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George Glendon

association football player (born 1995)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ27443247
Source-derived summary

George Glendon (born 3 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bury.

Early and personal life

He is the son of former professional footballer Kevin Glendon.

Club career

Manchester City

He began his career at Manchester City, where he was captain of their Elite Development Squad.

Fleetwood Town

He signed on loan for Fleetwood Town in August 2016, with the deal becoming permanent in January 2017. Glendon was cleared of rape in January 2018.

Glendon was released by Fleetwood at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Carlisle United

Glendon joined Carlisle United in July 2018 after signing a one-year contract. He scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win over Morecambe on 4 September 2018.

He was released by Carlisle at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Chester

In August 2019 he joined Chester on a short-term deal.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “George Glendon” as association football player (born 1995). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2016, 2017, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-05-03. The account is most persuasive where George, Glendon and association can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as association football player (born 1995). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27443247. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from George Glendon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.