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 25)
Place of birth Yeovil, England [2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Barnet
Number 15
Youth career
2012–2018 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 AFC Bournemouth 0 (0)
2018 → Weymouth (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 → Aldershot Town (loan) 27 (3)
2022–2024 Aldershot Town 89 (8)
2024– Barnet 70 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:35, 2 February 2026 (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 31 January 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2018–19 [2] Premier League 000000—00
2019–20 [2] Premier League000000—00
2020–21 [2] Championship 00—000000
2021–22 [2] Championship000010—10
Total0000100010
Weymouth (loan) 2018–19 [5] Southern League Premier Division South10——3 [a] 141
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2020–21 [2] [5] National League South 2010—0030
Aldershot Town (loan) 2021–22 [2] National League 273——2 [a] 0293
Aldershot Town 2022–23 [2] National League45510—4 [a] 2507
2023–24 [2] National League44350—2 [a] 0513
Total89860—6210110
Barnet 2024–25 [2] National League42622—00448
2025–26 [2] League Two 28410102 [b] 0324
Total70103210207612
Career total189211022013321426
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL 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 14 "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.