Ronnie Glavin
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Ronnie Glavin is a Scottish
Scotland national football team
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 footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Glavin began his League career at Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle F.C.
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

 and spent six years at the club, making his name as a talented attacking midfielder before joining Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

 in 1974. During his five years at Parkhead
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...

, Glavin enjoyed success including winning the League championship. The 1976-77 season was noted for Glavin's prolific scoring from midfield.

He joined Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

 in 1979, then under the management of Allan Clarke
Allan Clarke (footballer)
Allan John Clarke , nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.-Early career:Clarke started his career at Walsall and made his debut aged 17, in 1963...

. Then in the Third Division, Barnsley rose to promotion under the management of Norman Hunter and thereafter became an established Second Division club. Glavin became a favourite with Barnsley supporters with his outstanding skilful play and prolific scoring from midfield. He is widely regarded as one of Barnsley's all-time greats.

He moved to Portguese club Belenenses in 1984, but returned to Barnsley for a brief spell as a player-coach within a year. In 1986 he moved on to a similar role at Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

, but finished the 1986-87 season as a player at Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath F.C.
Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...

 in Scotland.

International career

Glavin won a Scotland
Scotland national football team
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 cap during his time at Celtic, playing in a friendly match against Sweden
Sweden national football team
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.

Management and coaching

He began his management career at Frickley Athletic
Frickley Athletic F.C.
Frickley Athletic F.C. are a football club based in South Elmsall, in West Yorkshire, England. They were established in 1910 as Frickley Colliery F.C., and changed to their present name in 1974.-History:...

 in 1991, before moving on to Emley
Wakefield F.C.
Wakefield F.C. is an English football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The club was previously known as Emley A.F.C. from 1903 to 2002.-History:...

 in 1994. He led Emley to the third round of the FA Cup
FA Cup
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 in 1997-98, where they played West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

. He returned to Barnsley as first team coach in the summer of 2003, but left after four months following a takeover. He took over as manager at Worksop Town
Worksop Town F.C.
Worksop Town Football Club are a semi-professional English football club from Worksop, Nottinghamshire who play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division...

, replacing Steve Ludlam
Steve Ludlam
Steve Ludlam was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in The Football League for Sheffield United, Carlisle United and Chester City.-Playing career:...

, but returned to Emley, now renamed Wakefield
Wakefield F.C.
Wakefield F.C. is an English football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The club was previously known as Emley A.F.C. from 1903 to 2002.-History:...

 in September 2007. On the 13th October 2010 it was announced that Ronnie Glavin had stepped down from first team management duties to concentrate on a new role as Director of Youth Development.

Career

Partick Thistle (1968–74) 136 Apps 35 Goals Celtic FC (1974–79) 101 Apps 35 Goals Barnsley FC (1979–1984) 176 Apps 73 Goals CF OS Belenenses (1984–85) 27 Apps 9 Goals Barnsley FC (1985–86) 6 Apps 0 Goals Farsley Celtic (1986) Stockport County (1986) 10 Apps 1 Goal Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is 5 miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a Police Burgh in 1890...

 (1986) 2 Apps 0 Goals St louis steamers (1986–1987) 6 Apps 0 Goals

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