Anthony Glennon

Anthony David Driscoll-Glennon (born 26 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League Two side Grimsby Town.

Anthony Glennon

Glennon playing for Liverpool U18s in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Anthony David Driscoll-Glennon^[1]
Date of birth	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 24)^[2]
Place of birth	Bootle, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Grimsby Town
Number	3
Youth career
2006–2018	Liverpool
2018–2019	Burnley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Burnley	0	(0)
2020	→ Grimsby Town (loan)	12	(1)
2022	→ Barrow (loan)	15	(0)
2022–	Grimsby Town	39	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Glennon played youth football for Liverpool and Burnley. He made his professional debut during a loan spell with Grimsby Town in 2020 and also spent time on loan at Barrow. He made three Cup appearances for Burnley before returning to Grimsby Town on a permanent deal in July 2022.

Career

Liverpool

Born in Bootle, Merseyside, Glennon started his football career playing for local youth side Croxteth Park, alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold.^[3] He joined Liverpool's Academy at the age of six and spent over a decade at the club, progressing through the youth levels to the under-18 squad under Neil Critchley after leaving school.^[4] He picked up a few knocks in his first season in the under-18 side, which kept him out of action and he struggled to find a place in the squad until late on in the season.^[4] He had to wait until 18 February 2017 to make his first start, when he was drafted in to the line-up against Wolverhampton Wanderers after injuries to others.^[4] Critchley was promoted to under-23 boss in the summer of 2017 and replaced by Reds legend Steven Gerrard, but Glennon built up a good relationship with the new boss.^[4] However, Glennon didn't impress enough to earn a professional contract and was released at the end of the season.^[3]

Burnley

He moved on to sign for Premier League side Burnley in July 2018, after impressing on trial.^[5] He was appointed as captain of the under-23 side by manager Steve Stone shortly after his arrival at Turf Moor, and the club made great improvements in their second season in the Professional Development League.^[3] On 25 July 2019, he signed a two-year extended contract with option of a further year at Turf Moor following an impressive first season in the under-23 squad, as well as being named on the first team bench for a Premier League game against Manchester City in April.^[6] On 7 January 2020, he became manager Ian Holloway's first signing when he joined EFL League Two side Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season.^[7] The move materialised as Holloway had worked with Burnley's chief operating officer Matt Williams when he was at Blackpool, doing a lot of his scouting.^[8] Holloway was in desperate need of a left-back and trusted Williams so much that he didn't even watch Glennon play himself before the move was completed.^[8]

He moved on loan to Barrow in January 2022.^[9] On 10 June 2022, Burnley announced Glennon would leave the club at the end of the month when his contract expired.^[10]

Grimsby Town

On 29 June 2022, Glennon signed for former team Grimsby Town, where he had previously played on loan, on a 2-year deal.^[11][12]

Glennon was part of the Grimsby team that reached the FA Cup quarter final for the first time since 1939, he played the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 win away at Premier League side Southampton that secured that achievement.^[13][14]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 May 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burnley	2019–20^[15]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21^[16]	Premier League	0	0	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2021–22^[17]	Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Grimsby Town (loan)	2019–20^[15]	League Two	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
Barrow (loan)	2021–22^[17]	League Two	15	0	1	1	—		—		16	1
Career total			27	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	31	2

References

1. "Anthony Driscoll-Glennon: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. "Anthony Glennon". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. Findlater, James (7 January 2020). "Who is Anthony Glennon? The lowdown on Grimsby Town's first January signing". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
4. Lynch, David (8 September 2017). "Meet the Academy: Anthony Glennon". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
5. "Anthony Glennon - Defender - U23 Team - Burnley Football Club". www.burnleyfootballclub.com.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "New Deal For Glennon". 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Burnley F.C.
7. "Anthony Glennon: Grimsby Town sign Burnley youngster on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020.
8. Jones, Andy (14 March 2020). "Learning how to be good enough to play for Burnley – from Ian Holloway". The Athletic. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
9. "Barrow sign Burnley defender Glennon". BBC Sport.
10. InCrowd. "BURNLEY FC RETAINED LIST CONFIRMED". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
11. "Glennon is Back! - Grimsby Town Football Club". gtfc.co.uk. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
12. "Grimsby re-sign defender Glennon on permanent deal". BBC Sport.
13. "Grimsby stun Southampton to reach FA Cup last eight". BBC Sport.
14. "Brighton end Grimsby's run to reach FA Cup semis". BBC Sport.
15. "Games played by Anthony Glennon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
16. "Games played by Anthony Glennon in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
17. "Games played by Anthony Glennon in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2022.