Glenn Roeder
Glenn Victor Roeder ( born December 13, 1955 in Woodford, England) is a current football coach and former player. Most recently, he coached the second division Norwich City.
- 3.1 as a player
- 3.2 as coach
Playing career
During his playing career Roeder was mostly on the position of the central central defender, began first at Leyton Orient and moved to Queens Park Rangers, where he led the team as captain later. In 1984 he went to Newcastle United, came to nearly 200 missions in more than five years. At the end of his career, he still played for Watford FC, before he joined the Gillingham FC in the role of player and coach itself was still in six games on the field.
Coaching career
First coach stations: Gillingham and Watford
Roeder spent just one season as player-coach at FC Gillingham and led the club after 13 wins in 51 games on the penultimate place of fourth-rate Third Division. After the dismissal of Steve Perryman, he joined its successor at FC Watford before the start of the 1993/94 season in the second division. In his second season as head coach, he missed the part in the play-off games for promotion to the Premier League by only one place in the table. As Watford had to fear in the lower half of the table to avoid relegation in February 1996, Roeder was sacked, with his successor Graham Taylor relegation could no longer avoid.
During the next five years he worked both in the coaching staff of West Ham United and for the England national team before he tentatively took over as coach at West Ham. Since the club 's commitment Alan Curbishley and Steve McClaren failed after the resignation of Harry Redknapp, Roeder was appointed in the summer of 2001 for the permanent solution for the sporty line of the Premier League club.
While West Ham fought for to remain in the top English league, Roeder broke on 21 April 2003 in his office together, and then received the diagnosis that he was suffering from a brain tumor. For this reason, he was released for the rest of the season from his office, but then returned to the new season on the team just relegated back. After a weak start to the second-class First Division Roeder was released on 24 August 2003.
Newcastle United
It was followed two years outside the football business. Roeder then returned in June 2005 as head of the youth department of Newcastle United back. As Graeme Souness was suspended in February 2006, Roeder took over the coaching role as an interim solution while he assisted Alan Shearer. He managed to lead the " Magpies " from the bottom of the table region out and the club finished the season still in seventh place on what was enough to qualify the Intertoto Cup.
The President of the club - Freddy Shepherd - appointed Roeder then to his first election as -budgetary manager of Newcastle, said the continued employment was subject to the condition that Roeder also allowed to work without the license " UEFA Pro Licence" in the Premier League, which normally mandatory for all Premier League coach is. The exemption was granted, which has established the fact that Roeder only due to his illness in obtaining the license - was prevented - he had already tackled. In the first instance you had the desire of Newcastle still rejected because it felt bound to the uniform European UEFA regulations. After intensive consultations by Shepherd with his colleague President this strict line was abandoned and allowed Roeder to obtain the required license during its current activity.
On 16 May 2006 Roeder was officially launched during a press conference as the new coach. He signed a two-year fixed-term contract and put Kevin Bond as his Cotrainer before, with the Roeder had worked at West Ham, where Bond was still active as a scout there. On 6 May 2007, he joined after Newcastle could win only one out of ten, and was replaced by Sam Allardyce. On 30 October 2007, he assumed the team manager post at second division Norwich City, who was Table of the Football League Championship at this time, three points behind. This activity ended on 14 January 2009.
Club stations
As a player
- Leyton Orient (1973-1978)
- Queens Park Rangers (1978-1983) Notts County ( 11/1983-12/1983 )
As coach
- Gillingham FC (1992-1993, player-manager )
- Watford FC (1993-1996)
- Newcastle United (2006-2007)
- Norwich City (2007-2009)