Benny Phillips

Benny Phillips
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Phillips
Date of birth9 June 1960[1]
Place of birthHazel Grove, England
Playing positionRight back
Youth career
Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1978-1980Macclesfield Town10(2)
1980–1981Bury14(0)
1981Crewe Alexandra0(0)
1981–1982Stalybridge Celtic
1982–1983Mossley
1983–19??Witton Albion
Winsford United
Barrow
Buxton
19??-1990Rossendale United
1990–1991Mossley
1991–19??Curzon Ashton
Droylsden
Teams managed
Grove United
Bramhall
1997–2001Mossley
2001–2003Witton Albion
2007–2008Bradford Park Avenue
2011–Radcliffe Borough
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Benjamin Benny Phillips (born 9 June 1960 in Hazel Grove, Cheshire) is an English former professional association footballer who played as a right-back. He played in the Football League for Bury. He is currently manager of Radcliffe Borough of the Northern Premier League Division One North.[2]

Playing career

Phillips was a junior with Blackpool, Manchester City and Preston North End before joining Macclesfield Town.[3]

He joined Bury in September 1980.[1] He played 14 times that season and was linked with a move to Bolton Wanderers that fell through due to a pelvic injury,[3] but was released and joined Stalybridge Celtic after a brief spell with Crewe Alexandra.[3] He joined Mossley in August 1982 and was voted the supporters' player of the year the following season. He remained a regular the following season until leaving to join Witton Albion following the departure of manager Bob Murphy from the club in December 1983.[1]

He subsequently played for Winsford United, Barrow, Buxton and Rossendale United before rejoining Mossley in November 1990.[1] He left to join Curzon Ashton early in the 1991–92 season,[1] later playing for Droylsden.

Coaching and managerial career

Phillips was assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic, Congleton Town and Ashton United and managed coached Mid-Cheshire League sides Grove United and Bramhall before taking over as manager of Mossley in July 1997.[1] He left in November 2001 to take over as manager of Witton Albion,[4] resigning in August 2003 after Albion had lost their first three games of the season.[5]

He was later assistant manager of Leek Town (from May 2004[3] until May 2005[6]), Clitheroe (from June 2005[7]) and Witton Albion before taking over as manager of Bradford Park Avenue in March 2007.[8] He was sacked by Bradford in February 2008, despite the team being in the race for promotion.[9]

He was appointed as first-team coach, under manager Steve Burr, of Stalybridge Celtic in June 2009.[10] He was made caretaker manager of Stalybridge Celtic in January 2010 following Steve Burr's departure to take over Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers.[11] He was appointed manager of Radcliffe Borough in February 2011 by chairman Bernard Manning jnr (son of the late comic Bernard Manning).[12]

Away from football, Phillips used to run a bingo club in Hyde,[3] although he sold the club in 2005 and it closed in 2009.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Complete A–Z of players 1919–2010: Pace to Pyke". Mossley A.F.C. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Manning is upbeat on Boro fortunes Bury Times
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Phillips returns with Leek". NonLeagueDaily. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Phillips looks to old boys". NonLeagueDaily. 29 November 2001. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Phillips first to go". NonLeagueDaily. 26 August 2003. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Phillips leaves Leek". NonLeagueDaily. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lawson takes Clitheroe reins". NonLeagueDaily. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Park Avenue go nap for Benny". NonLeagueDaily. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Phillips sacked by Park Avenue". NonLeagueDaily. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Burr brings in peyton and Phillips". NonLeagueDaily. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Phillips takes caretaker charge". NonLeagueDaily. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  12. ↑ Bernard Manning Jr Returns as Chairman FC Business.co.uk
  13. ↑ Bingo Closed Clubs Bingo VG