Philip Michael Roe (born 7 October 1991) is an English former

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who played as a defender. Born in

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, Essex, he was a

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

youth team player, having two spells on

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while with the Blades, but failed to progress to the first team and moved to

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

in summer 2011. He then joined

Matlock Town Matlock Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane. History The club was esta ...

in July 2012 before moving to

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in February 2013. He returned to Matlock Town in July 2014.

Career

Port Vale

Roe graduated from the

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to win two

spells at

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club

in 2009 and October 2010. However, United's

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did not offer him a

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in summer 2011, leaving Roe without a club. Ironically, Adams was then sacked, only to sign Roe and his former youth team

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, after he was appointed manager at

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side

in July 2011. Adams handed Roe his senior début on 22 November 2011, in an

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1–0 defeat to

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; Roe was an 87th-minute substitute, replacing

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. Roe signed a new contract with the club the following month, designed to keep him at

Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has been the home ground of Port Vale F.C. since 1950. The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...

until the end of the 2011–12 season – meanwhile fellow left-back

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was released, leaving Yates and Roe as the only full-back specialists at the club. Roe made his league début on 14 January, replacing Anthony Griffith 80 minutes into a 2–1 home defeat to

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, and was then given his first start against

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at the

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on 27 March, but the match was abandoned after 64 minutes due to a fire caused by the failure of the

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s; he nevertheless gave "an encouraging performance". Though his appearance did not count in official statistics, the

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he received for a lunge on

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remained. With just three appearances all season, Roe was not offered a new contract.

Matlock Town and Worksop Town

Roe signed with

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side

in July 2012 as manager Mark Atkins looked to "add competition" to his squad. Roe later left the Gladiators in February 2013 to sign with

. The "Tigers" ended the

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campaign in ninth place, eight places above Matlock. After "intense talks" with manager Mark Shaw, Roe agreed to stay on for the following season. Worksop finished fourth in 2013–14, losing to

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in the play-off semi-finals. He re-signed with Matlock Town in July 2014. Matlock finished 14th in the 2014–15 season.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roe, Phil 1991 births Footballers from Chelmsford Living people English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Sheffield United F.C. players Retford United F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Matlock Town F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players