13 Facts About Dennis Rofe

Dennis Rofe started his career at Leyton Orient, originally as an associate schoolboy in March 1964, turning professional in February 1968.

Dennis Rofe was an attacking full back with great pace and he made an instant impact in the Leicester City team.

Dennis Rofe remained faithful to Leicester after Bloomfield left the club in 1977, but was surprisingly sold to Second Division Chelsea, in February 1980, shortly before Leicester won promotion back to the First Division.

Dennis Rofe then spent three seasons at Chelsea as they drifted in Division 2, including a period as team captain.

Dennis Rofe joined Bristol Rovers as a coach in July 1991.

Dennis Rofe then moved briefly to Stoke City as the reserve team manager before returning to Southampton as the youth team coach.

Dennis Rofe served as first team coach and assistant manager as Southampton had a rapid turnover of managers.

On 8 May 2004, Dennis Rofe was ordered from the technical area after protesting about the award of a penalty to Aston Villa.

Souness accused Dennis Rofe of trying to influence the officials, although he later had to accept that the sending off was justified.

In December 2005, following the appointment of George Burley as manager, Dennis Rofe was dismissed along with most of the coaching staff at St Mary's.

Since leaving Southampton, Dennis Rofe has been engaged as a match summariser on BBC Radio 5, and spent the summer of 2006 working in the Bahamas with Luther Blissett at the annual Premier League Soccer Camp.

Dennis Rofe was working as the Football League's regional youth development officer until June 2012 before joining League One side AFC Bournemouth in 2012 as first-team coach working under management team Paul Groves and Shaun Brooks.

On 3 October 2012, Groves was sacked as manager of the club, and Dennis Rofe took over as caretaker.