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Griffin McMaster (born 2 June 1983) is an Australian footballer who played for Heidelberg United FC in the Victoria NPL. On 29 July 2015, following a race-related tweet posted from McMaster's personal Twitter account where he called for Aboriginal Australian AFL player Adam Goodes to be "deported" from Australia, McMaster's club announced that he would be removed from the squad.() == Club career == Griffin started playing for Palm Beach Sharks and Surfers Paradise before moving to Queensland Lions. In 2005 the A-League was formed and Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) were given a license to be a part of the new 8-team competition. McMaster needed to be patient for his opportunity and continued to train with the club under then coach Miron Bleiberg and also plying his trade in the Brisbane state league for Brisbane City and Mt Gravatt. Towards the end of the 2006/07 A-League campaign Griffin signed as an injury replacement player for the remainder of the season under new coach Frank Farina. He was understudy to Liam Reddy. Following an injury (broken thumb) to keeper Liam Reddy, McMaster made his A-League debut on 5 January 2008 against Melbourne Victory and was man of the match. McMaster played out another man of the match performance in that season in a finals against Sydney FC which finished 0-0. He was then replaced by Reddy for the following match however he re-signed for 2 more seasons. Griffin received limited game time under coach Farina before he was sacked in October 2009. Ange Postecoglou was appointed the new coach and Reddy succumbed to another injury. Griffin played 12 games under Postecoglou before he was released by Brisbane Roar in March 2010 and joined Victorian Premier League club Oakleigh Cannons and has made regular starts.〔(McMaster given nod as Roar lead ladder )〕〔(McMaster handed Roar debut )〕 It was announced on 18 August that McMaster had been signed by Wellington Phoenix on an injury replacement deal for injured goalkeeper Reece Crowther. McMaster signed for Heidelberg United to play in the 2011 season and won Victorian Premier League keeper of the year. Previous club Wellington Phoenix are rumoured to be interested in re-signing him after a recent poll revealed the extent to which he had endeared himself to the Yellow Fever. Towards the end of the 2011 Victorian Premier League season Griffin was trialing with Melbourne Heart. He was close to signing for the club although he fractured his tibia in round 19 of the Victorian Premier League against Northcote City and was sidelined for 10 months. In March 2012 McMaster signed with sport marketing company Upper90 Sports for 2 years. Also in March 2012 Griffin made a successful recovery from his broken leg for Moreland Zebras against South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League. Griffin left Moreland Zebras at the end of round 19 to join Bentleigh Greens for the remainder of the season. On 30 November 2012 McMaster joined the Wellington Phoenix for a second injury replacement stint this time as cover for Glen Moss. In 2014 Griffin made a return to Heidelberg United in the inaugural NPL season in Victoria. He has been making consistent appearances under coach George Katsakis. Griffin also commentates matches in the NPL (Victoria) and has appeared on a number of occasions on SEN radio on the football segment with Mark Fine (Australia's leading sports radio station) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Griffin McMaster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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