Player Profile

An exciting winger, Rogers is arguably the greatest player ever to wear a Swindon shirt.

Having signed for Swindon just hours before local rivals Bristol City came in for his signature, Rogers made his debut at the age of 17, in a 4-1 win over Southend. He scored his first league goal in his next game, another win, this time over Notts County. His first season brought seven goals.

By 1965/66, Rogers was a regular name on the Town scoresheet. He was the Town's second top scorer that year, one behind Keith East with eighteen goals. The next three seasons saw Rogers top-score each season, netting 71 times in 188 league appearances. His goals helped the Town on the way to Wembley, resulting in Swindon's and Rogers' greatest achievement - a League Cup winners medal. Rogers tore Arsenal apart that day, scoring the two extra time goals that took the cup to Wiltshire.

His performance that day attracted interest from bigger clubs, and a bid from Liverpool was rejected. In an attempt to keep him at the club, Swindon helped him to purchase a sports shop in the town centre, which he runs to this day. The move succeeded in keeping Rogers in town until 1972, when former manager Bert Head - the man who brought Rogers to Swindon nearly twelve years previously - enticed him to Crystal Palace for a fee of £147,000.

Although he was an England under-23 international, Rogers never achieved full international honours, probably due to Sir Alf Ramsey's dislike of the winger.

After a short spell at Q.P.R., Rogers returned to Swindon in 1976, in an exchange deal which saw Town striker Peter Eastoe head in the other direction. He made just eleven appearances in this second spell, when a hip injury, caused by the body swerve which allowed him to waltz past defenders so easily, forced him out of the game.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Thicket Mead YC Thicket Mead YC	(youth)
Swindon Town Swindon	December 28th, 1960 (apprentice) October 31st, 1962 (signed professional contract); transferred out (October 30th, 1972)
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	October 30th, 1972 (transferred in , £147,000 ); transferred out (September 18th, 1974)
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	September 18th, 1974 (transferred in, exchange exchange deal with Terry Venables and Ian Evans); transferred out (March 5th, 1976)
Swindon Town Swindon	March 5th, 1976 (transferred in, exchange part-exchange deal for Peter Eastoe); released (May 8th, 1977)
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	February 25th, 1977 (loan)
Lambourn Sports Lambourn Sports	1992 (manager)
Swindon Town Swindon	1993/4 (youth coach)
Swindon Supermarine Swindon Supermarine	July 1996 (appointed joint manager); resigned (July 1998)
Hungerford Town Hungerford Town	1998 (appointed manager); resigned (1999)
Pewsey Vale Pewsey Vale	rptd October 18th, 2000 (appointed manager); resigned (rptd October 30th, 2002)
Shaw Shaw	(youth team manager)
Swindon Town Swindon	rptd July 27th, 2021 (club ambassador)