Darren Rogers Explained

Darren Rogers
Fullname:Darren John Rogers
Position:Defender
Birth Date:9 April 1970
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Youthyears1:1986–1988
Youthclubs1:West Bromwich Albion
Years1:1988–1992
Clubs1:West Bromwich Albion
Caps1:14
Goals1:1
Years2:1992–1994
Clubs2:Birmingham City
Caps2:18
Goals2:1
Years3:1993
Clubs3:Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:1993
Clubs4:Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Years5:1994–1997
Clubs5:Walsall
Caps5:58
Goals5:0
Years6:1997–199?
Clubs6:Stevenage Borough
Caps6:12
Goals6:0
Years7:2001–2002
Clubs7:Evesham United

Darren John Rogers (born 9 April 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played 91 games in the Football League representing West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Wycombe Wanderers and Walsall.[1] He also played in non-League football for Kidderminster Harriers,[2] Stevenage Borough[3] and Evesham United. He played as a defender.

Career

Rogers was born in Birmingham. When he left school in 1986 he joined West Bromwich Albion as a YTS trainee, and signed professional forms two years later.[4] Rogers played 14 Second Division games for the club[1] before joining local rivals Birmingham City, newly promoted to that level, on a free transfer in July 1992. Described as "fast and mobile with a good, strong tackle",[4] Rogers went straight into the starting eleven and played in the first 11 games of the 1992–93 season before dropping out of regular first-team football.[5] Either side of an unsuccessful trial at Lincoln City, he had loan spells at Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference[4] and Wycombe Wanderers of Division Three, for whom he made only one substitute appearance,[6] before joining Walsall in July 1994. He played 26 games in all competitions for Birmingham.[4]

Rogers contributed to Walsall's promotion to Division Two in his first season with the club,[7] but a cruciate ligament injury restricted his league appearances to 58 in three-and-a-bit seasons. An October 1997 move to the Conference with Stevenage Borough ended in his early release after he suffered another injury soon after joining. He went on play for Evesham United.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darren Rogers . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 25 August 2015.
  2. Book: John . Harman . Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years . Tony Williams Publications . 2005 . 978-1-869833-52-7 . 395.
  3. Harman ed., Alliance to Conference, p. 647.
  4. Book: Matthews, Tony . Birmingham City: A Complete Record . 1995 . Breedon Books . Derby . 121 . 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. Matthews, p. 228.
  6. Web site: Birmingham City Quick Guide . Chairboys on the Net . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402152120/http://www.chairboys.ndirect.co.uk/clubs/birmingham.htm . 2 April 2009.
  7. Web site: Walsall . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 24 April 2009.
  8. Web site: Ultimate Saddlers A–Z 15 . Leigh . Edwards . Walsall F.C. . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219204357/http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/SaddlersAZ/0%2C%2C10428~1252732%2C00.html . 19 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .