| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glynn Snodin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-02-14)14 February 1960 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Thrybergh,Rotherham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1985 | Doncaster Rovers | 309 | (59) |
| 1985–1987 | Sheffield Wednesday | 59 | (1) |
| 1987–1992 | Leeds United | 94 | (10) |
| 1991 | →Oldham Athletic (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1992 | →Rotherham United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Hearts | 42 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Barnsley | 25 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Gainsborough Trinity | 128 | (67) |
| 2010–2013 | Yorkshire Main | ||
| Total | 660 | (138) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Charlton Athletic Reserves | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Glynn Snodin (born 14 February 1960) is an Englishfootball coach, and former professional player.
As a player, he was amidfielder from 1977 to 1998. He played forDoncaster Rovers and later made just under 100 appearances forLeeds United and spent two years withSheffield Wednesday. Whilst with Leeds, Snodin was loaned out toOldham Athletic andRotherham United before having spell withScottish Premier Division sideHearts. In 1993, he spent two years withBarnsley before finishing his playing career in theNorthern Premier League withGainsborough Trinity. He later came out of retirement 14 years later joining non-league outfitYorkshire Main on a sporadic basis where he played a handful of games over a three year period.
Since retiring Snodin has held various scouting and coaching roles firstly withCarlisle United and then returning to former club Doncaster. He later became manager ofCharlton Athletic's reserve team before joining the coaching staff atSouthampton andNorthern Ireland. He has since been on the coaching staff atWest Ham United,Leeds United,Huddersfield Town,Preston North End,Sunderland,Bradford City andChesterfield.
Snodin started his professional career atDoncaster Rovers as a 16-year-old in 1977, making his debut in a 3–1 defeat toBradford City on 2 April 1977.[3] He initially played as awinger orstriker before being used as a left-back under managerBilly Bremner where he excelled.[3] He remained with the club until June 1985 as they moved up and down between Division's 4 and 3. At Doncaster he made over 300 appearances, many of them alongside his younger brotherIan.
In June 1985 he was sold for £135,000 to First DivisionSheffield Wednesday, where he stayed for two seasons, playing 59 league games, and also reaching theFA Cup semi-final in 1986, before taking a move down a division toLeeds United (for a fee of £150,000) from a desire to rejoin former bossBilly Bremner from his Doncaster days.[4] A whole-hearted and dependable player, he scored 13 goals in 116 appearances for Leeds, but found his chances limited by the arrival ofTony Dorigo. By the 1989–90 season he was a fringe player as Leeds gained promotion to Division 1.
He then had periods on loan toOldham Athletic andRotherham United, before to Scotland to joinJoe Jordan'sHearts in March 1992.[4] During his time atTynecastle he scored once in theUEFA Cup againstSlavia Prague, to give Hearts a 4–2 victory which saw them progress 4–3 on aggregate. When Jordan left Tynecastle, Snodin returned South to joinBarnsley in July 1993, spending two seasons in the First Division, before a move toGainsborough Trinity, where he saw out his final playing years with the club, retiring in the summer of 1997.
Snodin initially began coaching youngsters whilst playing at Gainsborough Trinity as he ran the "Glynn Snodin Soccer Academy" at Gainsborough Leisure Centre on Saturday mornings between 1995 and 1997. He then became chief scout atCarlisle United underMick Wadsworth while he took his coaching badges. He followed Wadsworth toScarborough as youth team coach, before returning to his first club, Doncaster Rovers as assistant manager to his brother Ian.
In 2000, he joined the coaching staff atCharlton Athletic as reserve team manager, leading them to the Reserve League title in 2004 and 2005. He completed hisUEFA Pro Licence alongsideGeorge Burley and in March 2006, Burley brought Snodin toSouthampton as first team coach.
In a press conference on 1 June 2007, to revealNigel Worthington as the new manager ofNorthern Ireland, Snodin was made assistant manager andFred Barber was announced as coach. On 26 June 2007, he joined his former Charlton Athletic colleagueAlan Curbishley atWest Ham United.[5] When Curbishley left in September 2008 andGianfranco Zola was appointed in his place, Snodin was not retained on the coaching staff.[6]
On 2 February 2009, Snodin was appointed the new assistant manager of Leeds United. Snodin was part of the Leeds management team who earned a 1–0 win away toManchester United in the FA Cup third round. Glynn had some great times at Leeds, including some famous results in the FA Cup and promotion from League One back to the Championship in the 09/10 season. With Leeds in tenth position in the Championship, three points below theplay-off places, Snodin was sacked as assistant manager along with managerSimon Grayson and coachIan Miller on Wednesday 1 February 2012.[7]
Less than three weeks after leaving Leeds United, the management trio was back in work at neighbouring League One clubHuddersfield Town, when on 21 February 2012 Simon Grayson was appointed manager, saying "Glynn Snodin and Ian Miller are the perfect pair to help me achieve success." They won promotion at the end of that season. Grayson, Snodin and Miller were dismissed from Huddersfield on 24 January 2013.[8][9]
In May 2013 Grayson was announced as the new manager atPreston North End replacingGraham Westley, with Snodin joining him again.[10]
He worked with Grayson atSunderland, as assistant manager.[11]
He worked with Grayson atBradford City, as assistant manager.[12]
In January 2019, Snodin was appointed assistant manager toJohn Sheridan atNational League clubChesterfield.[13] Having missed much of the first half of the 2019–20 season due to health problems,[14] he left the club alongside Sheridan on 2 January 2020 following a poor run of form.[15]
He is the elder brother of fellow professional footballerIan Snodin
