Glynn Hurst (born 16 January 1976) is a former professional

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who played as a striker. He played in the

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for

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, Chesterfield,

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and Bury, and in the

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for

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. Born in England, he won five caps for the South Africa U23 team. After retiring from football he became a teacher and managed non-League club Ashton Town.

Early and personal life

Born in

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, Hurst moved to South Africa at a young age.Chesterfield F.C. official site
Glynn is now a Geography teacher at Maghull High School

Playing career

Early career

Hurst started his career as a

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apprentice, but could not break into the first team. He joined

in 1994, where he was sent out on loan to many clubs including

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, and

. In 1997, he dropped out of the professional game and had a spell at Emley in the

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. Since then he has played for

and

, and was top goalscorer for Chesterfield with 20 goals in all. After Chesterfield, Hurst played for

where he was the club's top goalscorer with 15 goals in the 2004–05 season. Despite having scored nine goals in the 2005–06 season, Hurst was released from his Notts County contract on 29 December 2005. He joined Shrewsbury days later. After scoring on his Shrewsbury debut against cross-border rivals

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, Hurst scored twice more in fifteen further matches before the season's end. An injury-hit pre-season saw Hurst have

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and

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problems and lose his place in the team at the start of 2006–07.

Shrewsbury Town

By late September he had yet to return to the first-team, and as a result Shrewsbury sent him on loan to Bury for a month, in the hope of his regaining match fitness and goalscoring form.

Bury

Hurst's Bury debut saw him hit two goals against

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in a 2–2 draw. After accumulating five goals in five league games, on 26 October 2006, the loan was extended until January 2007. An undisclosed transfer fee has been agreed for Hurst who, in the January 2007 transfer window, signed a permanent contract lasting until the end of 2007–08. note. On 18 May, it was announced that Glynn has been released by Bury at the end of his contract.

Gainsborough Trinity

Despite being linked with a move to

and playing a couple of pre season friendlies for Chester City, Hurst eventually signed for non-League outfit

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, scoring on his debut.

Hyde

On 4 December 2009, he joined

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outfit

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. He made his debut on 12 December 2009 in a 4–0 away defeat to

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in the

. In February 2010 Hyde announced that he would become their assistant manager after former assistant boss Gerry Harrison left earlier that month. On 10 September 2010 Hurst parted ways with Hyde to try to resurrect his playing career, which he was not able to do with them.

FC United of Manchester

Hurst signed for

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after watching them in a 3–0 victory over

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in the

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, on 11 September 2010. He scored for the club on his debut the following weekend. Hurst retired on 8 January 2011.

International career

Hurst represented the South Africa U23. earning a total of five caps.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Hurst became a philosophy, RE and PE teacher, also coaching the school football team. In 2019 he became reserve team coach of Marine. Non-League Daily, 27 April 2020 In May 2020 Hurst was appointed manager of

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club Ashton Town. He resigned from the role in October. On 13 November 2022, Hurst was appointed

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Reserve team coach.

References

External links

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