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Glenn Roeder

Glenn Roeder, (born December 13 1955), is a British football manager. He is currently unemployed after being sacked by West Ham United F.C. on August 24 2003. As a player, Roeder represented England 'B' on a total of 7 occasions.

Roeder began his playing career at Leyton Orient F.C. before moving to Queen's Park Rangers F.C.. In 1984 he was transferred to Newcastle United F.C., where he made close to 200 appearances during his 5 years at the club. Roeder finished his playing career with a two year spell at Watford followed by a 6 game stint at Gillingham before he was named manager of the club.

Roeder spent only one season as manager of Gillingham, during which time he led the side to 13 wins in 51 games. After Steve Perryman 's dismissal, Roeder was hired as the new manager of his former club, Watford, at the start of the 1993/94 season. In his second season with Watford he almost took the side to the play-offs, eventually finishing just one place outside them. However, he was sacked in February 1996 as the side were struggling near the bottom of the First Division. His replacement, Kenny Jackett , was unable to prevent the side from being relegated.

Roeder spent the next five years as a coach with both England and West Ham before being given another opportunity at management. Following West Ham's failure to attract either Alan Curbishley or Steve McClaren as replacements for the recently departed Harry Redknapp, Roeder, who was acting caretaker-manager, was appointed as West Ham's new manager in the summer of 2001.

On April 21 2003, whilst West Ham were battling to remain in the Premier League, Roeder collapsed in his office due to a brain tumour. After taking the rest of the season off he returned to manage the side at the start of the next season. However, after a poor start in the First Division, Roeder was sacked by the newly relegated side. He has yet to return to management.

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