Matthew Rose (footballer)

Matthew David Rose (born 24 September 1975) is an English football coach and former professional player who played as a defender. He began his career with Arsenal, made nearly 250 Football League appearances for Queen's Park Rangers, and ended his career with Yeovil Town. He represented England at under-21 level.

For other people named Matthew Rose, see Matthew Rose (disambiguation).

Matthew Rose
Personal information
Full name Matthew David Rose
Date of birth (1975-09-24) 24 September 1975
Place of birth Dartford, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1992–1994 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Arsenal 5 (0)
1997–2007 Queens Park Rangers 242 (8)
2007–2008 Yeovil Town 39 (1)
Total 286 (9)
International career
1996–1997 England U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and career

Matthew David Rose was born in Dartford, Kent, on 24 September 1975,[1] and attended Bexley Grammar School.[2] He joined Arsenal as a trainee in 1992,[3] and under the management of Pat Rice,[4] captained the team to victory in the 1993–94 FA Youth Cup.[5] He was rewarded with a first professional contract,[6] and was a regular in Arsenal's Football Combination side in the 1994–95 season.[3]

Rose made his senior debut on 2 March 1996 when he replaced the injured Steve Morrow at half-time of the 1–1 Premier League draw away to Queen's Park Rangers. He started the next match, in an experimental three-man back line alongside Andy Linighan and Martin Keown in a 3–1 win at home to Manchester City,[5] and made two more appearances that season.[7][8] He was capped twice for England at under-21 level during the 1996–97 season, in 1998 European Championship qualifiers away to Georgia in November 1996 and at home to Italy in February 1997.[9] However, he appeared only once for his club,[10] and left at the end of that season to join Queens Park Rangers, by then playing in the First Division, for a £500,000 fee.[5]

Queens Park Rangers

Rose became an influential player for QPR, and made more than 250 appearances for them in all competitions.[11] He arrived as a right back, but went on to play as central defender, sweeper, in midfield and at left back.[11][12] In 2004, his manager, Ian Holloway, described him as his "out-and-out utility player".[13] However, he was prone to injury:[14] of his ten seasons with the club, he only once played in more than 30 league matches, in 2001–02, their first season after relegation to the third tier,[15] and injury deprived him of a possible appearance in the 2003 play-off final, in which QPR lost after extra time to Cardiff City.[16][17] He made 28 league appearances the following season,[15] and did play in the final fixture, in which QPR won away to Sheffield Wednesday to secure runners-up spot and consequent promotion to the newly renamed Football League Championship.[18]

He scored eight goals. One of the more important was in September 2004 to seal a last-minute 3–2 win at Brighton & Hove Albion with a "fantastic left-footed strike" into the top corner.[13][19] After the arrival of John Gregory as manager, Rose fell out of favour, and in January 2007, he was one of eleven players to leave the club as part of Gregory's "ruthless refurbishment" of the playing staff.[20]

Yeovil Town

Rose signed a short-term contract with League One club Yeovil Town on 23 February 2007.[21] He stayed at Yeovil until the end of the following season, scoring once from 42 appearances in all competitions,[22] but rejected an offer of another contract extension and retired from the game.[23][5]

Later career

After retiring as a player, Rose initially became a financial adviser, but then realised he wanted to return to football as a coach.[24] He spent time as head of Arsenal's elite academy in Greece, working alongside former Greek international player Lakis Papaioannou.[25]

On 20 November 2019, Rose joined Barnsley as first-team coach after the appointment of Gerhard Struber as manager.[26] He left the role for personal reasons in July 2020.[27]

Honours

Arsenal

Queens Park Rangers

References
  1. "Matthew Rose". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. "KSFA Past Players". Kent Schools' Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-899429-03-5.
  4. "Pat Rice to leave post as Arsenal assistant manager". BBC Sport. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Matthew Rose". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  6. Whelan, Greg (13 May 1994). "Gunners fired up by Arsenal's two". Evening Standard. London – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Games played by Matthew Rose in 1995/1996". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. Weaver, Paul (6 March 1996). "We've done nothing yet, says Stevens". The Guardian. London – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Match results Under 21 1990–2000". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  10. "Games played by Matthew Rose in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  11. "Matthew Rose". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  12. Kosky, Ben (30 January 2007). "Rose was expecting the boot". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 2 March 2022 – via QPRreport.
  13. Veysey, Wayne (20 September 2004). "Rose rises to occasion". Evening Standard. London. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "The Matthew Rose Interview". QPRnet. Ron Norris. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  15. "Player search: Rose, MD (Matthew)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  16. Lawrence, Amy (25 May 2003). "Rangers on road to respectability". The Observer. London. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  17. "Cardiff seal promotion". BBC Sport. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  18. Madden, Lawrie (10 May 2004). "Holloway lives the promotion dream". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "QPR best goals of 04/05 season (Matthew Rose, Jamie Cureton)". Youtube.com. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021.
  20. Veysey, Wayne (30 January 2007). "Gregory's chasing Ziegler and Cullip". Evening Standard. London. p. A60 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. "Yeovil complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  22. "Games played by Matthew Rose in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  23. "Stewart talks still ongoing". Ciderspace. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
  24. "Barnsley v QPR - Matt Rose to mortgage his future on keeping Reds alive". Yorkshire Post. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  25. Wheatley, Chris (30 April 2014). "Arsenal beginning to reap rewards of youth academy in Greece". Gooner Talk. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  26. "Changes to the coaching staff". Barnsley F.C. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  27. Rayner, Stuart (30 July 2020). "Gerhard Struber's Barnsley coaching staff breaking up as Max Senft and Matt Rose leave Oakwell". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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