Rodney Carl Rowe is an English former footballer who played for a number of clubs in Northern England

Northern England

Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North or the North Country, is a cultural region of England. It is not an official government region, but rather an informal amalgamation of counties. The southern extent of the region is roughly the River Trent, while the North is bordered...

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Huddersfield Town

Rowe signed professional at Huddersfield Town on 12 July 1993, Rowe spent 5 years at his home-town club. Here he played a total of 46 games, mostly from the sub's bench, and scored five goals. One of these goals came in a Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

 tie where he scored the winner. Rowe also played for Scarborough and Bury during this time, on loan. He played three games for Bury without scoring, and played 18 for Scarborough scoring twice in all competitions.

York City

Rowe spent three years at York, playing 108 games and scoring 28 in all competitions. He received a £150 fine in March 1998, while playing for City, after pushing a woman into a wheelie bin, admitting to common assault

Common assault

Common assault was an offence under the common law of England, and has been held now to be a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. It was thought to include battery...

 at Selby Magistrates' Court. Also during this time Rowe was loaned out to Halifax Town.

Gillingham

Rowe signed for Gillingham on 23 November 1999 for £30,000 and failed to impress. He played 23 games in all competitions 14 coming from the bench, he only scored four goals during his time playing for the Gills.

Hull City

Rowe signed for Hull City in 2001 on a free transfer. Hull turned out to be his last Football League club and scored eight goals in 37 appearances. Rowe then dropped down to non-League

Non-league football

Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...

, in 2002, to play for Emley.

Non-League career

Rowe left Emley only months after, he played 15 and scored four goals. He signed for Ashton United. In 2003 he left Ashton for Ossett Town where he stayed until 2005 when he moved onto Farsley Celtic. He stayed there until 2006 and signed for Bradford Park Avenue. Rowe is thought to have left Park Avenue soon after signing.

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