GLEN HODDLE

It was a challenging day yesterday and to top all the fun and games that I had visiting local games, I got home to hear the news of the Leicester City disaster and then the news of Glen Hoddle's illness.

The Leicester tragedy is closer to many Charterhouse footballers because the club very kindly hosted the Independent Schools' Cup Final and Charterhouse School was fortunate enough to play at Filbert Street in 2000 and the Walkers' Stadium (as it was known then, now the King Power) in 2007 and 2011. Leicester City were fine hosts and the boys enjoyed their time at the Foxes' home ground.
Glen Hoddle would have graced these grounds at some stage either as a player, manager or pundit and it was sad to hear that he was taken ill while working for BT Sports yesterday. It was his 61st birthday. The link below will take you to a news item but more importantly photos of Glen during his colourful career.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/glen-hoddle-latest-former-england-manager-in-hospital-after-collapsing-at-bt-studios-a3973506.html

You should know all about Glen's footballing and managing career, beginning in 1974 when Martin Chivers presented the cup and medals at a local schools' tournament and he spotted Glen.
This took Hoddle to Spurs as an 11 year old in 1974. In 1987 he went to AS Monaco and Chelsea in 1991 briefly before managing at Swindon Town, a remarkable move but he stopped them from being relegated to the old Division Three and then took them to the Premier League. He then, with John Gorman, joined Chelsea.
In 1993 he was player-manager and "retired" from playing in 1995.
He took the club to the FA Cup Final but they were thumped 4-0 by Manchester United. He left Chelsea in 1996 to do a job for England.

In 1996 England came calling and he managed the national side for 3 years until he made a statement about disabled people and public opinion voted him out of the job in 2000.
During his "spell" with England he failed to pick Gascoigne for the 1998 squad, subjected the team to Eileen Drewery's "faith healing" and his "born again Christianity".  The team was known as the "Hod squad".

In 2000-1 Glen was manager at Southampton and once again had a positive influence keeping them in the Premier League in 2001 as they had their highest division position of 10th since 1995.

Hoddle was sacked by Spurs in September 2003 when his team lost 1-3 to Southampton.

His final effort in management was with Wolves where during 76 games , his team drew 34 times in two seasons. The locals objected to this and eventually Glen gave up in 2006!
He then dabbled with a Football Academy and kept an eye on Spurs' as they mucked around with managers and then went for punditry.
Hence his presence with BT Sports yesterday.
He played nearly 550 games and scored 144 goals.
For England 1979-88 53 apps 8 goals.
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