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Glenn Roeder
Personal information
Full name Glenn Victor Roeder
Position(s) Defender

Glenn Victor Roeder (born December 13 1955 in Woodford, Essex) is an English football manager and former player. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions.

Playing career

Roeder failed to earn a scholarship at Arsenal and began his professional playing career at Leyton Orient F.C., making his name as a classy ball-playing defender before moving to Queens Park Rangers F.C.. Here he captained them in the 1982 FA Cup Final but sensationally missed the replay due to suspension picked up some weeks earlier. In 1984 he was transferred to Newcastle United, where he made close to 200 appearances during his 5 years at the club. It was during this period he was famed for his shuffle, known as the "Roeder Shuffle", a smart stepover which he used to extricate himself from numerous tight spots. Roeder finished his playing career with a two year spell at Watford followed by a 6 game stint at Gillingham, whom he had joined as player-manager.

Early management: Gillingham and Watford

Roeder spent only one season as manager of Gillingham, during which time he led the side to 13 wins in 51 games and saw them finish second from bottom of the Football League, escaping relegation after winning against bottom club Halifax Town in the penultimate fixture of the season. After Steve Perryman's dismissal, Roeder was hired as the new manager of his former club, Watford, at the start of the 1993/94 season. In his second season with Watford he almost took the side to the play-offs, eventually finishing just one place outside them. However, he was sacked in February 1996 as the side were struggling near the bottom of the First Division. His replacement, Graham Taylor, was unable to prevent the side from being relegated.

West Ham, relegation and illness

Roeder spent the next five years as a coach with both England and West Ham before being given another opportunity at management. Following West Ham's failure to attract either Alan Curbishley or Steve McClaren as replacements for the recently departed Harry Redknapp, Roeder, who was Youth Team coach acting as caretaker-manager, was appointed as West Ham's new manager in the summer of 2001. In the second half of that season he took West Ham to 7th in the Premiership.

The following season, 2002-2003, he signed Tomas Repka for about £5 million, David James from Aston Villa for around £2 million and Don Hutchison from Sunderland for around £5 Million. David James was injured on international duty and was out for months before he could play for West Ham, Tomas Repka had serious disiplinary problems and Don Hutchison turned out to be an injury-prone flop on his second spell with the club.

Due to injuries to Paolo Di Canio and Frédéric Kanouté's personal problems, Roeder was forced to play a young Jermain Defoe up front on his own. As the season became more desperate, the team resorted to playing direct, long ball football to Defoe, who struggled in this position. Roeder also struggled with a very small squad, only just managing to field a first eleven at times.

West Ham were bottom at Christmas and at that time no team had avoided relegation from that position. Despite the January signings of Rufus Brevett and Lee Bowyer on a short-term deal and the best efforts of Sir Trevor Brooking in the last few games, the team was relegated from the Premiership.

On April 21 2003, whilst West Ham were battling to remain in the FA Premier League, Roeder collapsed in his office due to a brain tumour. After taking the rest of the season off he returned to manage the side at the start of the next season. However, after a poor start in the First Division, Roeder was sacked by the newly relegated side on August 24 2003.

Newcastle United

After nearly two years out of the game, he returned to football in June 2005 when he was named youth-development manager of Newcastle United. When Graeme Souness was sacked as Newcastle manager in February 2006, Roeder was appointed caretaker manager, with striker Alan Shearer as his assistant. He was able to spectacularly turn the Magpies' season around, rescuing them from near the foot of the table to finish 7th in the Premiership with a place in the Intertoto Cup.

Freddy Shepherd, Newcastle United's chairman, consequently named Roeder as first in line to become full-time manager at the club, on condition that Newcastle obtain dispensation from the FA Premier League to allow Roeder to continue without the mandatory UEFA Pro Licence. Newcastle claim exceptional circumstances as Roeder was halfway to gaining the licence when he suffered his brain tumour.

The Premier League at first rejected Newcastle's request on 3 May 2006, the organisation had little choice, as they are bound by UEFA rules. However, Freddy Shepherd lobbied his fellow chairmen and they voted in favour of Roeder being allowed to gain the correct licence while in the job.

A press conference was held on 16 May 2006, in which Roeder was introduced as the new manager and signed a two year contract.[1] On June 1 2006, Roeder appointed Kevin Bond as his assistant.[2] Roeder had worked with Bond at West Ham where Bond was a scout. Roeder believed the two of them work well together, however Bond's contract at the club was terminated after allegations he was prepared to take bungs for players whilst at Portsmouth.[3] Lee Clark was also appointed first team coach on the same day.

On the 22 October 2006, Roeder announced that, ex-Middlesbrough player and recent care-taker manager of West Brom, Nigel Pearson would be his new assistant manager.[4] It is rumoured that Pearson turned down many other clubs, including the chance to manage Sheffield Wednesday in order to work with Roeder.

Roeder's position looked in danger during the first half of the 2006/07 season after a series of poor performances by what is seen by some as one of the weakest Newcastle sides in years, especially the defenders Celestine Babayaro, Titus Bramble and Stephen Carr.

After the 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United at home on November 4, 2006, there was a huge fan protest outside St. James' Park, that was shown live on Sky channel PremPlus.[5] However, notably much of the fans' criticism was directed at the chairman, Freddy Shepherd, and not specifically at the manager himself. Many of the fans showed they would like Shepherd to leave the club as they believe his decisions on appointing new managers have been poor.

Alan Shearer commented on BBC's Match of the Day "the problem before was Newcastle were conceding at the back, but they were still scoring upfront, but now they haven't got anybody to score goals, so they are going to have to buy in the transfer window." Shearer also said that a new manager won't solve the problem for Newcastle, as there are too many injuries.

Since the defeat to Sheffield United, Newcastle's form has slowly picked up. Roeder was forced to create a new look defence due to injuries, which paved the way for young academy players such as Paul Huntington and David Edgar to make some impact on the first team. Summer signing Obafemi Martins has also hit an impressive run of form, proving many critics wrong. Since then they progressed into the last 16 of the UEFA cup, whilst their league position has improved to 9th with draws against Arsenal and Manchester United and victories against Portsmouth, Reading, Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham (twice), Aston Villa and Liverpool.

Under Roeder's guidance, Newcastle won the 2006-2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In that season he was also the top-placed English coach in European competitions, and the second highest placed British coach, bettered only by Scot Alex Ferguson.

After guiding Newcastle to just one win in ten games, Roeder was summoned to an emergency board meeting on May 6 2007.[6] It was revealed he had resigned with immediate effect.[7][8][9][10][11] Former Bolton boss Sam Allardyce was named as his replacement on May 15, 2007.[12][13]

Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Gillingham England August 1 1992 July 9 1993 51 13 22 16 25.49
Watford England August 1 1993 February 20 1996 139 44 55 40 31.65
West Ham United England May 9 2001 August 24 2003 86 27 36 23 31.39
Newcastle United England February 2 2006 May 6 2007 73 33 24 16 45.21

References

  1. ^ Roeder named as Newcastle manager - BBC News, May 16
  2. ^ "Bond named as Roeder's assistant". BBC Sport. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Newcastle terminate Bond contract". BBC Sport. 26 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Pearson takes up Newcastle post". BBC Sport. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Fury at Toon gloom". icnewcastle.co.uk. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Roeder summoned by board - Sky Sports, May 6 2007
  7. ^ "Roeder leaves Newcastle". Sky Sports. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Roeder resigns as Newcastle boss - BBC Sport, May 6th
  9. ^ "Roeder quits Toon post - Reports". teamtalk.com. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "ROEDER LEAVES MAGPIES - REPORTS". football365.com. Retrieved 6 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Glenn Roeder - NUFC Statement". nufc.premiumtv.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Newcastle accept Roeder's resignation". Reuters. Retrieved 7 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Allardyce tipped for Magpies job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
Preceded by Gillingham Manager
1992-1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Watford Manager
1993-1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by West Ham United Manager
2001-2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Newcastle United Manager
2006-2007 		Succeeded by
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