Matthew Rose (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew David Rose | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Arsenal | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 243 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Yeovil Town | 39 | (1) |
| Total | 287 | (9) | |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Matthew Rose, (born 24 September 1975 in Dartford, Kent ), is a former English professional footballer who played as a Defender for Arsenal, QPR and Yeovil Town [1]
Career
Arsenal
Rose started at Arsenal as a trainee as under youth team manager Pat Rice he captained his side to FA Youth Cup victory in 1994. On 5th March 1996 he made his first-team debut against Manchester City. Rose made five appearances (three as sub) for the Gunners before moving to QPR for £500,000 in May 1997. [2]
Queen's Park Rangers
Rose thus became a regular at QPR making over 250 appearances for them both at and away from Loftus Road in all competitions. He was part of the club's' memorable 2003-2004 season where QPR pipped Bristol City to place as runners up in the Football League Second Division and thus securing promotion to the First Division in a win away to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. [3]
One of the more important of the 8 goals that he scored for The Hoops was in September 2004 to seal a last minute 3-2 win at Brighton with a left-foot curling shot into the top corner.[4] In January 2007 he was released from his contract by John Gregory and thus left the club.
Yeovil Town
On 23 February, Rose signed for League One side Yeovil Town.[5] He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Yeovil against Bristol Rovers in October 2007.[6] At the end of the 2007-2008 season Rose rejected a new contract offer from Yeovil Town and thus retired from the game.[1]
Honours
- Arsenal
- FA Youth Cup - Winner 1993/1994.[2]
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2003 -2004 Football Second Division -Runner Up
References
- 1 2 "Yeovil complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- 1 2 "FA Youth Cup Winners 1994". Flickr.com.
- ↑ "QPR clinch promotion". BBC.co.uk.
- ↑ "QPR's'best goals of the 04-05 season (Matthew Rose Jamie Cureton)". Youtube.com.
- ↑ "Yeovil complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ↑ "Bristol Rovers 1-1 Yeovil". BBC. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
