Glyn Pardoe

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Glyn Pardoe
Personnel
Surname Glyn Pardoe
birthday June 1, 1946
place of birth Winsford ,  England
date of death May 26, 2020
position Full-back (left)
Juniors
Years station
Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1962-1976 Manchester City 305 (17)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1969 England U-23 4 ( 00)
1 Only league games are given.

Glyn Pardoe (born June 1, 1946 in Winsford , Cheshire West and Chester , † May 26, 2020 ) was an English football player . Mostly used as a left full-back, he has worked exclusively for Manchester City throughout his professional career . There he won the English championship in 1968 , the FA Cup in 1969 and the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970 . With his debut on April 11, 1962 at the age of 15 years and 314 days, he is the youngest player ever to appear for Manchester City.

Athletic career

When Pardoe made his debut in the professional team of Manchester City in April 1962 before his 16th birthday against Birmingham City (1: 4) , he had already made a name for himself in the youth teams and the English student selection. At this point in time he still had a training contract with the club and he could be employed in various positions. He played a total of four games in the 1961/62 season, where he also represented the injured center forward Colin Barlow . This was followed by six missions in the 1962/63 season, with his versatility being expressed by the fact that he wore four different shirt numbers (which at that time still expressed the playing positions). After signing the professional contract in June 1963, Pardoe, whose cousin Alan Oakes had previously become a "Citizen", gained a permanent place in the team with 21 starting eleven nominations after being relegated to the first division in 1963 . In the last two away games of the 1963/64 season, he also scored the first two goals of his professional career against Huddersfield Town (2-0) and Swansea Town (3: 3). Manchester City found itself in a difficult interim phase in the early 1960s. After the FA Cup victory in 1956 and before the arrival of the successful coaching duo Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison nine years later, however, some young players formed the basis for the renewal, including Neil Young and Mike Doyle in addition to Pardoe and Oakes . Pardoe acted under the new coach George Poyser - as under his predecessor Les McDowall - on the offensive and when Poyser was released after a disappointing season 1964/65, things began to change with Mercer and Allison in many ways.

Pardoe began in the central attack, but in the course of the 1965/66 season he switched to the position of the right outer runner . Despite his retreat into midfield, he scored nine league goals, which should be the biggest gain in Pardoe's career. After all, he was the team's third-best goalscorer behind Neil Young and Johnny Crossan, which helped the club return to the English elite class on the 1966 second division championship . At the beginning of the 1966/67 Erstligasaison Pardoe started on the right half position, then helped in September and again in October 1966 in a storm off before Mercer and Allison him on 8 October 1966 against Tottenham Hotspur (1: 2) to left -back repurposed. He played 30 more games in this position and with his second combat strength and at the same time calm and effortless playing style, he had now found the role that made him one of the best English full-backs of his time - but he never found his way into the English senior team , although his nomination for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico was only just a failure. With Pardoe as a regular on the left back in 41 of 42 games, Manchester City won the English championship in the 1967/68 season . At the time of winning the title, he had already played almost 200 competitive games for the club and was not even 22 years old. The following year he won the FA Cup and in the final against Leicester City he was part of the defensive line-up that went 1-0 without conceding a goal. In the 1969/70 season, Pardoe won both the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup . He was represented in both final games against West Bromwich Albion and Górnik Zabrze (each 2-1). Against West Bromwich he moved into left midfield - Arthur Mann , signed in October 1969, took the full-back position behind him - and the encounter marked the most famous moment of his career when he scored the decisive goal in extra time.

Pardoe retained the upper hand over his rival Arthur Mann at the beginning of the 1970/71 season as a left-back. On December 12, 1970 he was seriously injured after a tackle by George Best in a duel against local rivals Manchester United . The injury was so serious that not only was the right tibia and fibula broken, but also an artery was injured and an amputation was even an option at times. Convalescence lasted almost two years before he reported back in November 1972. With Willie Donachie , a new left-back had established himself at Manchester City and so Pardoe dodged to the right side for Tony Book . In total, he acted six times in the 1972/73 season and replaced Book, who ended his playing career to become assistant coach. Pardoe was once again a fixture in the team in the 1973/74 season, which again moved into the final of the League Cup , which however was lost 2-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers . At the age of just 28 he started the season 1974/75. Here Pardoe came on only seven missions and the place on the right side of defense was now claimed by Geoff Hammond of Ipswich Town . Another injury in his left knee turned out to be highly problematic, which in turn ensured that he only played in the reserve team in the 1975/76 season.

At the end of April 1976, Pardoe ended his active career, also to find a new job in the coaching field. In addition to scouting and assistance activities under the new head coach (and former teammate) Tony Book, he was mainly involved in the reserve and youth selection of the club. It was only when Peter Reid made extensive changes in the club and coaching staff in the early 1990s that Pardoe's affiliation with Manchester City ended. He later worked for BBC local radio covering games from his ex-club and outside of football for the Barclays bank.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results- Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ↑ "Glyn Pardoe: Manchester City's youngest debutant dies at age of 73" (BBC Sport)
  3. ↑ "Glyn Pardoe: Manchester City FC" (Sporting Heroes)
personal data
SURNAME Pardoe, Glyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Winsford (Cheshire) , Cheshire West and Chester
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2020