Robert Glendenning (6 June 1888 – 19 November 1940) was an English professional
footballer
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, who played as a
wing half
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for several English clubs prior to and just after the
First World War
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. He later went on to coach in the Netherlands, including coaching the
Dutch national side.
Club career
He started his career at hometown club
Washington United before transferring to
Barnsley
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sometime prior to 1910. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached, in
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
and
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
. In the first Barnsley lost in the
replay to
Newcastle United
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.
The second also went to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating
West Bromwich Albion
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by one goal in
extra time
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.
The ''
Manchester Guardian
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'' praised his play in the first ma tch,
and in the replay Glendenning won the ball from a West Brom player and passed it to
Harry Tufnell to score in the last minutes of extra time.
In. R I to
Bolton Wanderers
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, for whom he played a total of 83 games as club captain. Bolton reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1915, in which they were defeated by
Sheffield United
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captained by
George Utley
George Utley (16 May 1887 – 8 January 1966) was an English footballer who played for Barnsley, Sheffield United and England. He was strong and powerful half back who could shoot at goal when required.
Utley was born in Reform Row, Elsecar, ...
, Glendenning's fellow wing half from Barnsley. In the 1916–17 season, Glendinning appeared as a wartime guest player with
Burnley
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. After the war he played for
Accrington Stanley
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.
Coaching career
After the end of his playing career he took up coaching and moved to the Netherlands.
He had a short spell, only one game, a 4–1 victory over
Switzerland
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, as coach of the
national side in 1923.
He then coached
Koninklijke HFC
Koninklijke Haarlemsche Football Club (Royal Haarlem Football Club) is a football club based in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is the oldest existing club in Dutch football, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the club's early years the team only ...
until 1928. He was made the permanent coach of the Netherlands in 1925, holding both coaching positions until the
1928 Summer Olympics
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when he chose to focus on the national team.
He remained the manager of the
Oranje until 1940, leading them to the
World Cup
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finals in
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
and
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
.
1938 FIFA World Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 1938 FIFA World Cup final tournament in France.
Hungary and Switzerland were the only teams who had players from foreign clubs. All the three such players represented French clubs.
Nine selected players by Germany cam ...
The tournaments would be disappointments, exiting in the first round on both occasions, to Switzerland by a score of 3–2, in 1934, and then to
Czechoslovakia
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by 3–0, in 1938.
Glendenning managed the Oranje through 87 games, with 36 wins, 36 losses and 15 draws.
Up until October 2017, he remained the Dutch national coach with the most victories. By comparison, the only Dutch coach
Rinus Michels
Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels (; 9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch football player and coach. He played his entire career for AFC Ajax, which he later managed, and played for and later managed the Netherlands national team ...
to win a major trophy,
Euro 1988
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The tournament crowned the Nethe ...
, had 30 victories from 53 games, over an 18-year (1974 to 1992) on again off again association with the national team.
Marco van Basten
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and retired professional player, who played for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team, as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pl ...
had 35 wins from 48 games before being knocked out at the quarter final stage of
Euro 2008
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.
[ However, as of his 3rd spell in charge, ]Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat (; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch former football player and coach who is currently the head coach of Eerste Divisie side ADO Den Haag.
Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three sti ...
has now managed 37 victories from 62 games.
Glendenning's last game as a manager was the 4–2 victory over Belgium
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played on 21 April 1940; the game was also Abe Lenstra
Abe Minderts Lenstra (27 November 1920 – 2 September 1985) was a Dutch footballer and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to hail from the Netherlands. He was also ...
's second international cap. Three weeks later the Dutch national side were in Luxembourg
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to play their next international match, but the game was never played because of the German invasion
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of the Netherlands.
He died on 19 November of that same year. He is buried in Bolton
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(England) where the KNVB
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has maintained and replaced his headstone.
Honours
Barnsley
* FA Cup
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winner: 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
* FA Cup runner-up: 1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
References
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1888 births
1940 deaths
People from Washington, Tyne and Wear
Footballers from Tyne and Wear
English footballers
Association football wing halves
Washington United F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players
English Football League players
Burnley F.C. wartime guest players
English football managers
Netherlands national football team managers
1934 FIFA World Cup managers
1938 FIFA World Cup managers
English expatriate football managers
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English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
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