38101110104111
Total 981361206011214
Altrincham (loan)
2007–08[91]
 5000000050
Inverness Caledonian Thistle

(1st spell)
2011–12[92]
 364310000395
Stevenage 2012–13[93] 376002010406
2013–14[94] 193102000223
Total 569104010629
Inverness Caledonian Thistle

(2nd spell)
2013–14[95]
 162302100213
2014–15[96]
 364531000427
Total 5268331006310
Career totals 24732185917028138
A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in The Football League, Football Conference, Scottish Premier League and Scottish Premiership.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy.

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