Gordon Phillips

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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)
1969Queens Park Rangers (loan) 0 (0)
1973–1978 Hillingdon Borough
Teams managed
1990 Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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[change | change source]

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

Honours[change | change source]

Brentford

Individual

References[change | change source]

  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 error: The named reference hyufc was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  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.
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