Phil Boersma
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Philip Boersma | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Kirkby, Lancashire, England | ||
Position(s) |
striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1975 | Liverpool | 82 | (17) |
1970 | → Wrexham (loan) | 7 | (0) |
1975–1977 | Middlesbrough | 47 | (3) |
1977–1978 | Luton Town | 36 | (8) |
1978–1979 | Swansea City | 18 | (1) |
Total | 190 | (29) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Philip Boersma (born 24 September 1949 in Kirkby) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a midfield/striker for Liverpool and Middlesbrough among others.
Life and playing career
He began his career with Liverpool, signing his first contract in September 1968, he made his debut in
He went on loan to
He was a prominent figure during Liverpool's run to the
In 1973/74 he featured in 22 of Liverpool's games scoring 4 times, including 5 appearances and 1 goal during the FA Cup run which took the Merseysiders to Wembley. He expected to be the substitute but was overlooked for Chris Lawler, a full-back.
Boersma did not take the news well and angrily left Anfield vowing he'd never wear the red of Liverpool again. Liverpool and Boersma managed to work things out. He started the following campaign in goalscoring form, scoring the Reds' goal in the Charity Shield win over Leeds United, a game that finished 1–1, with Liverpool winning 6–5 on penalties.
He then scored a brace against
Always on the fringes of the first team, mainly due to the Keegan/Toshack partnership supported by Steve Heighway, and the emergence of youngster David Fairclough, Boersma failed to make an impact on the 1975/76 season for the Anfield club and Bob Paisley allowed him to leave Liverpool in December 1975.
He left for Teesside joining Middlesbrough for £72,000 where he played generally as a midfielder, he made his debut for Middlesbrough on 6 December '75 in a 0–0 draw at Ayresome Park with Manchester United. During his short 2-year spell at Boro he played 47 league games scoring 3 times. It was at Middlesbrough where Boersma struck up a friendship with Graeme Souness, This friendship would pay dividends for Boersma later on in his career.
Boersma left Middlesbrough in the August 1977 and head to Kenilworth Road and Luton Town where he scored 8 goals in 36 league games.
He left Luton to join up with former club colleague John Toshack who was in charge of Welsh club
Coaching career
Since retiring, Boersma moved into
He linked up with Souness again as physio at Rangers before taking on coaching roles under Souness at their former club Liverpool. They then moved on to Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He parted from Newcastle by mutual consent in 2005.[1] In January 2008 Boersma had a brief spell with
Honours
Liverpool
- Football League First Division (Level 1): 1972–73
- Charity Shield: 1974
- UEFA Cup: 1972–73
References
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Daily Post North Wales – Sport News – Welsh Football League – Cefni boss sacked as too many locals left". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2011.