The 37-year-old links up with the Cambridgeshire outfit on a dual registration from Hitchin Town, where he is a player-coach at the Southern League Division One Central club.
Hemingfords United 1 – 0 Over Sports. 🇮🇪
Clean sheet and a worldy from Gleeson 😂🤩 thanks for coming.
Gleeson ⚽️
MOM Jai 🤝
— Hemingfords Utd FC (@HemUtdFC) February 21, 2026
Gleeson has dropped down to the 11th tier to play for Hemingfords, netting the winning goal as they beat Over Sports 1-0 at home.
They currently sit eighth in the Cambridgeshire County League – playing the reserve teams of Newmarket Town, Cambridge City and Ely City.
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The Irishman made 10 appearances for the Blues during his brief spell in the second half of the 2017/18 season.
He was not offered a new deal at Portman Road at the end of that campaign, going on to join Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen in the summer of 2018.
Gleeson returned to English football to have spells at Solihull Moors and Hemel Hempstead Town.