Jimmy Rollo
Appearance
![]() Rollo in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 |
James Stuart Rollo (born 22 May 1976) is an English former footballer who was the assistant manager of Bath City until 2021.
Career
Born in
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
Welsh Premier League with Ebbw Vale
.
He moved to
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
- Bath City
- Southern League Premier DivisionWinner: 1
- 2006–07
- Conference SouthPlay-off Winner: 1
- 2009–10
References
- ^ "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.
- 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
- James Rollo at Soccerbase
- Welsh Premier profile