FORMER Cherries star Jimmy Glass has joined the Poole Town revolution after linking up with the ambitious Dorset club as goalkeeping coach.
Glass, who was first-choice stopper at Dean Court between 1996 and 1998, is working on a voluntary basis with Dolphins pair Nick Hutchings and Nic Jones.
He was co-opted by close friend and Poole assistant boss James Wood and spends one night a week at Tatnam with the newly-promoted Southern League outfit.
Glass, who runs Wimborne Taxis, had his appetite for the game rekindled after watching his nine-year-old son Jack play youth football for Lytchett Red Triangle.
He told the Echo: “Since I quit playing, I hadn’t done any coaching because it wasn’t something that really appealed to me.
“My son has been playing for the past couple of years and I thought I should be doing a bit of coaching. If I’m honest, I didn’t really fancy coaching kids because you have to deal with the parents and, from what I’ve seen on a Sunday morning, they can be a handful!
“James said Poole were looking for a goalkeeping coach and I thought ‘why not’. I have got all these years of experience as a professional keeper and I am enjoying passing it on.”
Glass hit the headlines when he scored a dramatic last-minute winner to keep Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999.
Explaining his decision to work for Poole for nothing, Glass said: “If I had wanted to make money out of it, I would be charging kids £20 an hour to put them through their paces.
“I like what Poole are doing and for a non-league team, the money is important to them and can be better spent elsewhere.”
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