Glenn Rule

Glenn Rule
Personal information
Full name Glenn Paul Rule
Date of birth (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Position(s) Midfielder/Full back
Team information
Current team
 City of Liverpool
Youth career
2006–2007 Chester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Chester City[1] 26 (0)
2010 Colwyn Bay 0 (0)
2010–2011 Stalybridge Celtic 30 (0)
2011–2015 Airbus UK 104 (12)
2015–2017 Stockport County 23 (2)
2017 Airbus UK 11 (0)
2017–2018 Bala Town 19 (0)
2018–2019 Stalybridge Celtic 29 (0)
2019– Vauxhall Motors
2021– City of Liverpool
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Glenn Paul Rule (born 30 November 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full back for City of Liverpool.

Career

Born in Birkenhead, Rule attended Woodchurch High School between 2001 and 2006. When he left Woodchurch he signed a youth contract at Chester City and was one of several youngsters who graduated to the first-team squad after 2007. He made his debut as a substitute against Carlisle United in October 2007 as a 17-year-old. His English Football League debut arrived with a starting place at Morecambe on 26 December 2007 and he ended the campaign with four league outings to his name. His first appearance of the following season saw him play at full–back in Chester's 2–1 home defeat by Port Vale on 19 October 2008, going on to enjoy 22 league outings during a campaign which ended in relegation from Football League Two.

Rule was involved in the Chester youth sides that made the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup in both 2006–07 and 2007–08.

He joined Colwyn Bay in 2010,[2] before moving to Stalybridge Celtic.[3] In June 2011 he joined Airbus UK.[4]

On 11 June 2015, Rule joined Stockport County for an undisclosed fee. He received a 10 match ban for allegedly biting an opponent in September 2015.[5]

In January 2017, Rule rejoined Airbus UK.[6] He left the club at the end of the season, signing for Bala Town.[7]

In July 2018 he rejoined former club Stalybridge Celtic.

In 2019, Rule signed for Vauxhall Motors and scored on his debut against Abbey Hey.[8]

In October 2021 he joined City of Liverpool.[9]

References

  1. ^ All Chester City players' statistics for the 2009/10 season were expunged after Chester were expelled from the Conference National for breaking league regulations
  2. ^ "Colwyn Bay FC sign ex-Chester City defender". DailyPost.co.uk. Trinity Mirror Merseyside. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Glenn Rule Profile". StalybridgeCeltic.co.uk. Stalybridge Celtic Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Ryan departs as four new signings land". AirbusFC.com. Airbus United Kingdom Broughton Football Club. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Stockport County player Glenn Rule banned for 10 games for allegedly biting Stalybridge defender". Manchester Evening News. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ Tom Norris (16 January 2017). "Glenn Rule confident Airbus can avoid Welsh Premier League relegation". Chester Standard. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Ex-Airbus midfielder Rule becomes a Lakesider". welsh-premier.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ "NWCFL | Glenn Rule". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Purps welcome Glenn". City of Liverpool FC. Retrieved 5 January 2022.