Steve Phillips (footballer)

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Steve Phillips

Full name	Stephen Phillips
Date of birth	May 6, 1978 (1978-05-06) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bath, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bristol Rovers
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997 1997 - 2006 1997 2006 - Present	Paulton Rovers Bristol City → Worcester City (loan) Bristol Rovers	00? (?) 257 (0) 00? (?) 075 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:29, 03 March 2008(UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Steve Phillips (born 6 May 1978 in Bath) is an English football goalkeeper who currently plays for Bristol Rovers.

The Westcountry goalkeeper began his career in Non-League with Paulton Rovers and then earned a big move to Bristol City where he went on to play 250 league appearances for the Ashton Gate outfit.

However, after an alleged falling out with City boss Gary Johnson he was replaced from the first team by Adriano Basso early into the 2005/06 season. Despite being in his testimonial season Phillips never figured regularly again for City.

In the summer of 2006 Phillips moved across the city to bitter rivals Bristol Rovers F.C.. This was after Phillips made a "come and get me" plea to Swindon Town manager Dennis Wise through ex-City team mate Lee Peacock. Wise chose to pursue Petr Brezovan instead.

Phillips took over the number one jersey at Bristol Rovers, taking over from Scott Shearer and very much helped Rovers secure a play-off spot in the 2006/07 season with Phillips earning much praise, and winning Player of the Year. Phillips won League Two's player of the month for November after not conceding any league goals during that month. He also won The Football Leagues Golden Glove competition after keeping the most clean sheets in the football league for the 2006/07 season. He was also awarded the Bristol Rovers Player 2006/07 Player of the Year.

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Bristol Rovers F.C. – current squad

1 Phillips • 2 R. Green • 3 Jacobson • 5 Hinton • 6 Elliott • 7 Campbell • 8 Williams • 9 Lambert • 10 Walker • 13 M. Green • 14 Pipe • 15 Anthony • 16 Coles • 18 Lines • 19 Rigg • 20 Disley • 21 Parrinello • 24 Kite • 26 Haldane • 27 Groves • 28 Mahdi • 29 Klein-Davies • 30 Reece • 31 Clough • 32 Lescott • 33 Book • 34 Fraser • -- Hughes • Manager: Trollope

Persondata
NAME	Phillips, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Phillips, Steve
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	1978-05-06
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bath, Somerset, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH