Glenn is the name.
I was born into a pretty normal family in England, London, to a family of Asians. My interest in football was there from a young age although I showed little to no interest in playing professional football although I had a bit of skill in the sport. Instead my interest was based in management. I always wanted to take control of a club in England one day, and conquer Europe. Yep, that was a dream alright.
Once I finished my studies I started looking for a job in football and eventually clinched a contract with League 2 minnows Mansfield Town in May 2004 as a youth coach at the club. I stayed on for four years in that capacity and although the players were very little-known themselves let alone the staff, I was rather content with my job because I loved it and it was not often you got a job that you loved.
After four years, Mansfield got relegated and my talents were recognized by Stoke City who had recently finished 2nd in the Championship and would be promoted to the English Premier League the next season. I was offered a contract as a first team coach and I jumped for the chance to sign with a club in the top tier. The club I supported, Liverpool, finished 2nd place and Manchester United won the league in my first year at Stoke, and we finished 12th ahead of the newly promoted teams that came to the Premier League with us as Hull City finished 16th and last season's Championship winners West Bromwich went back to where they came from as they finished rock bottom and were relegated.
The next season, Stoke finished 11th, a place higher than our previous season, as Chelsea won the league. We showed no signs of getting relegated as we then finished 13th the season after next.
The job at Stoke City was a delightful one and when Andre Villas-Boas resigned from Tottenham Hotspur after only two weeks in the job to accept a job offer of a sports psychologist from his homeland and former club FC Porto, I was rather surprised to see I was linked with the job. In a desperate attempt to persuade me to stay Stoke offered me promotion to assistant manager to Tony Pulis, but I stalled the offer, putting it off for two weeks....
I was born into a pretty normal family in England, London, to a family of Asians. My interest in football was there from a young age although I showed little to no interest in playing professional football although I had a bit of skill in the sport. Instead my interest was based in management. I always wanted to take control of a club in England one day, and conquer Europe. Yep, that was a dream alright.
Once I finished my studies I started looking for a job in football and eventually clinched a contract with League 2 minnows Mansfield Town in May 2004 as a youth coach at the club. I stayed on for four years in that capacity and although the players were very little-known themselves let alone the staff, I was rather content with my job because I loved it and it was not often you got a job that you loved.
After four years, Mansfield got relegated and my talents were recognized by Stoke City who had recently finished 2nd in the Championship and would be promoted to the English Premier League the next season. I was offered a contract as a first team coach and I jumped for the chance to sign with a club in the top tier. The club I supported, Liverpool, finished 2nd place and Manchester United won the league in my first year at Stoke, and we finished 12th ahead of the newly promoted teams that came to the Premier League with us as Hull City finished 16th and last season's Championship winners West Bromwich went back to where they came from as they finished rock bottom and were relegated.
The next season, Stoke finished 11th, a place higher than our previous season, as Chelsea won the league. We showed no signs of getting relegated as we then finished 13th the season after next.
The job at Stoke City was a delightful one and when Andre Villas-Boas resigned from Tottenham Hotspur after only two weeks in the job to accept a job offer of a sports psychologist from his homeland and former club FC Porto, I was rather surprised to see I was linked with the job. In a desperate attempt to persuade me to stay Stoke offered me promotion to assistant manager to Tony Pulis, but I stalled the offer, putting it off for two weeks....
Especially to see how you do against the giants in Europe 
