1. Glenn Victor Roeder was an English professional football player and manager.
32 Facts About Glenn Roeder
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Glenn Roeder later acted as a managerial advisor for Stevenage.
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Glenn Roeder was born in Woodford, Essex, on 13 December 1955 and played for Gidea Park Rangers and Essex and London schools, joining Arsenal as a schoolboy in December 1969 and then Orient in August 1972 after being released by Arsenal.
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Glenn Roeder made his name as a classy ball-playing defender who was a member of the Orient playing squad in the Second Division during the 1970s that reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1978.
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Glenn Roeder joined Watford on a free transfer in July 1989, making 78 senior appearances in two years, and later returned to the renamed Leyton Orient, playing eight games in 1992, before a six-game stint to finish his playing career at Gillingham, whom he had joined as player-manager in November 1992.
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Glenn Roeder spent one season as player-manager of Gillingham, during which time he led the side to 10 wins in 37 games and saw them finish second from bottom of the Football League, escaping relegation after winning against bottom club Halifax Town in the penultimate fixture of the season.
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Glenn Roeder resigned in July 1993 to take over at Watford.
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Glenn Roeder followed his tenure at Watford by taking a season away from the limelight, assuming a back seat role as Chris Waddle's assistant manager at Burnley.
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Glenn Roeder proved to be both an unpopular and controversial figure to the Burnley fans, hitting a low point when he was reported to have said that star player Glen Little was "not fit to lace the boots" of manager Chris Waddle.
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Glenn Roeder left his role at Burnley alongside Waddle when the pair departed the club after only a single season in charge.
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Glenn Roeder had a dispute with striker Paolo Di Canio after he substituted Di Canio in a match against West Bromwich Albion due to injury.
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Glenn Roeder returned to work in July 2003, stating he had "unfinished business".
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Glenn Roeder was sacked by West Ham in August 2003, following a defeat to Rotherham United.
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Glenn Roeder had managed only three league games of the new season with West Ham now playing in the second tier.
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Glenn Roeder was again replaced by Trevor Brooking as manager.
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Glenn Roeder was able to turn the Magpies' season around, rescuing them from near the foot of the table to finish seventh in the Premier League with a place in the Intertoto Cup.
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Newcastle claimed exceptional circumstances as Glenn Roeder was halfway to gaining the licence when he suffered his brain tumour.
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Freddy Shepherd however lobbied the backing of all 19 other premier league club chairmen and they voted in favour of Glenn Roeder being allowed to gain the correct licence while in the job.
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On 1 June 2006, Glenn Roeder appointed Kevin Bond as his assistant.
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Glenn Roeder had worked with Bond at West Ham where Bond was a scout.
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Glenn Roeder believed the two of them would work well together, however Bond's contract at the club was terminated after allegations he was prepared to take bungs for players whilst at Portsmouth.
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On 22 October 2006, Glenn Roeder announced that ex-Middlesbrough player and recent care-taker manager of West Brom, Nigel Pearson would be his new assistant manager.
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Under Glenn Roeder, Newcastle won the 2006 Intertoto Cup by virtue of being the furthest placed team to advance from the Intertoto Cup into the UEFA Cup.
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In October 2007, Glenn Roeder joined Championship side Norwich City, signing a contract until 2010, with Norwich bottom of the division and four points adrift of safety.
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Glenn Roeder then guided the team out of the relegation zone with a series of wins.
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Glenn Roeder made the loan signing of Matty Pattison permanent and renewed the loan deals for Ched Evans and Mo Camara.
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Glenn Roeder made four further loan signings including Matthew Bates, Keiran Gibbs, Alex Pearce and James Henry.
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In May 2008 a few days after the last game of the season Glenn Roeder decided not to renew Darren Huckerby's contract which angered many supporters as they were unable to give him a proper sendoff.
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Glenn Roeder brought in a number of loan players in the summer.
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In March 2016, Glenn Roeder was appointed a managerial advisor at Stevenage to Darren Sarll.
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Glenn Roeder left Stevenage on 18 March 2018 after Sarll was sacked with the club 16th in EFL League Two.
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Glenn Roeder died on 28 February 2021, aged 65, in Newmarket, Suffolk, after an 18-year battle with a diagnosed brain tumour.