Phil Hoadley

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Phil Hoadley
Personal information
Full name Philip Frederick William Hoadley
Date of birth January 6, 1952 (1952-01-06) (age 56)
Place of birth    Battersea, England
Playing position Centre back
Youth clubs
Crystal Palace
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1967-1971
1971-1978
1978-1982
Crystal Palace
Leyton Orient
Norwich City
Total
074 00(1)
255 00(9)
077 00(0)
306 0(10)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Phil Hoadley (January 6, 1952) is an English footballer. After appearing in over 200 matches for Crystal Palace,Leyton Orient and Norwich City he retired from professional football in 1982 following a knee injury. Remembered as a tough tackler with stacks of energy on the pitch, he has a firm place in the history of the game. Following his professional football career Phil enjoyed further careers in a variety of areas including sales before returning to Norwich City FC in the 1990's as a 'football in the community' officer. Today he enjoys a semi retired life with his family in Norfolk, also managing a public house on a part time basis and being an active part of his local community.