 Griffin playing for Newport County in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles John Griffin | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bath, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Chippenham Town | 30 | (21) |
| 1999–2000 | Swindon Town | 28 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Woking (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2001–2003 | Woking | 55 | (23) |
| 2001–2002 | → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Chippenham Town | 32 | (23) |
| 2004–2005 | Forest Green Rovers | 38 | (16) |
| 2005–2007 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Newport County | 49 | (26) |
| 2008–2009 | Salisbury City | 45 | (21) |
| 2009–2011 | Stevenage | 41 | (16) |
| 2011 | → Newport County (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Forest Green Rovers | 28 | (7) |
| 2012 | → Salisbury City (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Bath City | 35 | (15) |
| 2013–2014 | Brackley Town | 16 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Gloucester City | 41 | (17) |
| 2015 | Chippenham Town | 10 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Cirencester Town | 46 | (22) |
| Total | 567 | (234) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Cirencester Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles John Griffin (born 25 June 1979) is an English former professional footballer.
Griffin started his career with Bristol Rovers, spending two years at the club and progressing through the club's youth system. He was released at the age of 18 and played part-time football with Chippenham Town for a season. He attracted the attention of Swindon Town in February 1999, signing for the club for a transfer fee of £10,000. He made the majority of his appearances for the club off the bench, and was loaned out to both Yeovil Town and Woking respectively the following season. He joined Woking permanently in 2001, and spent one and a half years with the club – although he had a short loan spell at Havant & Waterlooville in December 2001.
He was released by Woking in 2003, and re-joined Chippenham Town ahead of the 2003–04 season. He impressed during his second tenure at the club, and earned a move back into the highest tier of non-league football in the summer of 2004; signing for Forest Green Rovers. His impressive form for a struggling side earned him a move back into the Football League; this time with Wycombe Wanderers, although he was loaned back out to Forest Green in July 2006 on a season long loan. His loan spell was cut short, and he signed for Newport County in February 2007; spending a season and a half with the Welsh side. He rejected a contract offer from the club in July 2008, and instead joined Salisbury City after a successful trial period with the Wiltshire outfit. His successful spell at Salisbury during the club's 2008–09 campaign earned him a move to Stevenage on a free transfer in May 2009. Griffin helped the club earn promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history in his first season at the club. As of June 2021[update], Griffin had joined the Melksham Town veterans' squad.[2]
- ^ "Charlie Griffin – ESPN". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ "VIDEO: Melksham's Griffin Delighted To Win The County Cup". Your Sport Swindon. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2023.