| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Robert Glass[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 (age 52)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Epsom,[1]Surrey, England | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Chelsea | ||
| 1988–1989 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | →Dulwich Hamlet (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1995 | →Portsmouth (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | →Gillingham (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | →Burnley (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | AFC Bournemouth | 95 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Swindon Town | 11 | (0) |
| 1999 | →Carlisle United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2000 | Cambridge United | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Brentford | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Oxford United | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Crawley Town | 17 | (0) |
| 2001 | Brockenhurst | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | Kingstonian | 14 | (0) |
| 2001 | Lewes | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | Weymouth | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 169 | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Robert Glass (born 1 August 1973) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
He is chiefly remembered forscoring thelast-minute goal againstPlymouth Argyle which keptCarlisle United inthe Football League in1999, while on loan from Swindon Town. The drama of Glass's late goal, which came in one of only three games that he played for Carlisle, has since made it famous inEnglish football at a level beyond its immediate ramifications.[2]
Beyond the Carlisle goal, Glass's most notable time with a club was three seasons playing forAFC Bournemouth from 1996 to 1998, his only regular spell at a Football League club; he retired from football in 2001 aged 27.
Glass had ajourneyman's career in football, playing for many clubs, initially as a reserve keeper forCrystal Palace. He never played a first team game for the Eagles, but was an unused substitute several times, including the 1995 FA Cup semi-final replay againstManchester United, which Palace lost 2–0 atVilla Park. He was transferred toAFC Bournemouth a year later.
The closest he came to a trophy in senior football was reaching the final of theFootball League Trophy with Bournemouth in1998 – Glass scored an own goal in the match, and Bournemouth lost 2–1. It was the last own goal scored at theold Wembley.[3] Glass moved toSwindon Town in the summer of 1998, but after falling out with the manager,Jimmy Quinn, was unable to gain a regular place in the team.
He moved to Carlisle United on loan fromSwindon late that season (after goalkeeperTony Caig was sold toBlackpool andRichard Knight's loan period had been cut short due to injury). His moment of fame came on 8 May 1999, in the final match of the1998–99 Third Division season againstPlymouth Argyle, which Carlisle needed to win to avoid relegation. With the score 1–1 with only ten seconds remaining, and Carlisle winning a corner, Glass came up from his own penalty area and promptly scored alast minute goal, volleying the ball in after the Plymouth goalkeeper had parried outScott Dobie's goalbound header. Carlisle got the win they needed andScarborough were relegated to theFootball Conference instead after a 1–1 draw withPeterborough United. Scarborough's match had already finished before Glass scored, and their fans had already been celebrating on the pitch at theMcCain Stadium.
So ... deep, deep, deep, I make it sixty seconds. Jimmy Glass knocks it long. It comes now to Bagshaw. Bagshaw back toAnthony. Up toStevens ... and the ball goes out now for a corner to Carlisle United – will they have time to take it? Referee looks at his watch ... and here comes Jimmy Glass! Carlisle United goalkeeper Jimmy Glass is coming up for the kick – everyone is going up ... there isn't one player in the Carlisle half! Well, well ... and the corner kick comes in ... and ... the goalkeeper's punch ... oh ... Jimmy Glass! Jimmy Glass! Jimmy Glass, the goalkeeper, has scored a goal for Carlisle United! There's a pitch invasion! There is a pitch invasion! The referee has been swamped – they're bouncing on the crossbar!
— Commentator Derek Lacey,BBC Radio Cumbria[4]
His goal was selected as the 72nd greatest sporting moment ever by theChannel 4 programme100 Greatest Sporting Moments. The goal was also ranked 7th inThe Times newspaper's list of the 50 most important goals in football history.[2] His goal against Plymouth Argyle was number 15 in the20 Goals That Shook the World on ITV4. ThePuma boots with which he scored the goal were donated to theNational Football Museum in 2014.[5]
Despite his brief fame, this was the last of just three matches Glass played at Carlisle, who were unable to sign him on a permanent basis. Glass spent time at several other clubs, includingOxford United andBrentford, before moving to non-league clubs, and then quitting football altogether. He reportedly scored six goals two weeks running whilst playingSunday league football inBournemouth, playing as a striker. He wrote an autobiography, entitledOne Hit Wonder.[6]
AuthorGabriel Kuhn described Glass's fame by saying:[7]
Football allows for magic experiences and incredible personal stories, such as when no-name goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saved Carlisle United from relegation to amateur football (sic) in 1999 with a last-minute goal, only to disappear into anonymity again shortly after.
Glass retired from professional football at the age of 27, and became anIT salesman.[8] He later became a taxi driver inDorset, before becoming the managing director of a taxi company.[9][10]
In a 2013 BBC interview Glass stated: "It is quite tough because some go on to fame and fortune and some go on to driving a cab and living a normal life like me. It is quite difficult to understand your place in life from being this guy who will never be forgotten to being the guy worrying about your next bill. The goal was an amazing part of my life and is there to be enjoyed, and I will until people get bored of me. Someone on Saturday will be a hero and someone will be a villain. It is an incredible feeling."[11]
In October 2011, it was announced that Glass joinedPoole Town as the new goalkeeping coach, working on a voluntary basis.[12] He also had a job in hospitality at AFC Bournemouth.[13] In 2016, he returned to football as Player Liaison Officer with Premier League club Bournemouth.[14]
On 4 July 2023, Glass was appointed general manager atWimborne Town.[15] His responsibilities include "managing and developing the club's operational programmes, community initiatives and footballing infrastructure".
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