| David Rocastle | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Carlyle Rocastle | |
| Date of birth | 2 May 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England | |
| Date of death | 31 March 2001 (aged 33) | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in | |
| Playing position | Midfield | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1983–1985 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1984–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1998 1997 1997 1999 |
Arsenal Leeds United Manchester City Chelsea → Norwich City (loan) → Hull City (loan) Sabah |
218 (24) 25 (2) 21 (2) 29 (0) 11 (0) 11 (1) ? (8) |
| National team | ||
| 1985–1988 1988–1992 1991–1992 |
England U21 England England B |
14 (2) 14 (0) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Career at Arsenal
On leaving school in the summer of 1983 he joined Arsenal as an apprentice and spent two years in the youth team before signing a professional contract just before the start of the 1985-86 season. He made his debut against Newcastle United and soon became a regular member of the first team. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon In 1987, just before his 20th birthday, he won a League Cup winners medal after Arsenal beat Liverpool in the final at Wembley. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the He was a member of the Arsenal side which reached the final against Luton Town the following year but Arsenal surrendered a 2-1 lead and ended up losing 3-2 to a last minute Luton goal. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire.
Rocastle won two league championship medals with Arsenal. The first came in 1989, when he played in almost every game. Arsenal's success was sealed when they beat Liverpool 2-0 in the final game of the season at Anfield, snatching the title of the hosts on goal difference. Anfield is an all-seater Association football Stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England In Sports such as Ice hockey and football (soccer, goal difference (that is goals scored minus goals conceded is often the first Tiebreaker But Arsenal were unable to compete in the 1989-90 European Champions Cup because the ban on English clubs in European competition after the 1985 Heysel tragedy still had one year to run. The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred owing to Football hooliganism in which a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium in Brussels collapsed on May 29 Arsenal finished fourth in the 1989-90 league season and missed out on a return to Europe because only the runners-up were entitled to a UEFA Cup place. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
In 1990-91, a knee injury restricted Rocastle to just 18 league appearances for Arsenal but he still played his part in Arsenal winning the league championship - losing only one league game all season. The following season he only missed three out of 42 league games.
During his time with Arsenal, Rocastle was capped 14 times for England and although he did not score any goals he was never on the losing side and looked set for a long and successful international career. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football But in 1992 he played his 14th and last game for England.
Career after Arsenal
At the end of 1991-92, Rocastle was sold to league champions Leeds United in a £2million deal. Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football Manager Howard Wilkinson saw Rocastle as an eventual replacement for the veteran Gordon Strachan as Leeds entered the first-ever Premier League, but in fact Strachan still had three more seasons left as a regular player at Elland Road. Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943 in Sheffield) is a former English football player and manager. This page is about the footballer and manager Gordon C Strachan was indicted in the Watergate scandal Gordon David Strachan (/strɔn/ The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Elland Road is an all-seater football Stadium situated in the Beeston area of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, Rocastle, meanwhile, was kept out of the side by both injury and competition from other players. He was at the club until December 1993, when he was transferred to Manchester City for £2million as replacement for David White, who in turn had joined Leeds earlier that month. TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club
But the move to Maine Road was not a success for Rocastle. This article is about the stadium for the football club see Maine Road F At the end of the season, manager Brian Horton snapped up the Swindon winger Nicky Summerbee (son of former City player Mike) and Rocastle's days at the club looked numbered. Brian Horton (born 4 February 1949 in Hednesford, Staffordshire) is an English football manager currently working as the assistant Swindon Town Football Club is an English football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, who currently play in League One. Nicky Summerbee (born 26 August 1971 in Manchester) is an English footballer who is currently unattached Mike Summerbee (born 15 December 1942 in Preston) is an English footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of So, just before the start of the 1994-95 season, he was transferred to Chelsea in a £1. 25million deal.
In 1994-95, Rocastle played in nearly 40 games for Chelsea and scored two goals in the European Cup Winners Cup, in which Chelsea reached the semi finals and lost to eventual winners Zaragoza by a single goal. The following season his injuries returned and he played just one game for the club in October 1995 against Blackburn, although he remained on the club's pay roll until his contract expired in the summer of 1998. In 1996-97, after a summer trial at Hertha BSC Berlin, Rocastle was loaned out to Norwich City and in 1997-98 had a brief spell on loan to Hull City, but nothing came of either spell and both times he ended up back in the Stamford Bridge reserve team. Hertha BSC Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC Berlin was a founding club of the DFB PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Stamford Bridge is a football Stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that
On completing his contract with Chelsea in 1998, Rocastle joined the Malaysian team Sabah on a free transfer but was unable to stay clear of injury and retired in 1999. The Football Association of Sabah ( Malay: Persatuan Bola Sepak Sabah) enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent
Illness and death
In February 2001, Rocastle announced that he was suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer which attacks the immune system. The non-Hodgkin lymphomas are a diverse group of hematologic cancers which encompass any Lymphoma other than Hodgkin lymphoma. He underwent a course of chemotherapy for the illness and was hopeful of a recovery. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. But he died on 31 March 2001, aged 33. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Rocastle was survived by his wife Janet, son Ryan and daughters Sasha, Melissa and Monique. Six weeks after Rocastle's death, his son Ryan was Arsenal's mascot in their FA Cup final match against Liverpool in which they took the lead but ended up losing 2-1 because of two last gasp goals by Michael Owen. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester, Cheshire) is an English football player who currently plays for and captains Newcastle United
Five years and a day after his death, 1 April 2006 was designated "David Rocastle Day", as part of the themed matchday celebrations of Arsenal's final season at their stadium Highbury, a 5-0 win over Aston Villa. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 Fans paid tribute to Rocastle before the match with a minute's applause. Arsenal have also opened up a new youth team indoor training facility named after him, as a tribute to his contributions to the club.
External links
- Rocastle profile on Arsenal-land
- The BBC obituary
- The David Rocastle Trust
- Rocky 7 Day (2008)
- David Rocastle career stats at Soccerbase
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk