Career
He played as an outside left and served the club in two spells. Born in Paulton, Somerset, Rogers signed a youth contract with Swindon in January 1961 at the age of fifteen. Having turned professional in October 1962, he made his first-team début on 17 November in a Third Division match against Southend United.
He signed for Crystal Palace in 1972 for a fee of £147,000 and became a club legend.
A highlight scoring two goals in the famous 5-0 victory over Manchester United at Selhurst Park in 1972 and scoring the goal of the season in 1973 then joined Queens Park Rangers in September 1974 in an exchange deal involving Terry Venables and Ian Evans. Rogers played 18 league games for QPR scoring 5 goals before returning to Swindon in March 1976 in exchange for Peter Eastoe.
In November 1976 Rogers moved on loan to the Southern League team Yeovil Town, where he joined his old Swindon team-mate Stan Harland. He returned to Swindon two months later and, after suffering a hip injury, retired at the end of the 1976–1977 season and now runs a sports shop in Swindon bearing his name.
In the 1990s Don Rogers was manager of Lambourn Sports, who were at the time in the Hellenic Football League.
He and Fisher left at the start of the 1998-1999 campaign. After retiring he went into the shop business owning a shop in Swindon called Don Rogers Sports. On 22 March 2008 Swindon Town announced that the South Stand would be renamed from the start of the 2008-2009 season.