Phil Holder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Holder | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilburn, Greater London, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1974 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | (1) |
| 1975–1979 | Crystal Palace | 95 | (5) |
| 1978 | Memphis Rogues | 24 | (1) |
| 1978–1980 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | 58 | (4) |
| – | Tonbridge | ||
| Total | 180 | (11) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1990–1993 | Brentford | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip "Phil" Holder (born 19 January 1952) is an English former association football player and manager. As player, he made more than 150 appearances in the Football League representing Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and A.F.C. Bournemouth, and played in the North American Soccer League for the Memphis Rogues. As manager, he took charge of Brentford for three seasons.
Holder was born in Kilburn, London. He began his football career as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur in 1969 and remained with the club for five years. He played only 13 times in the Football League, but played six games in European competition, including a substitute appearance in the second leg of the 1974 UEFA Cup Final. He joined Crystal Palace in February 1975, and played 112 games in all competitions for the club, before spending a summer in the North American Soccer League with the Memphis Rogues. He returned to England and signed for Bournemouth of the Fourth Division in March 1979, before ending his playing career, to go into coaching.
Holder then took up coaching, with clubs including Crystal Palace. He was appointed assistant to Brentford manager Steve Perryman in the late 1980s, and when Perryman resigned, Holder was confirmed as his successor in September 1990 after a spell in temporary charge. He guided them to the Third Division play-offs that season, only for the team to lose to Tranmere Rovers in the semi-final over two legs. In first leg at Griffin Park, a last minute equaliser from Kevin Godfrey gave Brentford hope, but later the same week, a 1–0 defeat at Prenton Park gave Tranmere the overall tie 3–2 on aggregate.
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