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CARING ROEDER WILL BE GREATLY MISSED’

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The LeaguePaper Team
7 March 2021

By Chris Dunlavy

TRIBUTES have been paid to Glenn Roeder, the former Gillingham, Watford and Norwich manager who died last Sunday aged 65.
Roeder recovered after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003, but suffered a relapse and died after what the LMA described as a lengthy illness.
A cultured defender, Roeder played over 550 games in the Football League, winning the Second Division title at QPR and Newcastle.
He later moved into management, guiding West Ham to a seventh-place finish in the Premier League before achieving a similar feat with Newcastle, where he also won the Inter...

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