Football mourns loss of Roeder after former West Ham and Newcastle manager dies aged 65
Former West Ham and Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has died aged 65 after a long battle with a brain tumour.
Roeder played for QPR and Newcastle, worked as a coach under Glenn Hoddle with England and managed the Hammers, the Magpies, Gillingham, Watford and Norwich.
While in charge at West Ham in April 2003 Roeder, who had led the club to a seventh-placed finish the season before, was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
He had to undergo surgery and a period of recovery before returning to the dugout in July of the same year.
West Ham said: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former manager Glenn Roeder at the age of 65. The thoughts of everyone at the club are with Glenn's family and friends", while his other clubs all paid their own tributes.
Former Scotland international Don Hutchison, who played under Roeder at West Ham, shared an emotional memory from their time working together.
Hutchison wrote on Twitter: "I'll never ever forget when my dad was passing away. The gaffer told me to get in my car to Newcastle and go see him quick.
"Glenn was on the phone with me for all five hours of my journey! Sleep well gaffa. My thoughts are with his family."
Chris Waddle, a team-mate of Roeder at Newcastle, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Glenn was a top lad who loved football and was very much a family man and you can see by the reaction, what everybody thought about him.
"He was very professional but he had a good sense of humour. All the jobs he's been involved in, football was his life, as was his family. It's so sad he's been taken so young.
"He was one of the first footballing centre-halves. Now we talk about Rio Ferdinand, players who are comfortable on the ball. But he didn't just stand in defence heading it away and kicking it away, he wanted to play.
“If he was around today he would definitely be playing at a top club."
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville worked with Roeder when he was a player in the England set-up.
He said on Sky Sports: "He was a fantastic person, well respected by all the players and it's really sad news."
Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul, who played under Roeder at Newcastle in 2006-07, tweeted: "So sad to hear the news that Glenn Roeder passed away. The man who believed in me and who gave me my @NUFC debut."
As a player Roeder captained QPR in the 1982 FA Cup final against Tottenham, which they lost following a replay, and to the Second Division title in 1983.
At Newcastle he made 219 senior appearances in five years and also led them to promotion from the Second Division in 1984.
His last role in the game was as a managerial advisor at Stevenage in 2016.
League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan said: "Our heartfelt thoughts are with Glenn's wife Faith, his daughter Holly, his sons Will and Joe and all of Glenn's family and friends at this difficult time."
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Adam Hastings’ return to Six Nations action could be further delayed after he was sent off for dangerous play in the first half of Glasgow’s defeat at the RDS last night.
The Warriors stand-off who was due to be on the bench against France yesterday before that game was postponed - missed Scotland’s first two matches in the Championship as he was completing his recovery from shoulder surgery. He now faces an anxious wait before learning the length of his ban for this sending-off offence, in which he caught a ball in the air, and, extending his right leg, also caught Cian Kelleher in the face.
The dismissal of their playmaker further handicapped a Glasgow side who had already had debutant Cole Forbes sinbinned and gone 14-0 behind in the first ten minutes. They fought back well in the third quarter and at 28-21 briefly threatened an upset. But a yellow card for TJ Ioane - on for Richie Gray after the lock had taken what head coach Danny Wilson said was hopefully only a minor head knock saw them concede two more late scores to the Conference A leaders.
“If I’m honest I was really frustrated with our defence in the first half - I thought defensively we were as bad as we’ve been,” Wilson said after a result which dealt a severe blow to his team’s lingering hopes of finishing in the top three in the conference. Asked about the red card, Wilson insisted that Hastings had not meant to make contact with Kelleher, but acknowledged that the Warriors could also be without the stand-off for a couple of forthcoming games. “I
suppose we’ll have to wait and see what they say about the red and how they deem that in terms of weeks and sanctions."
The champions, by contrast, began the match full of intent, and opened the scoring
through a close-range Harry Byrne try after two minutes.
A sluggish Warriors defence were soon on the back foot, and went 14-0 down when Forbes took Kelleher out in the air and referee Frank Murphy
awarded the penalty try as well as sending the New Zealander to the bin. Tom Gordon finished off an excellent break by Huw Jones and Hastings converted to give Glasgow hope, but with Forbes still in the bin, Leinster claimed their third try through Scott Penny .
The No 8 claimed his own second and his team’s fourth just after Hastings had been red-carded to make it 28-7 at the break. Glasgow hit back well in the third quarter, with Rufus Mclean and Jones going over. But, given their numerical advantage, Leinster finished up the stronger side, and with Ioane sinbinned for diving in on the deck with his shoulder, late tries by Luke Mcgrath and Kelleher secured the win.
Scorers: Leinster: Tries: Byrne, penalty try, Penny 2, L Mcgrath, Kelleher. Cons: Byrne 2, Hawkshaw 2.
Glasgow: Tries: Gordon, Mclean, Jones. Cons: Hastings, Thompson 2.
Glasgow Warriors: O Smith (R Thompson 41); R Mclean, H Jones, S Johnson (R Fergusson 75), C Forbes; A Hastings, J Dobie (S Kennedy 64); O Kebble (A Seiuli 60), G Stewart (J Matthews 66), E Pieretto (D Rae 54), R Gray (T Ioane 66), L Nakarawa (G Brown 41), R Harley, T Gordon, R Wilson (captain).
Yellow cards: Glasgow: Forbes 10, Ioane 70. Red card: Glasgow: Hastings 37.