Karl Rose

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Karl Rose
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-10-12) 12 October 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–2000 Barnsley 18 (3)
1999 →Mansfield Town (loan) 1 (1)
2001–2002 Rochdale 1 (0)
2001–2004 Scarborough 65 (26)
2004–2005 Leigh RMI 20 (18)
2005–2006 Tamworth 5 (3)
2006 Arnold Town 15 (11)
2006 Garforth Town ? (?)
2006–2007 Hednesford Town ? (?)
2007–2012 Goole ? (?)
Managerial career
2009–2012 Goole
2012–2016 Frickley Athletic
2017 Frickley Athletic
2017–2018 Goole
2018– Wombwell Town FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Karl Rose (born 12 October 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the chairman and manager of community club Wombwell Town who play in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League.

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Playing career

Rose began his playing career in the Football League with Barnsley, where he was tipped to go to the top following several youth international honours. However following his initial break through into the first team his career was blighted by a serious knee injury resulting in over 20 operations. Following his release from Barnsley against medical advice Rose resurrected his career with brief spells at Mansfield and Rochdale before finally moving to Scarborough. During his spell at Scarborough under Russell Slade he became a fans favourite and was key part in the 2004 F.A cup run where he scored the winning against Doncaster Rovers which featured on BBC Match of the Day. The cup run ended when Premier League Chelsea knocked the sea Dogs out with a 1–0 win at the packed McCain stadium. He went on to play for Leigh RMI, Tamworth, Arnold Town, Garforth Town, Hednesford Town and Goole. In the summer of 2018 Karl Rose, with another former Barnsley player Doug O'Connor, formed Wombwell Town Football Club who play in the Sheffield County Senior League.

Managerial career

Whilst a player at the club Rose began his managerial career at Goole, where he spent three years as manager taking them to their highest finish for 12 seasons, before becoming manager of Frickley Athletic. Rose managed the South Emsall club for five seasons winning the Sheffield Senior cup on fur occasions and leading them to the heights of a seventh-place finish, their highest since the mid 1980s. He was replaced by Lee Morris on 2 September 2016. [1] Rose was resigned by Frickley Athletic on 27 March 2017, [2] and left again on 9 May 2017. [3] He left Goole at the end of the 2017–18 season.

As of the 2018/19 season, he is the chairman and manager of Wombwell Town F.C. a new club formed by Rose in 2018 and in their first season won Division Two of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League, The next two seasons, 2019/20 and 2020/21, will be deemed null and void due the COVID-19 pandemic, however Rose guided the club to the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior division one title and then in the 2022/23 season gained promotion into the North east counties division one league at the first time of asking. The club consists of 22 junior teams as well as numerous other sporting activities at the Recreational Ground complex.

Community involvement

Karl Rose helped format the Wombwell Recreation ground committee that has been responsible for running numerous sporting lead community events. The facility has been used by over 10,000 participants from 2020 to 2023 and become an integral part of the local residents life's. The facility has promoted and delivered events such as tournaments, summer festivals, bon fire celebrations and Christmas parties.

The site is also now used by South Yorkshire Police to training various aspects including dog handling and car pursuit training as well as numerous other non profit events linked to local charities such as non visual driving experiences around the go kart track for the visually impaired and men in shed age concern clubs to increase social gatherings in older age men.

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References

  1. ↑ Morris returns 'home' to Frickley‚ nonleagueyorkshire.com, 2 September 2016
  2. ↑ An update‚ pitchero.com
  3. ↑ "An announcement from the football club". Frickley Athletic FC. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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