Ryan Glover

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Ryan Glover
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Glover in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ryan Michael Scott Glover [1]
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Yeovil, England [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Barnet
Number 15
Youth career
2012–2018 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 AFC Bournemouth 0 (0)
2018Weymouth (loan) 1 (0)
2020Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022Aldershot Town (loan) 27 (3)
2022–2024 Aldershot Town 89 (8)
2024– Barnet 42 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:55, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Ryan Michael Scott Glover (born 9 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Barnet.

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Career

AFC Bournemouth

Born in Yeovil, [3] Glover joined AFC Bournemouth at the age of 11 and had his first taste of senior football whilst on loan at Weymouth in November 2018. [4] During this short-term spell, despite featuring four times and scoring once, [5] his time with The Terras was marred by injury. Following multiple the scans, the winger later then required ACL reconstruction due to a complication with tendons in his knee not successfully fusing together during his youth years. [4]

Prior to making his first-team debut for Bournemouth during the 2021–22 campaign, Glover briefly spent time on loan with Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2020, during a COVID-19 disrupted season, featuring just twice. [2]

On 24 August 2021, during an EFL Cup second round tie against Norwich City, he made his long-awaited debut for the club, replacing Emiliano Marcondes and featuring for 26 minutes in the 6–0 defeat. [6] Later that campaign in October, Glover joined National League side, Aldershot Town on loan until January 2022, with this subsequently being extended until the end of the season. [7] He went onto feature 29 times for the Shots, scoring three times. [2]

Aldershot Town

On 5 August 2022, following his release from Bournemouth, Glover made his return to Aldershot Town, signing a two-year deal upon arrival. [8] He made his return to a Shots shirt, featuring for the full 90 minutes during their opening day 4–1 defeat to Solihull Moors. [9] Glover went onto score 5 times in 45 league appearances this campaign, with notable goals coming against FC Halifax Town and local rivals, Dorking Wanderers. [2] Glover scored 10 goals in 101 appearances for Shots before turning down a new deal at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Barnet

Glover signed for Barnet in August 2024. [10] Having helped the club to promotion as champions in his first season, he was named Player of the Season. [11]

Career statistics

As of end of 2024-2025 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2018–19 [2] Premier League 00000000
2019–20 [2] Premier League00000000
2020–21 [2] Championship 00000000
2021–22 [2] Championship00001010
Total0000100010
Weymouth (loan) 2018–19 [5] Southern League Premier Division South103 [a] 141
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2020–21 [2] [5] National League South 20100030
Aldershot Town (loan) 2021–22 [2] National League 2732 [a] 0293
Aldershot Town 2022–23 [2] National League455104 [a] 2507
2023–24 [2] National League443502 [a] 0513
Total898606210110
Barnet 2024–25 [2] National League4272200449
Career total15819921011317924
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the FA Trophy

Honours

Barnet

Individual

References

  1. "Updated squad lists for 2018/19 Premier League". Premier League. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "R. Glover". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. "Glover on life without an ACL". AFC Bournemouth. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 Tanswell, Jacob (4 August 2021). ""Last season I was very depressed" - How Ryan Glover overcame 2020 to make his first team mark". Dorset Live. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ryan Glover Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. "Norwich City vs. AFC Bournemouth". Soccerway. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  7. "Glover joins Aldershot on loan". AFC Bournemouth. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  8. "NEW SIGNING: Ryan Glover". Aldershot Town F.C. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  9. "Aldershot Town vs. Solihull Moors". Soccerway. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  10. https://www.barnetfc.com/glover-is-a-bee
  11. 1 2 "BARNET FC & LONDON BEES AWARDS 24/25". barnetfc.com. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  12. "National League: 2024/25: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
    "Barnet: Squad details: 2024/25". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2025.