[3] Rose made his senior debut on 2 March 1996 when he replaced the injured Steve Morrow at half-time of the 1–1 Premier League draw away to Queen's Park Rangers.
He started the next match, in an experimental three-man back line alongside Andy Linighan and Martin Keown in a 3–1 win at home to Manchester City,[5] and made two more appearances that season.
One of the more important was in September 2004 to seal a last-minute 3–2 win at Brighton & Hove Albion with a "fantastic left-footed strike" into the top corner.
[21] He stayed at Yeovil until the end of the following season, scoring once from 42 appearances in all competitions,[22] but rejected an offer of another contract extension and retired from the game.
[24] He spent time as head of Arsenal's elite academy in Greece, working alongside former Greek international player Lakis Papaioannou.