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Glenn Roeder
Personal information
Full name	Glenn Victor Roeder
Date of birth	December 13, 1955 (1955-12-13) (age 52)
Place of birth	Woodford, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Norwich City
Youth clubs
1970–1973	Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973–1978 1978–1983 1983 1983–1989 1989–1992 1992 1992–1993	Leyton Orient Queens Park Rangers → Notts County (loan) Newcastle United Watford Leyton Orient Gillingham Total	115 0(4) 157 (17) 004 0(0) 193 0(8) 078 0(2) 008 0(0) 006 0(0) 561 (31)
National team
	England B	007 0(0)
Teams managed
1992–1993 1993–1996 2001–2003 2006–2007 2007–	Gillingham (player-manager) Watford West Ham United Newcastle United Norwich City
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial and coaching career 2.1 Gillingham 2.2 Watford 2.3 Burnley 2.4 England 2.5 West Ham United 2.6 Newcastle United 2.7 Norwich City 3 Managerial stats 4 References 5 External links

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. It was during his time at Loftus Road he was famed for his shuffle, known as the "Roeder Shuffle", a smart stepover which he used to extricate himself from numerous tight spots and also to instigate attacking moves from the heart of the defence. During a successful loan spell at Notts County, (in which they were undefeated) a transfer fee of £125,000 was agreed. The Notts Chairman Jack Dunnett agreed to match every penny the supporters donated for the fee. Only £40,000 was raised Glenn didn't sign, and Notts County were relegated that season. In 1984 he was transferred to Newcastle United, where he made close to 200 appearances during his five years at the club. Roeder finished his playing career with a two year spell at Watford followed by a six game stint at Gillingham, whom he had joined as player-manager.

Roeder spent one season as player-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 left to join Tottenham Hotspur, 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 two places outside them. However, he was sacked in February 1996 as the side were struggling at the bottom of the First Division. His replacement, Graham Taylor, was unable to prevent the side from being relegated.

Roeder followed his tenure at Watford by taking a season away from the limelight, assuming a back seat role as Chris Waddle's assistant manager at Burnley. The partnership did not prove to be successful and the pair narrowly avoided steering Burnley into the bottom tier of English football. Only a home victory over Plymouth Argyle on the last day staved off the spectre of relegation. Roeder proved to be both an unpopular and controversial figure to the Burnley fans, hitting a low point when he was reported to have said that star-player Glen Little was "not fit to lace the boots" of manager Chris Waddle. Roeder left his role at Burnley alongside Waddle when the pair departed the club after only a single season in charge.^{[citation needed]}

Roeder then worked as a coach under Glenn Hoddle for the England national team, before West Ham manager Harry Redknapp offered him an opportunity in club football again in 1999.^[1]

In the summer of 2001, Roeder was handed a chance to manage in the Premier League at West Ham United after the Hammers failed to attract Steve McClaren or Alan Curbishley after Redknapp's departure.^[2] Roeder's appointment was opposed by some supporters, who had expected a bigger name to replace Redknapp.^[3] Roeder received a £15 million transfer kitty, and guided West Ham to seventh in his first season in charge. He signed David James from Aston Villa, Tomas Repka from ACF Fiorentina for £5.5 million, and Don Hutchison from Sunderland for £5 Million.

In the 2002–03 season, West Ham struggled. Repka had serious disciplinary problems amassing ten yellow cards and one red card in thirty-two league appearances. Don Hutchison turned out to be very injury-prone on his second spell with the club, playing only ten league games that season. 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, Lee Bowyer on a short-term deal, and Les Ferdinand, Roeder was unable to halt the team's slump. Roeder had a dispute with striker Paolo Di Canio after he substituted Di Canio in a match against West Bromwich Albion.^[4] In April 2003, Roeder suffered a brain tumour and was replaced by Trevor Brooking for the final three games of the season.^[5] Despite a late rally, West Ham were relegated with a record number of 42 points.

Roeder returned to work in July 2003, stating he had "unfinished business".^[6] In the 2003 close season, many of West Ham's star players, such as Di Canio, Joe Cole and Frédéric Kanouté left the club as a result of relegation. Roeder was sacked by West Ham in August 2003, following a defeat to Rotherham United.^[7]

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.^[8] Graeme Souness was sacked as Newcastle manager in February 2006, following his dismissal, Roeder was appointed caretaker manager, with striker Alan Shearer as his assistant.^[9] He was able to turn the Magpies' season around, rescuing them from near the foot of the table to finish seventh in the Premier League 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.^[10] 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. Roeder was named as Newcastle's permanent manager on 16 May, signing a two year contract with the club.^[11]

On June 1, 2006, Roeder appointed Kevin Bond as his assistant.^[12] Roeder had worked with Bond at West Ham where Bond was a scout. Roeder believed the two of them would 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

Under Roeder, Newcastle won the 2006 Intertoto Cup by virtue of being the furthest placed team to advance from the Intertoto Cup into the UEFA Cup. This made Roeder the first manager to win a trophy for Newcastle since 1969.^[15] After the 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United at home on November 4, 2006, there was a fan protest outside St. James' Park, that was shown live on Sky channel PremPlus.^[16] However, notably much of the fans' criticism was directed at the chairman, Freddy Shepherd, and not specifically at the manager himself. Roeder's fortune didn't improve, as Newcastle's league form was inconsistent, partly due to injuries, with Newcastle maintaining a mid-table position. After guiding Newcastle to just one win in ten games, Roeder was summoned to an emergency board meeting on May 6, 2007.^[17] It was revealed he had resigned with immediate effect.^{[18][19][20][21][22]} Former Bolton boss Sam Allardyce was named as his replacement on May 15, 2007.^[23][24][25]

In October 2007, Roeder joined Championship side Norwich City, signing a contract until 2010, with Norwich bottom of the league four points adrift of safety.^[26] His first game in charge was on 4 November in the East Anglian Derby against Ipswich Town, a match that ended 2–2 after Norwich had been 2–0 down at half-time. His first win came in the home game against Coventry City (24 November), which he followed up with a first away win of the season for Norwich in the 3-1 defeating of fellow strugglers Blackpool (27 November), who previously had not lost at home this season. Since then he has guided the team out of the relegation zone with wins over Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield United and Scunthorpe.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Gillingham		August 1, 1992	July 9, 1993	51	13	22	16	25.49
Watford		August 1, 1993	February 20, 1996	139	44	55	40	31.65
West Ham United		May 9, 2001	August 24, 2003	86	27	36	23	31.39
Newcastle United		February 2, 2006	May 6, 2007	73	33	24	16	45.21
Norwich City		October 30, 2007	Present	10	5	3	2	50.00

• Glenn Roeder management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Gillingham F.C. – Managers

Groombridge (1896–1906) • Smith (1906–08) • Groombridge (1908–19) • Collins (1919–20) • McMillan (1920–23) • Curtis (1923–26) • Hoskins (1926–29) • Hendrie (1929–31) • Maven (1932–37) • Ure (1937–38) • Harvey (1938–39) • Clark (1939–58) • Barratt (1958–62) • Cox (1962–65) • Hayward (1965–71) • Nelson (1971–74) • Ashurst (1974–75) • Summers (1975–81) • Peacock (1981–87) • Taylor (1987–88) • Burkinshaw (1988–89) • Richardson (1989–93) • Roeder (1992–93) • Flanagan (1993–95) • Smillie (1995) • Pulis (1995–99) • Taylor (1999–2000) • Hessenthaler (2000–04) • Gorman (2004) • Ternent (2004–05) • Cooper (2005) • Jepson (2005–07) • Docherty (2007) • Onuora (2007) • Stimson (2007–)

v • d • e Watford F.C. – Managers

Goodall (1903–10) • Kent (1910–26) • Pagnam (1926–29) • McBain (1929–37) • Findlay (1938–47) • Bray (1947–48) • Hapgood (1948–50) • Gray (1950–51) • Green (1951–52) • Goulden (1952–55) • Paton (1955–56) • Goulden (1956) • McBain (1956–59) • Burgess (1959–63) • McGarry (1963–64) • Furphy (1964–71) • Kirby (1971–73) • Keen (1973–77) • Taylor (1977–87) • Bassett (1987–88) • Harrison (1988–90) • Lee (1990) • Perryman (1990–93) • Roeder (1993–96) • Taylor (1996) • Jackett (1996–97) • Taylor (1996–2001) • Vialli (2001–02) • Lewington (2002–05) • Boothroyd (2005–)

v • d • e West Ham United F.C. – Managers
King (1901–32) • Paynter (1932–50) • Fenton (1950–61) • Greenwood (1961–74) • Lyall (1974–1989) • Macari (1989–1990) • Bonds (1990–94) • Redknapp (1994–2001) • Roeder (2001–03) • Pardew (2003–06) • Curbishley (2006–)

v • d • e Newcastle United F.C. – Managers

Selection committee (1892–1930) • Cunningham (1930–35) • Mather (1935–39) • Seymour (1939–47) • Martin (1947–50) • Livingstone (1954–56) • Mitten (1958–61) • N. Smith (1961–62) • Harvey (1962–75) • Lee (1975–77) • Dinnis (1977–77) • McGarry (1977–80) • Cox (1980–84) • Charlton (1984–85) • McFaul (1985–88) • J. Smith (1988–91) • Ardiles (1991–92) • Keegan (1992–97) • Dalglish (1997–98) • Gullit (1998–99) • Robson (1999–2004) • Souness (2004–06) • Roeder (2006–07) • Allardyce (2007–)

v • d • e Norwich City F.C. – Managers

Bowman (1905–07) • McEwen (1907–08) • Turner (1909–10) • Stansfield (1910–15) • Buckley (1919–20) • O'Hagan (1920–21) • Gosnell (1921–26) • Stansfield (1926) • Potter (1926–29) • Kerr (1929–33) • Parker (1933–37) • Young (1937–38) • Jewell (1939) • Young (1939–45) • Lochhead (1945–46) • Spiers (1946–47) • Lochhead (1947–50) • Low (1950–55) • Parker (1955–57) • Macaulay (1957–61) • Reid (1961–62) • Swindin (1962) • Ashman (1962–1966) • Morgan (1963–69) • Saunders (1969–73) • Bond (1973–80) • Brown (1980–87) • Stringer (1987–92) • Walker (1992–94) • Deehan (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995) • Megson (1995–96) • Walker (1996–98) • Rioch (1998–2000) • Hamilton (2000) • Worthington (2000–06) • Grant (2006–07) • Duffy (2007) • Roeder (2007–)

v • d • e Norwich City F.C. – current squad

1 Marshall • 2 Otsemobor • 3 Drury • 4 Shackell • 6 Huckerby • 7 Croft • 8 Brellier • 9 Dublin • 10 Cureton • 11 Chadwick • 12 Gilks • 14 Brown • 15 Murray • 16 Fotheringham • 17 Camara • 18 Smith • 19 Lappin • 20 Russell • 21 Gallacher • 22 Střihavka • 23 Ryan Jarvis • 24 Pattison • 25 Rossi Jarvis • 26 Eagle • 27 Doherty • 28 Spillane • 29 Halliday • 31 Cave-Brown • 32 Evans • 33 Renton • 34 Arnold • 35 Martin • 36 Smart • 37 Bexfield • Manager: Roeder

Persondata
NAME	Roeder, Glenn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roeder, Glenn Victor
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer; Football manager
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woodford, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH