Gordon Phillips (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon David Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Uxbridge, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crystal Palace | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Hayes | 9 | (0) |
| 1963–1973 | Brentford | 208 | (0) |
| 1969 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1973–1978 | Hillingdon Borough | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1990 | Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gordon David Phillips (born 17 November 1946) is an English retired professional football goalkeeper and coach who made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Brentford.
After a short spell with Crystal Palace, Phillips began his career at Athenian League side Hayes and made his debut at the age of 15 in a victorious Middlesex Charity Cup semi-final tie in April 1962. He made two further appearances towards the end of the 1961–62 season, but was robbed of the chance to play in the 1962 Middlesex Charity Cup final because of a broken thumb. He made seven appearances during the 1962–63 season, before departing the club at the end of the campaign. Interest from Football League clubs West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth, Leicester City and West Ham United failed to materialise into deals.
Phillips joined Division Three side Brentford in the summer of 1963. He had a difficult start to life at Griffin Park, conceding 13 goals in his first two youth and reserve matches. An injury to Gerry Cakebread and poor recent performances by his deputy Fred Ryecraft saw manager Frank Blunstone hand Phillips made his first team debut in an FA Cup first round match against Margate at Griffin Park on 16 November 1963. Phillips conceded two goals in the eventual 2–2 draw and it turned out to be his only appearance of the 1963–64 season. Behind new signing Chic Brodie in the pecking order, Phillips was confined to the reserve team for his early years at Brentford.
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