Robert Glendenning (6 June 1888 – 19 November 1940) was an English professional footballer, who played as a wing half for several English clubs prior to and just after the First World War. 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

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sometime prior to 1910. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached, in

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and

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. In the first Barnsley lost in the

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. The second also went to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating West Bromwich Albion by one goal in

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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

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to score in the last minutes of extra time. In. R I to

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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 captained by

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, Glendenning's fellow wing half from Barnsley. In the 1916–17 season, Glendinning appeared as a wartime guest player with Burnley. After the war he played for Accrington Stanley.

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

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, as coach of the national side in 1923. He then coached

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until 1928. He was made the permanent coach of the Netherlands in 1925, holding both coaching positions until the

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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 finals in

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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 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 to win a major trophy, Euro 1988, had 30 victories from 53 games, over an 18-year (1974 to 1992) on again off again association with the national team.

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had 35 wins from 48 games before being knocked out at the quarter final stage of Euro 2008. However, as of his 3rd spell in charge, Dick Advocaat has now managed 37 victories from 62 games. Glendenning's last game as a manager was the 4–2 victory over Belgium played on 21 April 1940; the game was also Abe Lenstra's second international cap. Three weeks later the Dutch national side were in Luxembourg to play their next international match, but the game was never played because of the German invasion of the Netherlands. He died on 19 November of that same year. He is buried in Bolton (England) where the KNVB has maintained and replaced his headstone.

Honours

Barnsley * FA Cup winner:

* FA Cup runner-up:

References

:''In some references he is referred to as Bob Glendinning'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Glendenning, Bob 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 Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands FA Cup Final players