George Glendon
Personal information
Full name George Glendon[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chester
Number 8
Youth career
Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2018 Fleetwood Town 47 (0)
2018–2019 Carlisle United 16 (0)
2019– Chester 98 (16)
International career‡
2011 England U16 1 (0)
2011 England U17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:12, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

George Glendon (born 3 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Chester as a midfielder.[3]

Early and personal life

He is the son of former professional footballer Kevin Glendon.[2]

Club career

Manchester City

He began his career at Manchester City, where he was captain of their Elite Development Squad.[4]

Fleetwood Town

He signed on loan for Fleetwood Town in August 2016,[5] with the deal becoming permanent in January 2017.[6] Glendon was cleared of rape in January 2018.[7]

Glendon was released by Fleetwood at the end of the 2017–18 season.[8]

Carlisle United

Glendon joined Carlisle United in July 2018 after signing a one-year contract.[9] He scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win over Morecambe on 4 September 2018.[10]

He was released by Carlisle at the end of the 2018–19 season.[11]

Chester

In August 2019 he joined Chester on a short-term deal.[12] On 8 February 2021, Glendon was awarded the Player of the Month award for the league for January 2021.[13] He became club captain,[14] and signed a new contract with the club in May 2022.[15]

In September 2022 he returned to the first-team following injury.[16] In September 2023 he made his 100th appearance for the club.[17]

International career

He represented England at youth international level,[18] and he was called up to the Wales under-21 team in March 2015.[19]

Honours

Personal life

Glendon was cleared of rape in January 2018.[7]

Career statistics

As of 8 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2016–17[20] Premier League 0000000000
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2016–17[20] League One 9040003[lower-alpha 1]0160
Fleetwood Town 2016–17[20] League One 17000002[lower-alpha 2]0190
2017–18[21] League One 30050001[lower-alpha 1]0360
Fleetwood Town Total 470500030550
Carlisle United 2018–19[22] League Two 16000003[lower-alpha 1]1191
Chester 2019–20 National League North 23220—5[lower-alpha 3]1303
2020–21 National League North 17330—1[lower-alpha 4]0213
Chester Total 40550—61516
Career total 1125140001521417
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in League One Play-Offs
  3. ↑ 4 appearances in FA Trophy and one appearance and one goal in National League North Play Offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2017–18" (PDF). English Football League. p. 100. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ↑ George Glendon at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Simon Bajkowski (4 August 2015). "Man City: George Glendon confident of progress after successful summer". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "George Glendon: Manchester City midfielder joins Fleetwood Town on loan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "George Glendon: Manchester City midfielder joins Fleetwood Town permanently". BBC Sport. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 Naylor, Mark (12 January 2018). "Former Manchester City player cleared of raping woman". Manchester Evening News.
  8. ↑ "Fleetwood: George Glendon, Chris Neal and Ricardo Kip released". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Carlisle United sign Fleetwood Town midfielder". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Carlisle Utd begin Checkatrade Trophy campaign with win over Morecambe in front of seventh lowest Brunton Park crowd". newsandstar.co.uk. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Carlisle United release eight players after League Two season completed". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Chester Football Club – Official Website » BREAKING | George Glendon joins the Blues on short term basis".
  13. 1 2 "The National League North's Awesome Foursome Grab Gongs". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 8 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Captain Glendon leads by example as Chester grab a key home win". The Leader. 29 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (13 May 2022). "Chester FC agree new deal with club captain George Glendon". Cheshire Live.
  16. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (7 September 2022). "Injured George Glendon playing important role for Chester FC". Cheshire Live.
  17. ↑ "George Glendon: 100 Chester FC Appearances!". 26 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Profile". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "WILLIAMS NAMES SQUAD AHEAD OF U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS OPENER". Football Association of Wales. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  20. 1 2 3 "Games played by George Glendon in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  21. ↑ "Games played by George Glendon in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by George Glendon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2018.


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