| Craig Rocastle | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Aaron Rocastle | |
| Date of birth | August 17, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Lewisham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 85 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | unattached | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–2003 2003–2005 2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007– 2008 |
Kingstonian Chelsea → Barnsley (loan) → Lincoln City (loan) → Hibernian (loan) Sheffield Wednesday → Yeovil Town (loan) Oldham Athletic Port Vale → Gillingham (loan) |
28 (0) 0 (0) 5 (0) 2 (0) 13 (0) 28 (1) 8 (0) 35 (2) 21 (1) 2 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Grenada | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Craig Aaron Rocastle (born August 17, 1981 in London) is a football player of Grenadian and Trinidadian descent. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American He plays primarily as a midfielder and is a cousin of the late England and Arsenal midfielder David Rocastle. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. David Carlyle Rocastle, nicknamed Rocky Rocastle, (born 2 May 1967 in Lewisham, London - 31 March 2001) was
Rocastle has extensive experience in the Chelsea reserve side and has appeared once on the bench for the Russian owned club. He was also a member of the QPR squad that was sent into administration a few years ago. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, based in Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London It was there Rocastle first dropped out of the professional game joining up with Gravesend and Northfleet. Ebbsfleet United Football Club is an English football team currently playing in the Football Conference.
Rocastle signed with Chelsea in 2003, but never made the first team. He looked to gain first team experience and had several loan spells over the next couple of years at Lincoln City, Barnsley and most notably Hibernian. Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system Barnsley Football Club is an English football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke Hibernian Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh.
He joined Sheffield Wednesday at the beginning of 2005 from Chelsea. He signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Wednesday, but after around a year at the club he fell out of favour and was advised to find a new club by manager Paul Sturrock. Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956 in Ellon Aberdeenshire, Scotland) is a Scottish football manager. Rocastle spent the end of the 2005-06 season on loan at Yeovil Town. Yeovil Town FC is an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset.
On 30th June 2006 Rocastle's contract at Wednesday was terminated by mutual consent. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A few days later he signed for Oldham Athletic on a free transfer. Oldham Athletic Football Club (2004 Ltd, more commonly Oldham Athletic Football Club or informally Oldham Athletic, is an English football club He went on to help them to the League One play-off semi-final but fell out of favour. Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons is the second-highest division of The Football
On the 8th June 2007 he signed a two year deal to join Port Vale but quickly fell out of favour. Rocastle was sent to League One Gillingham on loan on the 10th January 2008 and He made his debut in a 3–1 away win over Huddersfield Town on 12 January 2008. Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons is the second-highest division of The Football Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common However he quickly fell out of favour with the Kent club, making only one further appearance. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Rocastle returned to Port Vale but was not able to regain his first team place. On 29th April 2008, Rocastle's contract was once again terminated by mutual consent. He is now currently under trial at st mirren football club of scotland.