Welsh footballer
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
.
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Playing career
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Jones played for
Bristol Rovers
,
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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
,
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Shrewsbury Town
,
Gloucester City
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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
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In 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
.
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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
.
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He was succeeded after 17 years as Academy Director in May 2014 by
Michael Flynn
.
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In October 2014, he was appointed as goalkeeper coach at
Forest Green Rovers
in the
Conference National
.
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In June 2021, he joined
Southern Football League
side
Larkhall Athletic
to assist
Phil Bater
on his coaching staff.
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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.
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He is also a part of the coaching staff in the
Welsh FA
schools set-up.
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