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CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

918

Legacy
Number

0

Youth
Promotion #

0

Youth
Debut #

Villa Career

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

18

Villa Appearances

8

Villa
Goals

1

Villa
Assists

2.00

Game
Per

Competition Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

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18

League Appearances
FA Cup.jpg

0

FA Cup
Appearances
EFL Cup.jpg

0

League Cup
Appearances
UEFA.png

0

European
Appearances

Division Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Premier League.jpg

0

Premier League Appearances
FL.jpg

0

Division One
Appearances
EFL.jpg

18

Championship
Appearances
FL.jpg

0

Division Two
Appearances
FL.jpg

0

Division Three
Appearances

League Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

18

League Appearances

8

League
Goals

1

League
Assists

2.00

League
per Game

FA Cup Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

FA Cup Appearances

0

FA Cup
Goals

0

FA Cup
Assists

0.00

FA Cup
per Game

League Cup Record

0

League Cup Appearances

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

League Cup
Goals

0

League Cup
Assists

0.00

League Cup
per Game

European Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

European Appearances

0

European
Goals

0

European
Assists

0.00

European
per Game

Other Appearance Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

Other Appearances

0

Other
Goals

0

Other
Assists

0.00

Other
per Game

Villa Career

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🟩 11 Feb 2018, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Albert Adomah | 60’ | Conor Hourihane | 81’ |

Assist(s) | Jack Grealish | 60’ |

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🟥 17 Feb 2018, Villa 0-2 Fulham, Craven Cottage

Championship

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟨 20 Feb 2018, Villa 1-1 Preston, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Lewis Grabban | 66’ |

Assist(s) | None

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🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Championship

Scorer(s) | Lewis Grabban | 21’ | Glenn Whelan | 67’ | Conor Hourihane | 87’ | Robert Snodgrass | 90’ |

Assist(s) | Robert Snodgrass | 67’ |

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🟩 6 Mar 2018, Villa 3-0 Sunderland, Stadium of Light

Championship

Scorer(s) | Lewis Grabban | 34’ | James Chester | 45’+3 | Own Goal | 66’ |

Assist(s) | Albert Adomah | 34’ | Robert Snodgrass | 45’+3 |

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🟩 10 Mar 2018, Villa 4-1 Wolves, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Albert Adomah | 8’ | James Chester | 57’ | Lewis Grabban | 62’ | Birkir Bjarnason | 85’ |

Assist(s) | Lewis Grabban | 8’ | Robert Snodgrass | 57’ | Albert Adomah | 62’ | Henri Lansbury | 85’ |

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🟥 13 Mar 2018, Villa 1-3 QPR, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | James Chester | 88’ |

Assist(s) | Robert Snodgrass | 88’ |

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🟥 17 Mar 2018, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Macron

Championship

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟨 31 Mar 2018, Villa 0-0 Hull, KC

Championship

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟥 7 Apr 2018, Villa 1-3 Norwich, Carrow Road

Championship

Scorer(s) | Jack Grealish | 67’ |

Assist(s) | Jonathan Kodjia | 67’ |

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🟩 10 Apr 2018, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Jack Grealish | 85’ |

Assist(s) | None

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🟩 13 Apr 2018, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Lewis Grabban | 29’ |

Assist(s) | Jack Grealish | 29’ |

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🟩 21 Apr 2018, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

Championship

Scorer(s) | Conor Hourihane | 25’ | Lewis Grabban | 57’ | 78’ | Henri Lansbury | 82’ |

Assist(s) | Josh Onomah | 57’ | 78’ | Birkir Bjarnason | 82’ |

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🟨 28 Apr 2018, Villa 1-1 Derby, Villa Park

Championship

Scorer(s) | Lewis Grabban | 84’ |

Assist(s) | John Terry | 84’ |

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🟥 6 May 2018, Villa 0-1 Millwall, New Den

Championship

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟩 12 May 2018, Villa 1-0 Boro, Riverside

Play Off Semi Final

Scorer(s) | Mile Jedinak | 15’ |

Assist(s) | Jack Grealish | 15’ |

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🟨 15 May 2018, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

Play Off Semi Final

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟥 26 May 2018, Villa 0-1 Fulham, Wembley

Play Off Final

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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Personal Profile

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Full Name:

Role:

Lewis James Grabban

Forward

Position:

Born:

Centre Forward

12 January 1988

Birthplace:

Country:

Citizenship:

Croydon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Jamaica 🇯🇲
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Height:

(6 ft 0 in) 1.83 m

Foot:

Right

Career Progression

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2018 Aston Villa First Team

January 2018: Aged 30, Signed under Steve Bruce on loan for the remainder of the 2017-18 season from AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Youth Career

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

Youth Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

Did Not Graduate from Youth Team

Reserve Career

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

0

Reserve Appearances

0

Reserve
Goals

Not Selected for Reserve Team

First Team Career

18

Villa Appearances

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

8

Villa
Goals

1

Villa
Assists

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 |
Aston Villa 2018 | Loan |
🕒 18 | 13 (5) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 | #918 |
🟩 8 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 6 |
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 |

Played Under

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Steve Bruce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2018 🕒 18 | 13 (5) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 6 |

Honours

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

🥈 2017-18 EFL Championship Play Off Finalist

Previous Clubs

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2005-08 Crystal Palace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Championship, 🕒 13 | 0 (13) | ⚽ 1 |

2006 Oldham Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
League One, 🕒 10 | 2 (8) | ⚽ 0 |

2007-08 Motherwell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (L)
Scottish Premier League, 🕒 6 | 0 (6) | ⚽ 0 |

2008-11 Millwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £150k
League One, 🕒 70 | 56 (14) | ⚽ 11 |

2010 Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
League One, 🕒 7 | 7 (0) | ⚽ 2 |

2010 Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
League One, 🕒 5 | 1 (4) | ⚽ 1 |

2011 Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
League One, 🕒 20 | 12 (8) | ⚽ 4 |

2011-12 Rotherham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Free
League Two, 🕒 47 | 43 (4) | ⚽ 21 |

2012-14 AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £0.33m
League One, Championship, 🕒 93 | 88 (5) | ⚽ 35 |

2014-16 Norwich City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £3.33m
Championship, Premier League, 🕒 44 | 28 (16) | ⚽ 13 |

2016-18 AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £8.42m
Premier League, 🕒 22 | 8 (14) | ⚽ 1 |

2017 Reading 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
Championship, 🕒 19 | 10 (9) | ⚽ 3 |

2017-18 Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (L)
Championship, 🕒 20 | 19 (1) | ⚽ 12 |

Transfer In

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

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Season:

2017-18

From:

AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fee:

Loan

Date:

31 January 2018

Age:

30

Under:

Steve Bruce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Loans Out

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

None

Transfer Out

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

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Season:

2017-18

From:

AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fee:

End of Loan

Date:

31 May 2018

Age:

30

Under:

Steve Bruce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Subsequent Clubs

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

-2018 AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 €9.35m
Premier League, 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

2018-22 Nottingham Forest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 €6.80m
Championship, 🕒 149 | ✅ 121 | 🔁 (28) | ⚽ 56 |

2022-23 Al-Ahli SFC 🇸🇦 Free
Saudi First Division League, 🕒 5 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 1 |

2023 Retired aged 35

Career Notes

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

January 2018: Aged 30, Signed under Steve Bruce on loan for the remainder of the 2017-18 season from AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa Career Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Villa Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
18
13
5
1

Villa Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
8
1
2.25
2.00

Villa Career Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Career Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
44%
67%
33%
1.56

Career Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
1
0

Season Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2017-18

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Games

🕒 Games:
18
✅ Starter:
13
🔁 Substitute:
5
🇺 Unused:
1

Goals

⚽ Goals:
8
🔥 Assists:
1
Games per Goal:
2.25
Games per Involvement:
2.00

Results

🟩 Won:
44%
🇺 Unbeaten:
67%
🟥 Lost:
33%
Points per Game:
1.56

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
1
🟥 Sendings
Off:
0
Games per
Card:
18.00

League Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

League Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
18
13
5

League Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
8
1
2.25
2.00

League Seasons

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2017-18

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Championship

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
18
13
5
000.00

Goals

⚽ Goals:
8
🔥 Assists:
1
Games per
Goal:
2.25
Games per Involvement:
2.00

FA Cup Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

FA Cup Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

FA Cup Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

FA Cup Seasons

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2017-18

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FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

League Cup Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

League Cup Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

League Cup Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Cup Seasons

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2017-18

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

European Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

European Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

European Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

European Seasons

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

2017-18

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n/a

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

Unused Substitute Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

18

Villa Appearances

1

Unused
Sub

Cautions & Sending Off Record

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

1

Bookings /
Cautions

0

Sendings
Off
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International Career

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Full International Record

Villa International Record

League Breakdown

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

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Premier League

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🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00

Championship

EFL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
18
13
5
8
1
2.25
Games / Involvement:
2.00

First Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub:
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Second Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Third Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00
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FL.jpg
FL.jpg

Career Notes

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

January 2018: Aged 30, becomes the fourth Jamaican 🇯🇲 player to sign for the Villa after Simon Dawkins 🇯🇲 (2013), Daniel Johnson 🇯🇲 (2010) and Noel Blake 🇯🇲 (1979) and the sixteenth Villa player with Jamaican citizenship.
January 2018: Aged 30, becomes the third player to be signed by Villa from AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after Tommy Elphick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (2016) and Shaun Teale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (1991).
February 2018: Aged 30, becomes the 918th player to play for Villa in first-team League or Cup football since the club’s first entry into the FA Cup in 1879.
February 2018: Aged 30, scores his first ⚽ goal for the club on his third appearance.
April 2018: Aged 30, scores his fifth goal for Villa in twelve appearances.

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Biography

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Player #918 for Aston Villa, Lewis James Grabban, played as a centre forward for the club during the 2017-18 season.

Grabban was born in Croydon on 12 January 1988.

Villa had signed Grabban on loan from AFC Bournemouth on 31 January 2018 until the end of the 2017-18 Football League Championship season, making his debut appearance for Villa on Sunday, 11 February 2018 in the 2-0 Championship win against Birmingham City, aged 30.

Grabban would go on to make 18 appearances in his loan spell with Villa, scoring 8 goals and providing one assist, playing his final game for Villa in the Championship play-off final defeat to Fulham on Saturday, 26 May 2018.

Sadly, despite his effective centre forward play and his ability to fit into the Villa system under Steve Bruce, Grabban’s loan could not be made permanent due to the financial straits the club found themselves in immediately following the play-off final, and Grabban was snapped up by fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest for the 2018-19 season.

Grabban had played under Steve Bruce.

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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