Edward Lee Glover (born 24 April 1970) is an English-born Scottish professional

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and former

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who is the manager of club

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. A forward, he started his career with

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in 1987. He spent seven years at the club, and also spent time on loan at

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, Barnsley, and

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1 ...

. He moved on to

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in 1994. Two years later he signed with

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, and stayed with the Millers until 2000. He then played for

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and

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, before moving into non-league football with

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and Corby Town. He travelled to

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for the 1991 FA Cup and 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup finals, and was also an unused substitute at the

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and

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and the 1992 Full Members' Cup Final. After retiring as a player, he managed two non-league clubs: Corby Town and

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, before spending time as assistant manager of

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and

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. He was appointed as manager of Kettering Town in May 2022.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Glover started his career with

in 1987. Under the management of

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, the club were competing for the First Division title in 1987–88 and 1988–89. He was an unused substitute in the 1989 League Cup final victory over

. He was sent out on loan to regain fitness following an injury in the 1989–90 season. In September 1989, he joined

on loan, and scored once in five Second Division games for

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's Foxes. In January 1990, he had a spell on loan with

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's Barnsley, and made 12 goalless appearances for the Tykes in league and cup competitions. Forest could only post an eighth-place finish in 1990–91, but found greater success in the

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. Glover played at

in the

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, in what finished as a 2–1 defeat to

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. Glover joined Luton Town on loan in September 1991, in a move that reunited him with David Pleat, but he played just the one First Division game in a brief stay at

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. After returning to Nottingham he scored against Spurs at

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in the semi-final of the

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. He was an unused substitute in the final, as Forest lost 1–0 to

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. He was also an unused substitute in the 1992 Full Members' Cup Final victory over

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. He scored twice in the 1991–92 season, both times in the League Cup. Forest were relegated out of the newly created

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. Glover scored against East Midlands rivals Leicester City in a 4–0 home win on 6 February 1994. He scored a total of six goals in the 1993–94 season, helping the club to win promotion out of the First Division with a second-place finish under new manager Frank Clark. In seven seasons at the

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, Glover scored 14 goals in 105 league and cup appearances.

Port Vale

Glover signed with First Division

in July 1994, after manager

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put in an offer of £200,000, plus an extra £25,000 based on appearances. He made his debut on 14 August, in a 2–0 defeat by

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at the County Ground. He lost his first team place two months later, as

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and

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built an effective strike partnership. Glover scored seven goals in 1994–95. He found the net three times in 1995–96, but played in the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup Final, as the Valiants lost 5–2 to

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Rotherham United

In August 1996, he was purchased by

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at Second Division side

for a club record £150,000. He was brought in to replace

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and Nigel Jemson. He scored once in 24 appearances in 1996–97. He lost his first team place to Mark Druce, and was sent out on loan to

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, who were playing one level above the Millers. He made 11 appearances for the Terriers, without finding the net. He returned to Millmoor at the end of the season to find that Rotherham had been relegated in his absence. Glover adapted well to the Third Division, and became the club's top-scorer with 18 goals in 42 games in 1997–98. This tally included four goals in a 5–4 home win over

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on 28 December. He also served as captain under new boss

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. He started the 1998–99 campaign strongly, hitting 12 goals in 25 games, but was out of action in the new year after struggling with injury. He featured just six times in the 1999–2000 promotion campaign, and was allowed to join

on a free transfer in July 2000.

Later career

Remaining in the basement division, Glover scored 10 goals in 40 games in 2000–01. He started the 2001–02 campaign in fine form, but only added one goal to his tally in the second half of the campaign for a total of 13 goals in 49 appearances. He left

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and signed with Keith Curle's

in September 2002, but ten days later joined

under former Forest teammate

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. After six starts in three months his contract with Burton was not renewed, and he moved on to Corby Town of the Southern League.

International career

Despite being born in

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, Glover opted to declare himself for

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, and made three appearances for the under-21 team. In 1987, he was called up to the squad to face the Belgium under-21s in the

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. He made his debut in that game as a substitute. His first start for the Scotland U21s came on 13 September 1988 against the Norway under-21s. His final international appearance came nearly a year later in a 4–1 loss to

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on 5 September 1989.

Style of play

The Rotherham United website states that Glover was a "striker blessed with an ability to hold the ball up in the tightest of situations, he also had an eye for goals with his accurate shooting ability."

Management career

In 2003, Glover ended his playing career at Corby Town as player/manager of the club. After two years with the "Steelmen" a move to higher league

turned out to be too tempting for Glover, who soon left the

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club. Glover spent two years as manager of Grantham Town, from 2004 to 2006, winning the Lincolnshire Senior Shield in 2004. He was sacked by the "Gingerbreads" following a bad run of results, which saw the club relegated from the Premier Division of the

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. He later took the position of assistant-manager at

, under Keith Webb. While Glover was at the club, Lynn were promoted to the

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in 2007–08. Two years later, he and Webb resigned. He later worked under

and Steve McClaren at

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, where he became Senior Professional Development Coach. In June 2016, he was appointed as

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standin ...

's assistant manager by Grant McCann after the pair got to know each other on a coaching course. His contract was terminated by director of football

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on 20 March 2017; Glover said "results have been poor and I think someone has carried the can for that." He followed Grant McCann to

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as an opposition analyst in July 2018. Glover left the club in May 2019 to become assistant manager at

and work under new boss John Dempster. He regretted leaving McCann but felt the opportunity was too good to turn down. He left the club in January 2020. He was hired to work as

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's assistant at

in February 2022. Glover was appointed as manager of National League North club

on 17 May 2022. Upon signing a two-year contract, he stated that he intended to build a "young and dynamic" squad and was excited by the club's potential.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

as a Player

Nottingham Forest *

; runner-up:

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runner-up:

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second-place promotion: 1993–94 Port Vale *

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runner-up:

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Rotherham United *

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second-place promotion: 1999–2000

as a Manager

Grantham Town * Lincolnshire Senior Shield: 2004

References

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