Full name Donald Edward Rogers Years Team Name Don Rogers | Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1945-10-25) 25 October 1945 (age 70) Place of birth Paulton, Somerset, England | ||
Donald Rogers (born 25 October 1945) is an English former footballer who is best known for his time with Swindon Town. He played as an outside left and served the club in two spells.
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Early Life / Football Debut
Born in Paulton, Somerset, Rogers signed a youth contract with Swindon in January 1961 at the age of fifteen; having turned professional in October 1962, he made his first-team debut on 17 November in a Third Division match against Southend United. Rogers scored the two extra-time goals which won the 1969 Football League Cup Final for Swindon, 3-1 against Arsenal.
He signed for Crystal Palace in 1972 for a fee of £147,000 and became a club legend. A highlight scoring two goals in the famous 5-0 victory over Manchester United at Selhurst Park in 1972 and scoring the goal of the season in 1973 then joined Queens Park Rangers in September 1974 in an exchange deal involving Terry Venables and Ian Evans. Rogers played 18 league games for QPR scoring 5 goals before returning to Swindon in March 1976 in exchange for Peter Eastoe.
In November 1976 Rogers moved on loan to the Southern League team Yeovil Town, where he joined his old Swindon team-mate Stan Harland. He returned to Swindon two months later and, after suffering a hip injury, retired at the end of the 1976–1977 season and now runs a sports shop in Swindon bearing his name.
Management
In the 1990s Don Rogers was manager of Lambourn Sports, who were at the time in the Hellenic Football League. During his reign he managed to win promotion to the Hellenic premier division, and get to the final of the Berks and Bucks senior trophy winning it once in the 1994-95 season. He then went on to become joint manager of Swindon Supermarine with John Fisher, in April July 1996 and won the Hellenic Football League Premier Division in the 1997-98 season. He and Fisher left at the start of the 1998-99 campaign.
Personal life
After retiring he went into the shop business owning a shop in Swindon called Don Rogers Sports.
The Don Rogers Stand
On 22 March 2008 Swindon Town announced that the South Stand would be renamed The Don Rogers Stand from the start of the 2008–09 season.