Allan Glover

Allan Glover
Personal information
Full name Allan Richard Glover[1]
Date of birth (1950-10-21) 21 October 1950
Place of birth Staines, England
Playing position Inside forward, Winger, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Allan Richard Glover (born 21 October 1950) is an English retired professional football inside forward and Winger best remembered for his eight years in the Football League with West Bromwich Albion.[1] He also played for Orient, Brentford, Queens Park Rangers and Southend United.[1]

Club career

Queens Park Rangers

Glover began his career at Queens Park Rangers, making six appearances during a disastrous 1968–69 season which saw Rangers relegated from Division One.[2] He departed Rangers in June 1969.[3]

West Bromwich Albion

Glover signed for Division One side West Bromwich Albion in June 1969 for a £70,000, with Baggies winger Clive Clark transferred the other way to Loftus Road as a makeweight.[1] Glover's progression at The Hawthorns was slow, failing to register double-digit appearances in a season until 1973–74, when he broke into the team, making 42 appearances and scoring five goals.[4] He registered 41 appearances and two goals in the 1974–75 season, before falling out of favour with new manager Johnny Giles.[4] Glover departed West Brom in March 1977, having made 107 appearances and scored 10 goals for the club.[4]

Southend United (loan)

Out of favour at West Bromwich Albion, Glover joined Division Three side Southend United on loan midway through the 1975–76 season.[5] Glover had one of the shortest careers on record at Roots Hall, being carried off injured after 30 seconds on his debut on New Year's Day 1976.[1][5]

Brentford (loan)

Glover signed for Division Four side Brentford on loan in October 1976.[1] He impressed enough during his six appearances for manager Bill Dodgin to bid for a permanent transfer, but a terms failed to be agreed.[1]

Orient

Glover and West Bromwich Albion teammate Joe Mayo joined Division Two club Orient in March 1977 as the makeweights in a deal which took Laurie Cunningham to The Hawthorns for £110,000.[6] Glover failed to win a regular place in the first team at Brisbane Road, making 37 league appearances and scoring five goals in an 18-month stay, departing in November 1978.[3][7]

Return to Brentford

Now playing Division Three football, Bill Dodgin finally signed Glover on a permanent deal in November 1978.[1] He failed to challenge for a regular first team place,[8] making just 26 appearances and scoring two goals before being released at the end of the 1979–80 season.[1]

Staines Town

After his release from Brentford, Glover dropped into non-league football and joined hometown Isthmian League Premier Division club Staines Town.[7]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Bromwich Albion 1969–70[4] First Division 2 1 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 4 2
1970–71[4] 0 0 0 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 2 0
1971–72[4] 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
1972–73[4] 5 1 0 0 0 0 — 5 1
1973–74[4] Second Division 37 5 4 0 1 0 — 42 5
1974–75[4] 36 2 0 0 3 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 41 2
1975–76[4] 3 0 0 0 1 0 — 4 0
1976–77[4] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 92 9 4 0 6 0 5 1 117 10
Southend United (loan) 1975–76[5] Third Division 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Brentford (loan) 1976–77[8] Fourth Division 6 0 — — — 6 0
Brentford 1978–79[8] Third Division 19 2 1 0 — — 20 2
1979–80[8] 4 0 0 0 2 0 — 6 0
Brentford total 29 2 1 0 2 0 — 32 2
Career total 122 11 5 0 8 0 5 1 150 12
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup.
  2. ↑ Appearances in Texaco Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 66. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. ↑ "Barry Hugman's Footballers – Allan Glover". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Allan Glover". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website". albiontillwedie.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "SUFCdb – Player Profile". sufcdb.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. ↑ @leytonorientfc. "25 Years On: The Remarkable Story Of Laurie Cunningham". leytonorient.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database".
  8. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–395. ISBN 0951526200.
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