Allan Glover

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Allan Glover
Personal information
Full name Allan Richard Glover [1]
Date of birth (1950-10-21) 21 October 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth Staines, England
Position(s) Inside forward, winger, midfielder
Youth career
0000–1968 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1969 Queens Park Rangers 6 (0)
1969–1977 West Bromwich Albion 92 (9)
1976 → Southend United (loan) 1 (0)
1976 → Brentford (loan) 6 (0)
1977–1978 Orient 37 (5)
1978–1980 Brentford 23 (2)
Staines Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Richard Glover (born 21 October 1950) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his eight years in the Football League with West Bromwich Albion. An inside forward and winger, he also played for Orient, Brentford, Queens Park Rangers and Southend United.

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Club career

Queens Park Rangers

Glover began his career at Queens Park Rangers and made seven appearances during a disastrous 1968–69 season, [2] which saw Rangers relegated from the First Division. [3] He departed Rangers in June 1969. [4]

West Bromwich Albion

Glover signed for First Division club West Bromwich Albion in June 1969 for a fee £70,000, with Albion winger Clive Clark transferring the other way to Loftus Road as a makeweight. [5] Glover's progression at The Hawthorns was slow and he failed to break through into the team until 1973–74, when he made 42 appearances and scored five goals. [6] He made 41 appearances and scored two goals during the 1974–75 season, before falling out of favour with new manager Johnny Giles. [6]

Glover joined Third Division club Southend United on loan midway through the 1975–76 season. [1] Glover had one of the shortest careers on record at Roots Hall, due to being carried off injured after 30 seconds on his debut on New Year's Day 1976. [5] [7] Glover signed for Fourth Division club Brentford on loan in October 1976. [5] He impressed enough during his six appearances for manager Bill Dodgin to bid for a permanent transfer, but a terms failed to be agreed. [5] Glover departed West Bromwich Albion in March 1977, having made 107 appearances and scored 10 goals for the club. [6]

Orient

Glover and West Bromwich Albion teammate Joe Mayo transferred to Second Division club Orient in March 1977, as the makeweights in the deal which took Laurie Cunningham to The Hawthorns for £110,000. [8] Glover failed to win a regular place in the first team at Brisbane Road and he made 37 league appearances and scored five goals during an 18-month stay. [4] [9]

Return to Brentford

Now playing in the Third Division, Brentford manager Bill Dodgin finally signed Glover on a permanent contract in November 1978. [5] He failed to challenge for a regular first team place and made just 26 appearances, scoring two goals, before being released at the end of the 1979–80 season. [5] [10]

Staines Town

After his release from Brentford, Glover dropped into non-League football and joined hometown Isthmian League Premier Division club Staines Town. [9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queens Park Rangers 1968–69 [2] First Division 601000—70
West Bromwich Albion 1969–70 [6] First Division2100002 [lower-alpha 1] 142
1970–71 [6] 0000101 [lower-alpha 1] 020
1971–72 [6] 800000—80
1972–73 [6] 510000—51
1973–74 [6] Second Division 3754010—425
1974–75 [6] 36200302 [lower-alpha 2] 0412
1975–76 [6] 300010—40
1976–77 [6] First Division100000—10
Total92940605111710
Southend United (loan) 1975–76 [7] Third Division 1000——10
Brentford (loan) 1976–77 [10] Fourth Division 60———60
Brentford 1978–79 [10] Third Division19210——202
1979–80 [10] 400020—60
Total2921020—322
Career total1281160805115712
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Texaco Cup

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1968–69". QPRnet. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Queens Park Rangers F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 "Allan Glover". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 66. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Allan Glover". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Alan Glover 1976 – 1976". SUFCdb. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "25 Years On: The Remarkable Story Of Laurie Cunningham". leytonorient.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 Allan Glover at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  10. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–395. ISBN   0951526200.
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