Gordon Phillips

Gordon Phillips
Personal information
Full name Gordon David Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1946-01-17)17 January 1946
Place of birth Uxbridge, England
Date of death 3 September 2018(2018-09-03) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Surrey, England[1]
Position(s) 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
Managerial career
1990 Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon David Phillips (17 November 1946 – 3 September 2018) was an English professional football goalkeeper and coach. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Brentford.

Phillips also played for Hayes from 1961 to 1963 and for Hillingdon Borough from 1973 to 1978. He was born in Uxbridge, London.

Phillips died on 3 September 2018 from cancer, aged 71.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hayes 1961–62[3] Athenian League 2 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 3 0
1962–63[3] Athenian League 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Total 9 0 0 0 — 1 0 10 0
Brentford 1963–64[4] Third Division 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1964–65[4] Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1965–66[4] Third Division 11 0 1 0 0 0 — 12 0
1966–67[4] Fourth Division 38 0 4 0 0 0 — 42 0
1967–68[4] Fourth Division 45 0 2 0 1 0 — 48 0
1968–69[4] Fourth Division 23 0 0 0 2 0 — 25 0
1970–71[4] Fourth Division 29 0 4 0 0 0 — 33 0
1971–72[4] Fourth Division 46 0 2 0 1 0 — 49 0
1972–73[4] Third Division 15 0 1 0 0 0 — 16 0
Total 208 0 15 0 4 0 — 227 0
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 1968–69[5] First Division 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 217 0 15 0 4 0 1 0 237 0
  1. ↑ Appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup

Honours

Brentford

Individual

  • Brentford Hall of Fame[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gordon Phillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ "Gordon Phillips RIP". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite warning: <ref> tag with name hyufc cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 387–392. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ↑ White 1989, p. 273.
  6. ↑ Cite warning: <ref> tag with name FCHD cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.
  7. ↑ Cite warning: <ref> tag with name HOF cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.