Simon Rodger

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Simon Rodger
Personal information
Full name Simon Lee Rodger
Date of birth (1971-10-03) 3 October 1971 (age 49)
Place of birth Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Bognor Regis Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Bognor Regis Town
1990–2002 Crystal Palace 276 (11)
1996 → Manchester City (loan) 8 (1)
1997 → Stoke City (loan) 5 (0)
2002 Woking 1 (0)
2002–2004 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 (2)
Total 326 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Simon Lee Rodger (born 3 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder from 1989 until 2004.

He played the majority of his career with Crystal Palace, including a number of seasons in the Premier League. He also played in the Football League for Manchester City, Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion, and in non-league football for Bognor Regis Town and Woking.

Club career[]

Rodger was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and played non-league football with Bognor Regis Town before he was signed by Palace in 1990 for £1,000. He made his debut for the club, away at Sheffield Wednesday, at the age of 20 and soon established himself as a vital member of the first team at Selhurst Park.[1] He spent 11 seasons with Palace in what was a decade of instability at the club. They were founding members of the Premier League but were relegated back to Division One in 1992–93. They gained an instant return in 1993–94 which was followed again by relegation in 1994–95.

Promotion was again achieved in 1996–97 through the play-offs, but Rodger spent time out on loan that season at Manchester City (making eight appearances) and Stoke City (making five appearances). Palace then suffered a third relegation from the top-tier in 1997–98. Palace remained in Division One and with Rodger having spent ten years at the club he was given a testimonial against Tottenham Hotspur.[2] In 2002, after his testimonial, Rodger was released by the club and after a short time with Woking, was signed by Brighton and Hove Albion, where he was reunited with former Palace manager Steve Coppell. He finished his League career with Brighton.[3]

Personal life[]

Rodger is currently married to a QVC beauty expert presenter – Alison Young.

Career statistics[]

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crystal Palace 1991–92 First Division 22 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 30 0
1992–93 Premier League 23 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 28 2
1993–94 First Division 42 3 1 0 4 0 2 0 49 3
1994–95 Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1995–96 First Division 24 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 28 0
1996–97 First Division 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
1997–98 Premier League 29 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 33 2
1998–99 First Division 18 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 22 1
1999–2000 First Division 34 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 39 3
2000–01 First Division 33 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 41 0
2001–02 First Division 36 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 40 2
Total 276 11 13 0 31 2 8 0 328 13
Manchester City (loan) 1996–97 First Division 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Stoke City (loan) 1996–97 First Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Woking 2002–03 Football Conference 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2002–03 First Division 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
2003–04 Second Division 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
total 36 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 2
Career Total 326 14 13 0 33 2 8 0 379 16
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

References[]

  1. ^ "Jolly Tribute – Simon Says". holmesdale.net. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Rodger testimonal confirmed". holmesdale.net. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Rodger not Jolly at leaving". holmesdale.net. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. ^ Simon Rodger at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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