James Stuart Rollo (born 22 May 1976) is an English former footballer who was the assistant manager of Bath City until 2021.
 Rollo in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Stuart Rollo | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Wisbech, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bath City (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Walsall | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Cardiff City | 37 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Bath City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Ebbw Vale (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Forest Green Rovers | 32 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Bath City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Clevedon Town | 98 | (?) |
| 2001–2002 | Merthyr Tydfil | 48 | (1) |
| 2002–2012 | Bath City | 481 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | Chippenham Town | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Bath City | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 876 | (10) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Born in Wisbech, Rollo began his career at Walsall as a trainee but made just one first-team appearance for the side in the Football League Trophy as a substitute before being released.[1] He instead joined Cardiff City on non-contract terms, making his debut on 31 January 1997 in a 4–1 win over Fulham after returning from a short loan spell at Bath City. In his first season at Ninian Park, Rollo made seventeen appearances including playing in the play-off semi-final first leg defeat to Northampton Town.
The following season, he scored his first professional goal during his career with a header against Southend United in the League Cup on 12 August 1997. However, in doing so Rollo collided with the post and was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious.[2] He made just eight more appearances for the side before being allowed to leave at the end of the season following a loan spell in the Welsh Premier League with Ebbw Vale.
He moved to Forest Green Rovers,[3] where he spent one season but struggled to hold down a place in the first team and returned to Bath City for a second spell on loan. After a two-year spell at Clevedon Town, during which the club suffered relegation, he spent one year with Merthyr Tydfil. Despite being offered the captaincy at the Welsh side, he decided to leave and returned to Bath City, this time on a permanent basis, in May 2002.[4] He was awarded the club's player of the year award in the 2004–05 season and helped gain promotion to the Conference South in 2007 and to the Conference National in 2010.[5][6]
Rollo stepped up in to a player-coach role at Bath for the 2012–13 season following a management reshuffle at the club. In December 2012, he left Bath after a decade of service and joined Chippenham Town.[7] His time with Chippenham did not work out however and in March 2013 it was announced that Rollo had returned to Bath.[8]
Honours edit
- Bath City
- Southern League Premier Division Winner: 1
- 2006–07
- Conference South Play-off Winner: 1
- 2009–10
References edit
- ^ "There's no shortage of ambition with these Romans". thisissouthdevon.co.uk. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. pp. 165–166. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
- ^ Metcalf, Rupert (14 August 1998). "Consolidation the key for Forest Greens Conference debut". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Nine players sign on for City but Gilroy leaves". thisisbath.co.uk. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Premier Division league table 2006-07". southern-football-league.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Rollo: "back where we belong"". Bath Chronicle. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Jim Rollo ends 10-year Bath City spell to join Chippenham". BBC Sport. 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Rollo makes Bath return". Non League Daily. 13 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.
External links edit
- James Rollo at Soccerbase
- Welsh Premier profile
