- Martyn Rogers (footballer born 1955)
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Martyn Rogers Personal information Full name Martyn Rogers Date of birth 7 March 1955 Place of birth Bristol, England Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1978 Bath City 1979–1985 Exeter City 131 (5) 1986 Weymouth 132 (?) 1987–1993 Tiverton Town Teams managed 1992–2010 Tiverton Town 2011 Weymouth * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Martyn Rogers (born in Bristol) is an ex-professional footballer.
Career
Rogers' playing career included spells at Exeter City and Bristol City. In 1992 he was appointed player-manager of non-league Tiverton Town where he remained as manager until 21 May 2010 having tendered his resignation on 18 May 2010.
Earlier in 2010, he met Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as part of the celebrations surrounding his 1,000th game in charge of Tiverton - a feat shared by Sir Alex.
On 15 June 2010, it was announced that newly promoted Premier League side Blackpool would visit Ladysmead to celebrate Rogers 20 years in charge. A team selected by Rogers will face Ian Holloway's strongest eleven, and will be the first game they play as a Premier League side. The match took place on Friday 16 July and was Rogers testimonial match.[1]
After being in charge of the club for over 1,000 games, Martyn Rogers tendered his resignation as manager of Tiverton Town on 18 May 2010, to take effect from 21 May.[2] Chris Vinnicombe was appointed manager at a Ladysmead press conference on 7 June.[3]
Four days later it was announced that Vinnicombe had appointed Mark Saunders as his assistant.[4]
On 15 January 2011, Rogers returned to management when he was named new manager of Weymouth. He successfully avoided relegation from the 2010-11 Southern League Premier Division by just two points, despite having a ten point deduction. Rogers left Weymouth on May 20 2011 after failing to agree on a budget for next season.
References
- ^ "Tangerines to play at Tivvy". Express and Echo. 10 June 2010. http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/sport/Tangerines-play-Tivvy/article-2286617-detail/article.html. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Martyn Rogers resigns from Tiverton Town". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8689963.stm. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Vinni poised to be unveiled as the new Tiverton Town manager". Express and Echo. 7 June 2010. http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/sport/Vinni-poised-unveiled-new-Tiverton-Town-manager/article-2273371-detail/article.html. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Saunders set to become Vinni's No. 2 at Tiverton". Express and Echo. 10 June 2010. http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/sport/Saunders-set-Vinni-s-2-Tiverton/article-2286375-detail/article.html. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
External links
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- Exeter City F.C. players
- Living people
- 1955 births
- English football manager stubs
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