 He quickly progressed through the Under-17 & Under-19 squads culminating in him making his first senior appearance at the age of seventeen.The match was a 2–0 home victory against Greenock Morton towards the latter part of the 2010–11 season with McGrotty entering the match as 88th-minute substitute.In June 2011 he was part of an under-19 side who won the Stonehouse Violet Challenge Cup.