Danny Glover (footballer)

Danny Glover
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989
Place of birth Crewe, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2010 Port Vale 41 (4)
2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 → Rochdale (loan) 2 (0)
2010 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 6 (1)
2010–2011 Worcester City 40 (14)
2011–2012 Nuneaton Town 38 (18)
2012–2014 Worcester City 50 (12)
2013 → F.C. Halifax Town (loan) 10 (0)
2014 Bradford Park Avenue 8 (2)
2014–2015 Hednesford Town 30 (11)
2015 Stockport County 20 (4)
2015–2016 AFC Telford United 11 (1)
2016– Hednesford Town 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 31 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Daniel "Danny" Glover (born 24 October 1989) is an English football striker who plays for National League North club Hednesford Town.

Glover followed his father to Vale Park, rising through the Port Vale youth ranks to sign as a professional in 2007. He was a semi-regular player in 2007–08 and 2008–09, also playing on loan for Salisbury City, Rochdale, and Stafford Rangers. Released in the summer of 2010, he then spent a season with Worcester City, before joining Nuneaton Town. Having helped Nuneaton to win promotion out of the Conference North, he returned to Worcester in July 2012. He was loaned out to F.C. Halifax Town in March 2013. He had a two-month spell at Bradford Park Avenue from January 2014, before joining Hednesford Town. He joined Stockport County in December 2014, and moved on to AFC Telford United in July 2015. He rejoined Hednesford Town in January 2016.

Playing career

The son of former Port Vale manager and player Dean Glover, he attended Madeley High School as a teenager. As his father was best friends with teammate Martin Foyle, Foyle allowed both the Glovers to play in his testimonial game in 2001, with the young Glover being just eleven years old. The match also included Foyle's young son Lee, and celebrity fans Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes.[1]

A product of the Vale youth team, Glover signed professionally for Port Vale after impressing for the youth side., and being voted 2007 Youth Player of the Year by the Port Vale management.[2]

He has a centre-forward's first touch and receives the ball like one, too, with his back to his opponent... Glover passes well, particularly when under pressure from opponents and, when he made the odd mistake, it was nice to see him apologise... I would like him to be more aggressive in his runs when demanding the ball from team-mates in possession and concentrate better – he switched off occasionally.

— Steve Claridge gives an early evaluation of the player.[3]

In 2007 and 2008, he mainly appeared as a substitute, and was voted 2008 Young Player of the Year by the Port Vale management.[2] However after his father became manager on 6 October 2008, Glover received mixed receptions whilst coming onto the pitch. This was put down to his fathers performance as manager rather than any reflection on the player himself.[4] Numerous figures at the club lent their support to Glover, including captain Marc Richards.[5] After scoring his first goal of the season and second of his career, Glover vowed that "the boo-boys will only make me stronger."[6] However for the goal celebration he removed his shirt to reveal a vest that read "Happy birthday, Dad", his father's 45th birthday being the next day. He was booked for the incident and was dismissed from the field five minutes later for a second bookable offence.[7]

With the club languishing in the bottom half of the basement division and some fans still angry with both Glovers, Dean condemned fans who booed his son.[8] Glover Sr. would lose his job the next month. He later admitted he had considered quitting the game at this point.[9] Glover was disappointed with his performances in the 2008–09 season and insisted that being the manager's son handed him no favours.

"Whether my dad was at the club or not I knew, and the team knew, that I was only ever going to be in the team if I was playing well. I was never going to be picked just because my dad was there."

— Glover responds to accusations that he benefited from his father being club manager.[10]

He aimed to win a new contract after his current contract expires at the end of the 2009–10 season.[11] However he was transfer listed by new manager Micky Adams in August 2009, along with five other youngsters, having failed to impress in the pre-season.[12][13] He swiftly joined Conference National side Salisbury City on a one-month loan deal, along with fellow "Valiant" Luke Prosser.[14] The pair made their Salisbury debuts as substitutes in a 1–0 defeat to Mansfield Town at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Former Vale teammate Kyle Perry was the goalscorer.[15] He played seven games, mostly as a substitute, before returning to Vale Park.[16] By mid-November, his impressive performances in the reserves showed a new 'appetite for the game',[17] and earned him a place on the first team bench.[18] Before the month was out he was loaned out Rochdale, also of League Two.[19] He returned to the Vale in early January, having played just two games as a late substitute, totalling just 25 minutes on the field. His opportunities at Spotland were limited by an in-form strike force and match postponements due to poor weather. Rochdale did not extend the loan spell, reportedly due to financial difficulties.[20] Glover said that the loan spell helped to boost his confidence.[21] However he still received abuse from some at Vale Park, almost a year after his father's departure.[22] In March 2010 he was informed that he would not be offered a new contract at the Vale at the end of the season, along with fellow youth graduates Luke Prosser and Ross Davidson.[23] He and Davidson immediately joined on loan at local Conference North side Stafford Rangers.[24]

In July 2010, he was on trial at Worcester City of the Conference North.[25] He impressed enough to win a contract offer from boss Carl Heeley,[26] which Glover accepted.[27] He enjoyed a highly productive 2010–11 campaign, bagging 20 goals in all competitions, including 14 in the league, also becoming the first player to score a hat-trick for the club in four years.[28][29] Despite rumours of a move to Conference National side Tamworth, Glover insisted he was happy to stay with Worcester.[30]

Glover left Worcester in June 2011, instead deciding to sign for league rivals Nuneaton Town.[31] Nuneaton reached the play-off final in 2011–12, and won promotion with a 1–0 victory over Gainsborough Trinity at The Northolme. He left Nuneaton in May 2012,[32] and returned to former club Worcester City in July 2012.[33] He joined league rivals F.C. Halifax Town on loan in March 2013, managed by Neil Aspin, citing Halifax's play-off chase as more beneficial to his development than staying with mid-table Worcester in the 2012–13 end-of-season run-in.[34] He played ten games for the "Shaymen"; the club secured a play-off place and went on to win promotion, though Glover did not feature in the play-offs.

Glover switched to league rivals Bradford Park Avenue in January 2014, having become frustrated by a lack of first team goals at Worcester.[35] He was released from the Horsfall Stadium due to budget constrains, and signed with Hednesford Town in March 2014.[36] The "Pitmen" finished the 2013–14 season in the play-off zone. He scored in the play-off semi-final against Altrincham at Keys Park, but Hednesford were beaten 3–1 on aggregate.

He scored nine goals in 21 games in the first half of the 2014–15 campaign before switching to league rivals Stockport County in December 2014.[37]

He joined AFC Telford United in July 2015.[38] He was released by Telford in January 2016, and rejoined Hednesford Town in the National League North.[39]

Statistics

As of 3 May 2015.
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[40] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2007–08[41]Port ValeLeague One151000010161
2008–09[42]League Two233200010263
2009–10[43]League Two3010000040
2009–10[43]Salisbury City (loan)Conference National7000000070
2009–10[43]Rochdale (loan)League Two2000000020
2009–10Stafford Rangers (loan)Conference North6100000061
Total 414300020464
2010–11Worcester CityConference North40140000004014
Total 40140000004014
2011–12Nuneaton TownConference North38182100224221
Total 38182100224221
2012–13[44]Worcester CityConference North29101000003010
2012–13[44]F.C. Halifax Town (loan)Conference North100000000100
2013–14[44]Worcester CityConference North212200030262
Total 50123000305612
2013–14[44]Bradford Park AvenueConference North8200000082
Total 8200000082
2013–14[44]Hednesford TownConference North7100002192
2014–15[44]Conference North219000000219
Total 28100000213011
2014–15[44]Stockport CountyConference North204000000204
Total 204000000204
2015–16[44]AFC Telford UnitedNational League North111000000111
Total 111000000111
2015–16[44]Hednesford TownNational League North0000000000
Total 0000000000
Career total 2616681009327970

Honours

with Port Vale
with Nuneaton Town

References

  1. ↑ Sherwin, Phil (2010). The Port Vale Miscellany. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7524-5777-2.
  2. 1 2 "Player of the Year Awards". port-vale.co.uk. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Claridge, Steve (8 January 2008). "Scouting report: Danny Glover, Port Vale". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  4. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (9 December 2008). "Port Vale: Glover Junior 'proving doubters wrong'". The Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Vale fans urged to back Glover Jr". BBC Sport. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Port Vale: Glover Jr vows to win over Vale fans". The Sentinel. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "Glover Jr happy to repay faith". BBC Sport. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Stop booing my son - Vale manager". BBC SPORT. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  9. ↑ "Vale striker considered quitting". BBC Sport. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "Port Vale: Glover vows to fight for future". The Sentinel. October 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  11. ↑ "Glover hoping to prove fans wrong". BBC Sport. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Shaw, Steve (6 August 2009). "Port Vale: Valiants transfer list six players". The Sentinel. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Port Vale looking to move on six". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "Salisbury sign Vale pair on loan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  15. ↑ "Salisbury 0-1 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Salisbury extend loan of Prosser". BBC Sport. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  17. ↑ Shaw, Steve (20 November 2009). "Port Vale: Adams' praise for reborn Glover". The Sentinel. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  18. ↑ Shaw, Steve (17 November 2009). "Port Vale: We've got to win, says Griffith". The Sentinel. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  19. ↑ "Rochdale swoop for Vale striker". BBC Sport. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  20. ↑ Owen, Jon (6 January 2010). "Port Vale: Rigg looking to make loan stay permanent". The Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  21. ↑ "Port Vale striker Danny Glover feeling more confident". BBC Sport. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  22. ↑ "Port Vale fan zone: Frustration evident at Vale Park". The Sentinel. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  23. ↑ "Breaking News: Vale to release trio". The Sentinel. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  24. ↑ "Port Vale release Glover, Prosser and Davidson". BBC Sport. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  25. ↑ Carley, Steve (18 July 2010). "Stratford Town 1 Worcester City 2". Worcester News. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  26. ↑ Carley, Steve (27 July 2010). "Glover in frame to join City". Worcester News. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  27. ↑ Carley, Steve (6 August 2010). "Three new signings complete City squad". Worcester News. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  28. ↑ Carley, Steve (19 June 2011). "City exit tough move for Glover". Worcester News. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  29. ↑ Carley, Steve (18 June 2011). "Gardiner: City did best to keep top-scorer". Worcester News. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  30. ↑ Carley, Steve (8 June 2011). "Striker Glover says he wants to stay at the Lane". Worcester News. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  31. ↑ "Nuneaton Town land Worcester City striker Danny Glover". BBC Sport. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  32. ↑ "In And Out Update". Nuneaton Town FC. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  33. ↑ "Worcester City re-sign former top scorer Danny Glover". BBC Sport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  34. ↑ Carley, Steve (28 March 2013). "Worcester City striker Glover joins Halifax". Worcester News. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  35. ↑ Barrett, Matthew. "Glover Makes Avenue Switch". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  36. ↑ "Player News". hednesfordtownfc.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  37. ↑ Smith, Scott (23 December 2014). "Glover departs Hednesford for league rivals Stockport". Cannock News. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  38. ↑ "AFC Telford United reveal triple signing". Shropshire Star. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  39. ↑ "Hednesford Town Sign Danny Glover (Let’s Hope He’s A Lethal Weapon)". Cannock Post. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  40. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy and play-offs.
  41. ↑ "Games played by Danny Glover in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  42. ↑ "Games played by Danny Glover in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  43. 1 2 3 "Games played by Danny Glover in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  44. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

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