Editing Jimmy Glass

{{short description|English footballer (born 1973)}}
{{For|the convicted murderer|Glass v. Louisiana}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jimmy Glass
| image = 
| caption = 
| fullname = James Robert Glass<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|7326|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|1|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = [[Epsom]],<ref name=Hugman/> [[Surrey]], England
| height = {{height|m=1.93}}
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1987–1988
| youthclubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| years1 = 1989–1996
| clubs1 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1989–1990
| clubs2 = → [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]] (loan)
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1995
| clubs3 = → [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] (loan)
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1995
| clubs4 = → [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] (loan)
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1996
| clubs5 = → [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] (loan)
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1996–1998
| clubs6 = [[AFC Bournemouth]]
| caps6 = 95
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1998–2000
| clubs7 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| caps7 = 11
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1999
| clubs8 = → [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]] (loan)
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2000
| clubs9 = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]
| caps9 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2000
| clubs10 = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]
| caps10 = 2
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2000–2001
| clubs11 = [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]
| caps11 = 1
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2001
| clubs12 = [[Crawley Town F.C.|Crawley Town]]
| caps12 = 17
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2001
| clubs13 =  [[Brockenhurst F.C.|Brockenhurst]] 
| caps13 = 3
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2001
| clubs14 = [[Kingstonian F.C.|Kingstonian]]
| caps14 = 14
| goals14 = 0
| years16 = 2004
| clubs16 = [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]]
| caps16 = 3
| goals16 = 0
| totalcaps = 169
| totalgoals = 1
|youthclubs2 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]|youthyears2 = 1988–1989|clubs15 = [[Lewes F.C.|Lewes]]|years15 = 2001|caps15 = 3|goals15 = 0}}
'''James Robert Glass''' (born 1 August 1973) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].

He is chiefly remembered for [[List of goalscoring goalkeepers|scoring]] the [[last-minute goal]] against [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] which kept [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]] in [[the Football League]] in [[1998–99 in English football|1999]], 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 in [[Football in England|English football]] at a level beyond its immediate ramifications.<ref name="50 Important">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2132317.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011212433/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2132317.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2008 |title=50 most important goals |work=The Times|location=London |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

Beyond the Carlisle goal, Glass's most notable time with a club was three seasons playing for [[AFC Bournemouth]] from 1996 to 1998, his only regular spell at a Football League club; he retired from football in 2001 aged 27.

== Career ==

=== Early career ===
Glass had a [[Journeyman (football)|journeyman]]'s career in football, playing for many clubs, initially as a reserve keeper for [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal 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 against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], which Palace lost 2–0 at [[Villa Park]]. He was transferred to [[AFC Bournemouth]] a year later.

The closest he came to a trophy in senior football was reaching the final of the [[Football League Trophy]] with Bournemouth in [[1998 Football League Trophy Final|1998]] – Glass scored an own goal in the match, and Bournemouth lost 2–1. It was the last own goal scored at the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|old Wembley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/features/bourne-legacy-jimmy-glass/|title=Bourne Legacy: Jimmy Glass|website=AFC Bournemouth|date=8 May 2020|accessdate=21 February 2023}}</ref> Glass moved to [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] in the summer of 1998, but after falling out with the manager, [[Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)|Jimmy Quinn]], was unable to gain a regular place in the team.

=== Carlisle United ===
He moved to Carlisle United on loan from [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon]] late that season (after goalkeeper [[Tony Caig]] was sold to [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] and [[Richard Knight (footballer)|Richard 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 the [[1998–99 in English football|1998–99]] Third Division season against [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth 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 a [[last minute goal]], volleying the ball in after the Plymouth goalkeeper had parried out [[Scott Dobie]]'s goalbound header. Carlisle got the win they needed and [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] were relegated to the [[Football Conference (England)|Football Conference]] instead after a 1–1 draw with [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]]. Scarborough's match had already finished before Glass scored, and their fans had already been celebrating on the pitch at the [[McCain Stadium]].

{{blockquote|So&nbsp;... deep, deep, deep, I make it sixty seconds. Jimmy Glass knocks it long. It comes now to Bagshaw. Bagshaw back to [[Graham Anthony|Anthony]]. Up to [[Ian Stevens (footballer)|Stevens]]&nbsp;... and the ball goes out now for a corner to Carlisle United – will they have time to take it? Referee looks at his watch&nbsp;... and here comes Jimmy Glass! Carlisle United goalkeeper Jimmy Glass is coming up for the kick – everyone is going up&nbsp;... there isn't one player in the Carlisle half! Well, well&nbsp;... and the corner kick comes in&nbsp;... and&nbsp;... the goalkeeper's punch&nbsp;... oh&nbsp;... 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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/1.56144 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914111709/http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/1.56144 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Behind Glass |access-date=1 April 2008 |last=Lytollis |first=Roger |date=15 March 2008 |work=News & Star }}</ref>}}

His goal was selected as the 72nd greatest sporting moment ever by the [[Channel 4]] programme ''[[100 Greatest Sporting Moments]]''. The goal was also ranked 7th in ''The Times'' newspaper's list of the 50 most important goals in football history.<ref name="50 Important" /> His goal against Plymouth Argyle was number 15 in the ''20 Goals That Shook the World'' on ITV4. The [[Puma AG|Puma]] boots with which he scored the goal were donated to the [[National Football Museum]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=NFM: Glass boots donated today|url=http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/article/jimmyglassnfm8may14-1543204.aspx|access-date=25 April 2016|publisher=Carlisle United F.C.|date=8 May 2014}}</ref>

=== After Carlisle United ===
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, including [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]] and [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]], before moving to non-league clubs, and then quitting football altogether. He reportedly scored six goals two weeks running whilst playing [[Sunday league football]] in [[Bournemouth]], playing as a striker. He wrote an autobiography, entitled ''One Hit Wonder''.<ref>{{cite book|author=&#8250 Ronald Reng |title=One Hit Wonder: The Jimmy Glass Story at |id={{ASIN|0752431811|country=uk}} }}</ref>

Author [[Gabriel Kuhn]] described Glass's fame by saying:<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriel Kuhn|title=Soccer vs. the State|page=51|publisher=PM Press|location=Oakland, California}}</ref>

{{blockquote|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.}}

== After football ==
Glass retired from professional football at the age of 27, and became an [[Information Technology|IT]] salesman.<ref name="Broken Glass">{{cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article387518.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135929/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article387518.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 June 2011 | title = Broken Glass | work = The Times | first = Owen | last = Slot | date = 2 May 2005  | access-date = 7 April 2009  | location=London}}</ref> He later became a taxi driver in [[Dorset]], before becoming the managing director of a taxi company.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jimmy-glass-from-legend-to-taxi-driver-but-glass-is-half-full-1678021.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jimmy-glass-from-legend-to-taxi-driver-but-glass-is-half-full-1678021.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Glass: From 'Legend' to taxi driver but Glass is half full| work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=3 May 2009 | location=London | date=3 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burnham |first=Dan |date=2024-05-08 |title=Carlisle’s goalscoring keeper Jimmy Glass and what happened to him 25 years on |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/carlisle-goal-jimmy-glass-now-32762483 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref> 

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."<ref name='bbc2013'>{{cite news | first = Andy | last = Cryer | title = League Two: The day Jimmy Glass rescued Carlisle United | date = 26 April 2013 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22230477 | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 28 April 2013}}</ref>

In October 2011, it was announced that Glass joined [[Poole Town F.C.|Poole Town]] as the new goalkeeping coach, working on a voluntary basis.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=78878| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002085409/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=78878| archive-date=2011-10-02 |title=Glass is new Poole keeper coach| publisher=Non-League Daily|access-date=1 October 2011 | url-status=usurped| date=1 October 2011}}</ref> He also had a job in hospitality at AFC Bournemouth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Last chance: Win a once-in-a-lifetime prize and raise money for the Cherries Community Fund|url=http://www.afcb.co.uk/news/article/competition-win-a-once-in-a-lifetime-prize-and-raise-money-for-the-cherries-community-fund-2962016.aspx|access-date=25 April 2016|publisher=AFC Bournemouth|date=8 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513055958/http://www.afcb.co.uk/news/article/competition-win-a-once-in-a-lifetime-prize-and-raise-money-for-the-cherries-community-fund-2962016.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he returned to football as Player Liaison Officer with Premier League club Bournemouth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bournemouth invite us onto their team bus before leaving for Chelsea Boxing Day clash|last1=Trehan|first1=Dev|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11743/10707563/bournemouth-invite-us-on-to-their-team-bus-before-leaving-for-chelsea-boxing-day-clash|access-date=27 March 2017|publisher=Sky Sports|date=26 December 2016}}</ref>

On 4 July 2023, Glass was appointed general manager at [[Wimborne Town]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Club Announcement – Appointment of Jimmy Glass, General Manager|url=https://www.wimbornetownfc.co.uk/jimmyglassannouncement/|access-date=6 July 2023|publisher=Wimborne Town|date=6 July 2023}}</ref> His responsibilities include "managing and developing the club's operational programmes, community initiatives and footballing infrastructure".

== See also ==
* [[List of goalscoring goalkeepers]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Soccerbase}}
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,1229716,00.html ''The Observer'' – Do You Remember...Jimmy Glass?]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/01_january/23/jimmy_glass.shtml BBC Press Release]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128054031/http://iway.cumbria.ac.uk/informer.php?issue=issue_27&section=5&subSection=0&storyNum=169 Working Glass Hero] – article in the [[University of Cumbria]] student newspaper
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