Matt Glennon

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Personal information
Matt Glennon
Full name	Matthew Glennon
Date of birth	October 8, 1978 (1978-10-08) (age 29)
Place of birth	Stockport, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Huddersfield Town
Number	27
Youth clubs
?	Bolton Wanderers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 1999 2000 2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005 2005–2006 2006–	Bolton Wanderers → Port Vale (loan) → Stockport County (loan) → Bristol Rovers (loan) → Carlisle United (loan) Hull City Carlisle United Falkirk St. Johnstone Huddersfield Town	000 (0) 000 (0) 000 (0) 001 (0) 029 (0) 035 (0) 114 (0) 021 (0) 012 (1) 091 (0)
National team²
2005	England C	002 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 3, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 3, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew "Matt" Glennon (born October 8, 1978 in Stockport) is a professional footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Football League One as a goalkeeper.

Glennon started as a trainee at Bolton Wanderers, but couldn't break into the first team and after unsuccessful loan spells, moved to Hull City for a season, before moving to Carlisle United for 3 years, which included a relegation to the Conference, quickly followed by promotion back to Football League Two.

He went to Falkirk in 2005, before moving to St. Johnstone, where he even scored a goal against Ross County! Then he moved to Huddersfield on a free transfer on 27 June 2006.

Since moving to the Galpharm Stadium, Glennon has played in every game for Huddersfield Town and has firmly established himself as the club's number 1, even though he prefers to wear the number 27 (The number 1 shirt has been vacant since the departure of Paul Rachubka). He even saved 3 penalty kicks in the same game against Crewe Alexandra on February 24, 2007, even though Town still lost the game 2-1.

His perfect appearance record at Town was tarnished after he was sent off in Town's 4-1 defeat by Southend United at Roots Hall on December 5, 2007, forcing 17-year-old Alex Smithies to come on in his place.

On January 17, 2008, he was rumoured to be leaving Town for Premier League side Birmingham City, who he'd helped Town knock out of the FA Cup 2 weeks earlier. Since then, fellow Midlands side Coventry City were thought to pose an interest in signing him. It was then revealed on April 18, that Glennon had rejected a new deal to stay at the Galpharm Stadium, alerting the 5 clubs awaiting his signature including Birmingham City, Coventry City and Charlton Athletic.

On Wednesday May 7, 2008, Matt signed a 2 year extension to his contract with Huddersfield Town keeping him at the Galpharm Stadium until 2010.

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Matt Glennon career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Huddersfield Town F.C. – current squad

2 Holdsworth • 3 Skarz • 4 Collins • 5 Mirfin • 6 N. Clarke • 8 Worthington • 9 Cadamarteri • 10 Williams • 12 T. Clarke • 14 Jevons • 15 Kamara • 18 Beckett • 22 Berrett • 23 Booth • 26 Eastwood • 27 Glennon • 28 Smithies • 31 Killock • 32 Broadbent • 33 Harris • — Goodwin • — Parker • Manager: Ternent