| James Rowe | |
| Fullname: | James Michael Rowe |
| Birth Date: | 1991 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Oxford, England |
| Currentclub: | Aldershot Town |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Southampton |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2010 |
| Youthclubs2: | Reading |
| Years1: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Reading |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | → Basingstoke Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | → Lewes (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011–2013 |
| Caps4: | 42 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs5: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Caps5: | 26 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Cheltenham Town |
| Caps6: | 60 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2017– |
| Clubs7: | Aldershot Town |
| Caps7: | 71 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 15:35, 11 October 2020 (UTC) |
James Michael Rowe (born 21 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Aldershot Town.[1]
Born in Oxford,[2] Rowe began his career in the Academy at Southampton before joining Reading, where after two years in the under-18 squad, he was handed a first year professional contract. Whilst at Reading he spent time on loan at Basingstoke Town in 2009 and Lewes in 2011.[3] [4] [5]
He left Reading without making a senior appearance and joined Forest Green Rovers on trial in the summer of 2011. He scored in pre-season friendlies against Hereford United and Cirencester Town and earned a two-year deal with the club.[6] He made his Forest Green debut on the opening day of the 2011–12 Conference Premier season against Stockport County.[7] He left Forest Green in April 2013 after two seasons with the club.[8]
He joined League One side Tranmere Rovers on trial in July 2013 and earned a one-year contract.[9] [10] He made his debut in a League Cup first round tie with Mansfield Town on 6 August and scored his first goal in professional football with the winner in Tranmere's 3–2 win over MK Dons in October.[11] [12] On 2 May 2014, it was announced that he had signed a new one-year contract to stay with Tranmere for another season.[13]
Rowe's 90th-minute equaliser on the opening day of the 2014–15 season earned Tranmere a 1–1 draw with York City as he scored second professional goal.[14] He fell out of favour after sixth game of the season and missed two months before coming back with a winning goal against Portsmouth on 29 November.[15]
Rowe was released by Tranmere by mutual consent on 2 February 2015.[16]
On 5 August 2015 Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson confirmed that Rowe would join the club for the 2015–16 season.[17]
On 31 July 2017 Gary Waddock signed Rowe after a successful trial to Aldershot Town on a one-year contract.[18] Despite being released by Aldershot at the end of the 2017–18 season,[19] Rowe was given the opportunity to re-trial with the Hampshire-based side and subsequently signed a new one-year deal in July 2018.[20]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Reading | 2010–11 | Championship | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Basingstoke Town (loan) | 2009–10 | Conference South | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lewes (loan) | 2010–11 | Conference South | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2011–12[21] | Conference Premier | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[22] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Forest Green total | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2013–14 | League One | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[23] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | League Two | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Tranmere total | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Cheltenham Town | 2015–16[24] | National League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | League Two | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[25] | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Cheltenham total | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 1 | |||
| Aldershot Town | 2017–18 | National League | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[26] | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | National League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Aldershot total | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 180 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 207 | 7 | |||
Vanarama National League Winners: 2015-16[27]