Lee Glover

Edward Lee Glover (born 24 April 1970) is an English-born Scottish former footballer and football manager.

Lee Glover
Personal information
Full name Edward Lee Glover[1]
Date of birth (1970-04-24) 24 April 1970[1]
Place of birth Kettering, England[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1994 Nottingham Forest 76 (9)
1989 → Leicester City (loan) 5 (1)
1990 → Barnsley (loan) 8 (0)
1991 → Luton Town (loan) 1 (0)
1994–1996 Port Vale 52 (7)
1996–2000 Rotherham United 85 (29)
1997 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 11 (0)
2000–2002 Macclesfield Town 85 (18)
2002 Mansfield Town 2 (0)
2002 Burton Albion 9 (2)
2002–2004 Corby Town
2004–2006 Grantham Town
Total 334+ (66+)
National team
1987–1989 Scotland U21 3 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Corby Town
2004–2006 Grantham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A forward, he started his career with Nottingham Forest in 1987. He spent seven years at the club, and also spent time on loan at Leicester City, Barnsley, and Luton Town. He moved on to Port Vale in 1994. Two years later he signed with Rotherham United, and stayed with the Millers until 2000. He then played for Macclesfield Town and Mansfield Town, before moving into non-league football with Burton Albion and Corby Town. He travelled to Wembley for the 1991 FA Cup and 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup finals, and was also an unused substitute at the 1989 and 1992 Football League Cup Final and the 1992 Full Members' Cup Final. After retiring as a player, he managed two non-league clubs: Corby Town and Grantham Town, and also spent time as assistant manager of King's Lynn.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Glover started his career with Nottingham Forest in 1987. Under the management of Brian Clough, the club were competing for the First Division title in 1987–88 and 1988–89. He was an unused substitute in the 1989 League Cup final victory over Luton Town. He was sent out on loan to regain fitness following an injury in the 1989–90 season.[2] In September 1989, he joined Leicester City on loan, and scored once in five Second Division games for David Pleat's Foxes.[3] In January 1990, he had a spell on loan with Mel Machin's Barnsley, and made 12 goalless appearances for the Tykes in league and cup competitions. Forest could only post an eighth-place finish in 1990–91, but found greater success in the FA Cup. Glover played at Wembley in the 1991 FA Cup Final, in what finished as a 2–1 defeat to Terry Venables's Tottenham Hotspur.[4]

Glover joined Luton Town on loan in September 1991, in a move that reunited him with David Pleat, but he played just the one First Division game in a brief stay at Kenilworth Road. After returning to Nottingham he scored against Spurs at White Hart Lane in the semi-final of the League Cup. He was an unused substitute in the final, as Forest lost 1–0 to Alex Ferguson's Manchester United. He was also an unused substitute in the 1992 Full Members' Cup Final victory over Southampton. He scored twice in the 1991–92 season, both times in the League Cup.

Forest were relegated out of the newly created Premier League in 1992–93. Glover scored against East Midlands rivals Leicester City in a 4–0 home win on 6 February 1994. He scored a total of six goals in the 1993–94 season, helping the club to win promotion out of the First Division with a second-place finish under new manager Frank Clark. In seven seasons at the City Ground, Glover scored 14 goals in 105 league and cup appearances.

Port Vale

Glover signed with First Division Port Vale in July 1994, after manager John Rudge put in an offer of £200,000, plus an extra £25,000 based on appearances.[1] He made his debut on 14 August, in a 2–0 defeat by Swindon Town at the County Ground.[1] He lost his first team place two months later, as Martin Foyle and Tony Naylor built an effective strike partnership.[1] Glover scored seven goals in 1994–95.[1] He found the net three times in 1995–96, but played in the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup Final, as the Valiants lost 5–2 to Genoa.[1]

Rotherham United

In August 1996, he was purchased by Danny Bergara at Second Division side Rotherham United for a club record £150,000.[5] He was brought in to replace Shaun Goater and Nigel Jemson. He scored once in 24 appearances in 1996–97.[5] He lost his first team place to Mark Druce, and was sent out on loan to Brian Horton's Huddersfield Town, who were playing one level above the Millers.[5] He made 11 appearances for the Terriers, without finding the net. He returned to Millmoor at the end of the season to find that Rotherham had been relegated in his absence.[5]

Glover adapted well to the Third Division, and became the club's top-scorer with 18 goals in 42 games in 1997–98.[5] This tally included four goals in a 5–4 home win over Hull City on 28 December.[5] He also served as captain under new boss Ronnie Moore.[5] He started the 1998–99 campaign strongly, hitting 12 goals in 25 games, but was out of action in the new year after struggling with injury.[5] He featured just six times in the 1999–2000 promotion campaign, and was allowed to join Macclesfield Town on a free transfer in July 2000.[5]

Later career

Remaining in the basement division, Glover scored 10 goals in 40 games in 2000–01. He started the 2001–02 campaign in fine form, but only added one goal to his tally in the second half of the campaign for a total of 13 goals in 49 appearances. He left Moss Rose and signed with Keith Curle's Mansfield Town in September 2002,[6] but ten days later joined Burton Albion under former Forest teammate Nigel Clough.[7] After six starts in three months his contract with Burton was not renewed,[8] and he moved on to Corby Town of the Southern League.

International career

Despite being born in Kettering, Glover opted to declare himself for Scotland,and made three appearances for the under-21 team.[9] In 1987, he was called up to the squad to face the Belgium under-21s in the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[10] He made his debut in that game as a substitute.[11] His first start for the Scotland U21s came on 13 September 1988 against the Norway under-21s.[12] His final international appearance came nearly a year later in a 4–1 loss to Yugoslavia on 5 September 1989.[13]

Style of play

The Rotherham United website states that Glover was a "striker blessed with an ability to hold the ball up in the tightest of situations, he also had an eye for goals with his accurate shooting ability."[14]

Management career

In 2003, Glover ended his playing career at Corby Town and became manager of the club. With the "Steelman" looking likely to drop into the United Counties League, a move to higher league Grantham Town turned out to be too tempting for Glover, who soon left the Northamptonshire club.

Glover spent two years as manager of Grantham Town, from 2004 to 2006. He was sacked by the "Gingerbreads" following a bad run of results, which saw the club relegated from the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League.

He later took the position of assistant-manager at King's Lynn, under Keith Webb.[15] While Glover was at the club, Lynn were promoted to the Conference North in 2007–08. Two years later, he and Webb resigned. He later worked under Nigel Clough and Steve McClaren at Derby County, where he became Senior Professional Development Coach.[16] In June 2016, he was appointed as Peterborough United's assistant manager by Grant McCann after the pair got to know each other on a coaching course.[17] His contract was terminated by director of football Barry Fry on 20 March; Glover said "results have been poor and I think someone has carried the can for that."[18]

Statistics

Source:[19]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 1986–87 First Division 00001010
1987–88 First Division 2032110234
1988–89 First Division 00100010
1989–90 First Division 00000000
1990–91 First Division 812000101
1991–92 First Division 1603072262
1992–93 Premier League 1400020160
1993–94 First Division 1852051256
Total 76910116310213
Leicester City (loan) 1989–90 Second Division 51000051
Barnsley (loan) 1989–90 Second Division 804000120
Luton Town (loan) 1991–92 First Division 10000010
Port Vale 1994–95 First Division 2842043347
1995–96 First Division 2430083326
Total 527201266613
Rotherham United 1996–97 Second Division 2211030261
1997–98 Third Division 371741104218
1998–99 Third Division 191052302712
1999–2000 Third Division 71000071
Total 85291037010232
Huddersfield Town (loan) 1996–97 First Division 1100000110
Macclesfield Town 2000–01 Third Division 37810224010
2001–02 Third Division 43942224913
2002–03 Third Division 51000051
Total 851852449424
Mansfield Town 2002–03 Second Division 20000020
Career total 32564316391339583

Honours
Nottingham Forest
Port Vale
Rotherham United
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References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 112. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "Player profile". foxestalk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. "Lee Glover | Leicester City career stats - FoxesTalk". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "Tottenham Hotspur 2 Nottingham Forest 1". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. "The £150,000 Men". .rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. Oliver, Pete (5 September 2002). "Silkmen in striker search". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  7. Oliver, Pete (17 September 2002). "Burton look to Glover". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  8. "Glover departs Burton". BBC Sport. 30 November 2002. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  9. "Glover, Lee". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  10. Traynor, James (7 October 1987). "Glover says 'I'm a Scot'". The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  11. "Scotland U21 1 – 0 Belgium, European Championship (13/10/1987)". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  12. "Norway 1 – 1 Scotland U21, European Championship (13/09/1988)". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  13. "Yugoslavia 4 – 1 Scotland U21, European Championship (05/09/1989)". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  14. "Past Players". themillers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  15. "Lynn players agree wage deferral". BBC Sport. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  16. "Ex-Rams coach Lee Glover takes role at Peterborough United". Derby Telegraph. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  17. Swann, Alan (8 June 2016). "Glover won't be McCann's 'yes' man". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  18. "Peterborough United: Assistant manager Lee Glover leaves League One club". BBC Sport. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  19. Lee Glover at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  20. "Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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