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Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 11:07
Glanville's new title at the club is director of rugby operations, overseeing the goings on at Dockham Road both on and off the field, while Mark Cornwell, Phil Greenaway and Andy Deacon take care of the playing side.
His aim for this season is to see the club consolidate its position in National Two, and hasn't ruled out a push for National One status in the near future.
The former Gloucester flanker points to the host of signings through the door over the summer - including Rob Fidler, who turned out for Bath firsts last season, Tim Stevenson and Neil Bayliss, plus ex-Gloucester lock Richard Ward's appointment as second team manager, as evidence of this.
Add to those Paul and Dave Knight, ex-Mounts Bay back-row Adam Nicholls, Gloucestershire back-row Adam Nicholls, scrum-half Pat O'Grady and lock Chris Jones and it's clear the club is refusing to settle for just staying in the division this season.
Glanville said: "We will approach every game next season like our lives depended on it.
"That's the only way you can do it when you've gone up a league.
"The signings we've made show that we want not only to stay in this league but push up the table.
"There's no reason why we can't be pushing for National One."
Glanville refused to commit to a definite plan for the next few years at Cinderford, just saying that the club will look to continue to build and develop, and that his new position gives him the key role in that.
His decision to take a back seat where the rugby is concerned is born out of the coaching talent at the club's disposal.
"I will still be out on the training field when I can, he said.
"But we've had a look at it and decided to use the skills at our disposal.
"Mark Cornwell and Phil Greenaway are coaching alongside some of the best in the country on a daily basis - including Dean Ryan, Bryan Redpath and Denis Betts.
"It just makes more sense for them to be in control of that side of it.
"But we will sit down very often and talk about where the club is going, what type of rugby we want to play and how we will achieve that.
"We've brought this club to National Two and we want to take it further."
Cinderford continue their pre-season with the visit of Newport to Dockham Road on Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm.
* IN today's Citizen, it was reported that Pete Glanville had left Cinderford. This is not the case and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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