Bob Glozier

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Bob Glozier
Personal information
Full name Robert Glozier [1]
Date of birth (1948-11-20) 20 November 1948 (age 75) [1]
Place of birth East Ham, England
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966–1969 West Ham United 0 (0)
1969–1972 Torquay United 57 (1)
1972–1973 Guildford City
1973–1975 Dartford
1975–1976 Dover
1976–1977 Maidstone United
1977–1979 Gravesend & Northfleet
1979–1983 Hastings United
1983–1986 Crawley Town 132 (2)
1986 Bishop's Stortford
1987 Chelmsford City 1 (0)
Managerial career
1990 Gravesend & Northfleet (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Glozier (born 20 November 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a full back.

Career

After joining the club as an apprentice, Glozier signed professional forms with West Ham United in 1966. In 1969, following failure to make a first team appearance for West Ham, Glozier joined Torquay United. During three years at the club, Glozier made 57 Football League, scoring once. [1] On 25 October 1972, Glozier was awarded a testimonial by Torquay following a cruciate ligament injury. [2] Following his spell at Torquay, Glozier dropped into non-League football, playing for Guildford City, Dartford, Dover, Maidstone United, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hastings United. [3] In 1983, Glozier joined Crawley Town, making 132 league appearances, scoring twice, over the course of three years. [4] Glozier later joined Bishop's Stortford and Chelmsford City, making a singular emergency league appearance for the latter, becoming one of the club's oldest players in the process. [3] [5]

Following his playing days, Glozier temporarily took up the role of caretaker manager at former club Gravesend & Northfleet. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ "1972-73 Friendlies". They Fly So High. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "All time appearances". Crawley Town Football Club History. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Blog Number 7". The Chelmsford City Historian. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Match preview: taking a nose at Concord". Ebbsfleet United F.C. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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