Career
Starting his career at Blackpool as an apprentice, Greenall had spells at Gillingham, Oxford United, Bury, Preston North End, Chester City and Lincoln City before finishing his career at his hometown club, Wigan Athletic. Blackpool At Blackpool, Greenall made his professional debut on 23 September 1980, at the age of 16 years and 237 days, becoming the club"s then-youngest-ever league player (a record broken by Trevor Sinclair in 1989). Three days later, he appeared in a League Cup game against Everton at Goodison Park.
Greenall was one of a host of young players brought to Blackpool by Alan Ball during his short managerial reign at the club
Unlike most of the others, however, he remained at the club for years and developed into a dependable defender. Gillingham After 183 league appearances in just over five years, Greenall had a contractual dispute with Blackpool, and in September 1986 he moved to Third Division Gillingham for £40,000.
Oxford United Greenall joined Oxford United in February 1988 for £235,000, and the U"s soon made him skipper following the departure of Tommy Caton, as he enjoyed a brief taste of top-flight football before they were relegated at the end of the season. Bury and Preston North End In July 1990, he moved to Bury for £100,000 after an initial loan spell at Gigg Lane, before departing for Preston North End during 1991-1992 – a move in his favour as Preston narrowly beat the drop from Division Three while Bury were relegated.
Preston would follow suit 12 months later, however.
Latter years At Wigan, he helped guide the team to Third Division success as an ever-present captain in 1997. In 2001, Greenall became caretaker-manager of Wigan for six games, losing only once, but he did not get the job permanently and was to lose his coaching job at Wigan shortly afterwards. He returned to playing with Rossendale United while searching for new coaching opportunities.
In June 2002 he was appointed Head of Youth Development at Rochdale and in June 2004 Director of the Centre of Excellence at Rochdale.
In August 2005 he was appointed to the role of Coach Education Manager at the Lancashire FA. Blackpool PFA Fourth Division: 1980-1981 Chester City Player of the Season: 1993-1994. Wigan Athletic Football League Division Three (IV) champions: 1996-1997.
Football League Trophy winners: 1998-1999.