Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1954)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Edward Phillips[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Edmonton, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1971 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1975 | Birmingham City | 20 | (1) |
1974–1975 | → Torquay United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
1975–1977 | Northampton Town | 51 | (9) |
1977–1980 | Brentford | 157 | (65) |
1980–1982 | Northampton Town | 75 | (29) |
1982–1986 | Southend United | 158 | (66) |
1986 | → Torquay United (loan) | 32 | (11) |
1986–1988 | Peterborough United | 48 | (16) |
1987 | → Exeter City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
1988 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 9 | (2) |
1988–19?? | Stamford | ||
Total | 562 | (200) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steven Edward Phillips (born 4 August 1954) is an English former professional footballer who had a long career as a forward for a number of teams in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s. He scored 200 goals from 562 league appearances.[3]
Club career
Phillips was born in
Phillips scored nine goals from his 51 league appearances for Northampton
After 18 months he moved on again, this time to Southend United in March 1982, a move which meant he played 48 league games in a 46-game season: having already played 30 league games for Northampton by the time the transfer went through, he added a further 18 for Southend.[11] Phillips was Southend's leading scorer in each of his first three full seasons, an achievement to which was added the club's Player of the Season award in 1984–85.[12] He finished his Southend career with 72 goals from 182 games in all competitions, 66 from 158 in the league.[13] He rejoined Torquay United in January 1986, and went on to play for Peterborough United and for Exeter City and Chesterfield on loan.[3]
International career
When
After football
In 1999, he opened a bar in
References
- ^ a b c "Steve Phillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b c "Steve Phillips". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ a b Matthews, p. 207.
- ^ Tattum, Colin (27 August 2008). "Jordon Mutch becomes Birmingham City's second youngest debutant". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Matthews, pp. 208–09.
- ^ Ross, James M. (7 November 2008). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Steve Phillips inducted in to Hall of Fame". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-9555976-2-6.
- ^ Miles & Goody, p. 62.
- ^ "Season 1982–83 Football League Division 3", "Season 1983–84 Canon League Division 3" and "Season 1984–85 Canon League Division 4". Southend United Database. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ "Steve Phillips". Southend United Database. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Waiters, Tony. "Little Stevie Wonder". World of Soccer. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ Jordan, Antony & Garin, Erik (1 February 2004). "UEFA Youth Tournament Under 18, 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "Welcome". Inchy's Bar website. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Northampton Town 1975–76 Division Four Runners Up". The League Paper. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.