On May 8th 1999, in the dying minutes of a Football League Division Three game, a corner was awarded to Carlisle United, who were drawing at home to Plymouth Argyle, a team basking in 13th place in the division......coasting, no pressure! The two clubs couldn't be further apart..geographically.
Carlisle United were in danger of being relegated out of the Football League, things had to go their way, if not it was the basement for the team from Cumbria.
Jimmy Glass, the team's goalkeeper, was on loan from Swindon Town. He had only played 3 matches for the Cumbrians, but it was his goal that decided Carlisle's fate and saved them from disaster.
Jimmy in red/orange.
It was 1-1 with less than a minute left; a point was not going to save them!
Carlisle won a corner. Glass is waved out of his area to help with the attack by his manager.
Corner is taken....Scott Dobie's goal bound header is parried by Plymouth goalkeeper, Pugh. (Could he have caught it or deflected it away??).
Glass with keeper jumper and gloves on, volleys rebound into the net.
Scarborough were relegated to the Conference after a 1-1 draw at Peterborough Utd. This game had already finished at the McCain Stadium and the crowd waited in the Posh's ground for the news from Carlisle.
The Glass goal was voted:
72nd by Channel 4 in their "Greatest Sporting Moments".
It came 7th in The Times 50 "Most important goals in History".
Was 15th in "The 20 Goals that Shook the World" on ITV 4.
Glass's PUMA boots are now in the National Football Museum in Manchester. League match in Autumn 1974.
ps I watched Carlisle Utd play West Ham United in a First Division (top) game in August 1974, They came bottom that season by 4 points, behind Chelsea!
Glass played from 1989 for: Crystal Palace, Dulwich Hamlet, Portsmouth, Gillingham, Burnley, Bournemouth (95 times), Swindon, Carlisle, Cambridge Utd, Brentford, Oxford Utd, Crawley Town, Brockenhurst, Kingstonians, Lewes FC, Weymouth to 2004...only 169 appearances..... 1 GOAL.
After various coaching positions and media work, Jimmy ran a taxi company and lives in the delightful Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. I have been there but not to watch football.
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