Jimmy Glass : The Great Escape
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 10:57 am
Highly recommend watching this on Sky / catch-up if you have a spare half hour.
20 years on from the goal he scored in injury time, with almost the last kick, on the last day of the season, to keep Carlisle in the Football League (bearing in mind he was the goalkeeper). The goal sent Scarborough down, whose fans thought they'd survived, but the Carlisle game was still going and finished 5 mins later than theirs.
Contributions from Jimmy Glass himself, Nigel Pearson (the Carlisle manager on that day), David Brightwell (Carlisle captain), and the Carlisle Stadium announcer. Also contribution from Eddie Howe, who now employs him as Player Liaison Officer at Bournemouth.
Great story, particularly as he didn't have a great career, and faced some struggles after that day as things went downhill for him from there, and nice to see things working out for him now.
Reminds us why we love football so much, and still cherish those players who pulled together 32 years ago against Orient to produce one last result when it mattered.
20 years on from the goal he scored in injury time, with almost the last kick, on the last day of the season, to keep Carlisle in the Football League (bearing in mind he was the goalkeeper). The goal sent Scarborough down, whose fans thought they'd survived, but the Carlisle game was still going and finished 5 mins later than theirs.
Contributions from Jimmy Glass himself, Nigel Pearson (the Carlisle manager on that day), David Brightwell (Carlisle captain), and the Carlisle Stadium announcer. Also contribution from Eddie Howe, who now employs him as Player Liaison Officer at Bournemouth.
Great story, particularly as he didn't have a great career, and faced some struggles after that day as things went downhill for him from there, and nice to see things working out for him now.
Reminds us why we love football so much, and still cherish those players who pulled together 32 years ago against Orient to produce one last result when it mattered.