Glyn Alan Jones (born 29 March 1959) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He went on to become a long serving youth coach and caretaker manager at Newport County.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glyn Alan Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1980 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | (0) |
| 1980 | Gloucester City | ||
| 1980–198? | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1981 | Yeovil Town[1] | 5 | (0) |
| Newport YMCA | |||
| 198?–1983 | Bath City | ||
| 1983–1984 | Newport County | 3 | (0) |
| 1984–198? | Albion Rovers | ||
| Forest Green Rovers | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Newport County (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editJones played for Bristol Rovers,[3] making his league debut against Burnley in October 1977 in a Second division fixture. Unfortunately in his third match during that month he and Rovers faced the newly relegated Tottenham Hotspur who had an afternoon to remember as they put nine goals past Jones and his overworked defence without reply in front also of the BBC Match of the Day cameras. Ironically Glyn won plaudits for his inspired performance that afternoon and returned to Rovers Reserves team shortly afterwards. His next game was at Tottenham for the Reserves in front of a small crowd. He also played for Newport County,[4] Shrewsbury Town, Gloucester City[5] and Shrewsbury Town during his career. Jones' league debuts for Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury and Newport were all at Turf Moor against Burnley.
He also had brief spells with Welsh non-league duo Albion Rovers and Newport YMCA as well as Forest Green Rovers.
Coaching career
editIn 1997, he was appointed the Director of the youth Academy at Newport County, and in the 2001–02 season he helped lead the youth team to the English Schools' Football Association under-19 Trophy under the banner of Hartridge High School.
He oversaw the progression of many young players to the Newport County first team including Nathan Davies, Andrew Hughes and Lee Evans.[6]
He also worked as assistant manager in a spell under Peter Nicholas. In September 2005, following the sacking of John Cornforth as manager, he was appointed as caretaker manager at Newport prior to the appointment of Peter Beadle.[7]
He was succeeded after 17 years as Academy Director in May 2014 by Michael Flynn.[8][9]
In October 2014, he was appointed as goalkeeper coach at Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National.[10]
In June 2021, he joined Southern Football League side Larkhall Athletic to assist Phil Bater on his coaching staff.[11]
Jones is related to former Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Hereford United defender Darren Jones, and played a key role in signing him for his first spell at Newport County in February 2004.[12]
He is also a part of the coaching staff in the Welsh FA schools set-up.
References
edit- ^ "Yeovil Town FC Results » 1981–1982 Season". Gloverscast. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Glyn Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Bristol Rovers: 1946/47 – 2013/14". Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Newport County A-Z of transfers
- ^ Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.
- ^ "I owe Glyn Jones a lot, says ex-County ace Lee Evans". Telegraph & Argus. 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Jones takes charge". 14 September 2005. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Jones steps down
- ^ "Edinburgh pays tribute to departing academy director Glyn Jones". South Wales Argus. 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Glyn Jones named new goalkeeping coach at Forest Green". Stroud News & Journal. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Larks are building squad". Bath Chronicle. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "County's capture keeps it in the family". South Wales Argus. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.