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James Rogers
Appearances: 31+1 Goals: 0
Date / Year of birth: 9th December 1984
Position: Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 2010/11
Season of last appearance: 2010/11
Also played for: Dover Athletic, Dartford, Folkestone Invicta and Maidstone United
Left-sided player who started his career with Dover. James featured in the club's reserve team during the 2001/02 season and continued to play regularly for them during 2002/03 as well.
He made his first team debut as Dover entertained Moor Green on 20.9.03 and after 25 minutes James scored direct from a corner to put his side ahead. Dover went on to win 2-0.
Over the course of the next seven years James became a popular player at Crabble and was part of the squad that won the Isthmian League Division 1 South during 2007/08 and then the Premier Division during the 2008/09 season. He made well over 200 appearances for Dover before signing for Margate at the start of October 2010 having not featured in Dover's side at all during the opening months of 2010/11.
Margate manager Iain O'Connell told the Isle of Thanet Gazette "I was hoping to get him in the summer but he wasn't sure what was going on at Dover...he's a really good addition."
James made his debut on the left-hand side of midfield as Margate lost 2-1 at Sutton in the Isthmian League Premier Division on 2.10.10 and Iain O'Connell told the Thanet Times "He hasn't played a lot of games but he's a fit lad and I think he's going to get better and better. He worked tremendously hard and he's going to fit in really well."
From then on James was a fixture in midfield and the Thanet Times said he was "impressive" in a 0-0 draw at Billericay on 23.10.10. The Isle of Thanet Gazette then described him as being "outstanding" in a 1-1 draw at Tonbridge on 9.11.10 before the Times said "he had his best game since joining" in a 3-2 win over Sutton at Hartsdown Park on 13.11.10.
On 22.1.11 James made a one-off appearance at left-back in a 2-0 home win over Hastings and on 19.3.11 he was sent off in a 3-2 win over Hendon at Wembley FC. The Thanet Times said he "lost his head and was sent off for two yellow cards in the space of five minutes". James played once more - in a 2-1 defeat against visitors Concord Rangers on 22.3.11 - before joining Conference South club Dartford a few days later. He'd made 32 appearances (one as sub) without scoring before his departure.
James initially played regularly for the Darts but at the start of the 2011/12 season he struggled to gain a first team place and in September 2011 he joined Folkestone on a dual-registration basis.
Their boss Neil Cugley said that he "was really chuffed when the Dartford manager [Tony Burman] called because there's no money involved for us and they want him to play." However James only featured in two Isthmian League Division 1 South games for Folkestone before the arrangement ended.
He then featured regularly in the Dartford side for the remainder of 2011/12 as the club won promotion to the Conference and by the end of the campaign James had made 53 appearances (nine as sub) and scored five goals during his Darts career.
He stayed with the club for 2012/13 too but in September 2013 James rejoined his old club Dover on a free transfer and made his second debut for them in a 2-0 win at Bath in the Conference South on 21.9.13. Dover finished the season by winning promotion to the Conference via the play-offs and in May 2014 James left the club to sign for Isthmian League Premier Division club Maidstone.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
ILC |
KSC |
| |
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2010/11 (MFC) |
31 (49) |
1 |
0 |
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION (16TH OF 22) |
2QR |
2QR |
2R |
1R |
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