John McAtee

John George McAtee (born 23 July 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for National League side Grimsby Town.

He has previously played for Shrewsbury Town where he began his career, taking in loan spells with Halesowen Town, AFC Telford United, Ashton United and Curzon Ashton. He joined Scunthorpe United in 2019 where he remained for several seasons before joining Grimsby in the summer of 2021.

Club Career

Shrewsbury Town and loan moves

McAtee made his first appearance for the Shrewsbury Town first-team ahead of his second year as a scholar, in a pre-season friendly away at Stourbridge in July 2016. He made his English Football League debut as an 84th-minute substitute for Ryan Yates in a 2–0 loss at Oxford United on the final day of the 2016–17 season, and subsequently signed a one-year professional contract, committing him to the club until summer 2018.

McAtee joined Halesowen Town on an initial one-month youth loan on 30 September 2017. This was later extended until Christmas 2017, with "Yeltz" manager John Hill eager to extend it further again, however he returned to his parent club, before being loaned out to National League North club AFC Telford United in February 2018.

On 4 August 2018, McAtee joined National League North side Ashton United on a one-month loan deal. Afterwards, on 26 September, McAtee was loaned out again for the rest of the season, back to Telford. However, on 21 December, he was loaned for a month to Curzon Ashton, again of the same league. The deal was later extended for the rest of the season. He was released by Shrewsbury in May 2019.

Scunthorpe United

On 8 July 2019, McAtee signed for League Two side Scunthorpe United.

He scored his first league goal for the club on 18 January 2020, an equaliser in a 2–2 draw away at Bradford City.

Grimsby Town

On 8 June 2021, McAtee turned down a new contract with Scunthorpe to join local rivals Grimsby Town