Matthew Rose (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matthew Rose

| image =

| fullname = Matthew David Rose

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dartford, England

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1992–1994 | youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| years1 = 1994–1997 | clubs1 = Arsenal | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1997–2007 | clubs2 = Queens Park Rangers | caps2 = 242 | goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = Yeovil Town | caps3 = 39 | goals3 = 1

| totalcaps = 286 | totalgoals = 9

| nationalyears1 = 1996–1997 | nationalteam1 = England U21 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

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.

Early life and career

Matthew David Rose was born in Dartford, Kent, on 24 September 1975,{{Hugman|17131|access-date=2 March 2022}} and attended Bexley Grammar School.{{cite web |url=https://ksfa.org.uk/information/ksfa-past-players/ |title=KSFA Past Players |publisher=Kent Schools' Football Association |access-date=1 March 2022}} He joined Arsenal as a trainee in 1992,{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Harris |editor-first=Tony |editor-last=Hogg |title=Arsenal Who's Who |publisher=Independent UK Sports |date=1995 |page=292 |isbn=978-1-899429-03-5}} and under the management of Pat Rice,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18016803 |title=Pat Rice to leave post as Arsenal assistant manager |website=BBC Sport |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=1 March 2022}} captained the team to victory in the 1993–94 FA Youth Cup. He was rewarded with a first professional contract,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/724447086/ |title=Gunners fired up by Arsenal's two |first=Greg |last=Whelan |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |date=13 May 1994 |via=Newspapers.com}} and was a regular in Arsenal's Football Combination side in the 1994–95 season.

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, and made two more appearances that season.{{soccerbase season|6884|1995|access-date=2 March 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71633269/mcfc-1996-3-6/ |title=We've done nothing yet, says Stevens |first=Paul |last=Weaver |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 March 1996 |via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |title=Match results Under 21 1990–2000 |website=England Football Online |publisher=Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood |date=26 April 2014 |access-date=2 March 2022}} However, he appeared only once for his club,{{soccerbase season|6884|1996|access-date=2 March 2022}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/matthew-rose |title=Matthew Rose |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=1 March 2022}}

Queens Park Rangers

Rose became an influential player for QPR, and made more than 250 appearances for them in all competitions.{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/matthew-rose-4125/ |title=Matthew Rose |website=11v11.com |publisher=Association of Football Statisticians |access-date=1 March 2022}} He arrived as a right back, but went on to play as central defender, sweeper, in midfield and at left back.{{cite news |url=https://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/1569/matt-rose-never-got-testimonial |title=Rose was expecting the boot |first=Ben |last=Kosky |newspaper=Kilburn Times |date=30 January 2007 |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=QPRreport}} In 2004, his manager, Ian Holloway, described him as his "out-and-out utility player". However, he was prone to injury:{{cite web |url=https://www.qprnet.com/the-matthew-rose-interview.html |title=The Matthew Rose Interview |website=QPRnet |publisher=Ron Norris |date=28 August 2003 |access-date=2 March 2022}} 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,{{cite web |url=https://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php |title=Player search: Rose, MD (Matthew) |website=English National Football Archive |access-date=2 March 2022 |url-access=subscription}} and injury deprived him of a possible appearance in the 2003 play-off final, in which QPR lost after extra time to Cardiff City.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/25/newsstory.sport4 |title=Rangers on road to respectability |first=Amy |last=Lawrence |newspaper=The Observer |location=London |date=25 May 2003 |access-date=2 March 2022}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/3051017.stm |title=Cardiff seal promotion |website=BBC Sport |date=25 May 2003 |access-date=2 March 2022}} He made 28 league appearances the following season, 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96763134/sheff-wed-1-qpr-3-may-2004/ |title=Holloway lives the promotion dream |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Lawrie |last=Madden |date=10 May 2004 |page=38 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96765596/rose-rises-to-occasion/ |title=Rose rises to occasion |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |first=Wayne |last=Veysey |date=20 September 2004 |page=98 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oArlQ39g-A |title=QPR best goals of 04/05 season (Matthew Rose, Jamie Cureton) |website=Youtube.com |date=22 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/8oArlQ39g-A |archive-date=19 December 2021}}{{cbignore}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96765455/gregorys-chasing-ziegler-and-cullip/ |title=Gregory's chasing Ziegler and Cullip |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |first=Wayne |last=Veysey |date=30 January 2007 |page=A60 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Yeovil Town

Rose signed a short-term contract with League One club Yeovil Town on 23 February 2007.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/6390333.stm |title=Yeovil complete signing of Rose |website=BBC Sport |date=23 February 2007 |access-date=1 March 2022}} He stayed at Yeovil until the end of the following season, scoring once from 42 appearances in all competitions,{{soccerbase season|6884|2007|access-date=2 March 2022}} but rejected an offer of another contract extension and retired from the game.{{cite web |url=http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/news/news.asp?NewsItemId=6968 |title=Stewart talks still ongoing |website=Ciderspace |date=4 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526210419/http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/news/news.asp?NewsItemId=6968 |archive-date=26 May 2011}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/international-football/barnsley-v-qpr-matt-rose-mortgage-his-future-keeping-reds-alive-1745787 |title=Barnsley v QPR - Matt Rose to mortgage his future on keeping Reds alive |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=14 December 2019 |access-date=1 March 2022}} He spent time as head of Arsenal's elite academy in Greece, working alongside former Greek international player Lakis Papaioannou.{{cite web |url=http://goonertalk.com/2014/04/30/arsenal-beginning-to-reap-rewards-of-youth-academy-in-greece/ |title=Arsenal beginning to reap rewards of youth academy in Greece |first=Chris |last=Wheatley |website=Gooner Talk |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=1 March 2022}}

On 20 November 2019, Rose joined Barnsley as first-team coach after the appointment of Gerhard Struber as manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2019/november/coachingstaffchanges/ |title=Changes to the coaching staff |publisher=Barnsley F.C. |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=1 March 2022}} He left the role for personal reasons in July 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/gerhard-strubers-barnsley-coaching-staff-breaking-max-senft-and-matt-rose-leave-oakwell-2928899 |title=Gerhard Struber's Barnsley coaching staff breaking up as Max Senft and Matt Rose leave Oakwell |first=Stuart |last=Rayner |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=30 July 2020 |access-date=1 March 2022}}