Background
Rouse was born in Cranford, London and played for Southall, Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford and Shepherds Bush before moving north to join Football League side Grimsby Town in 1902.
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Fred Rouse
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He impressed at the "Mariners" and earned a move to First Division Stoke in April 1903. He became Stoke"s most impressive forward in what was a poor Stoke side and he easily top scored in 1904-1905 with 12 goals and the hit ten in 1905-1906. He struggled to settle on Merseyside and returned to London to play for Chelsea.
After two seasons at Chelsea he spent a season at West Bromwich Albion and later played for Croydon Common and Brentford.
