Lee Phillips (footballer, born 1980)

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Lee Phillips
Personal information
Full name Lee Paul Phillips
Date of birth (1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Penzance, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2001 Plymouth Argyle 50 (1)
2001–2004 Weymouth 135 (50)
2002 → Newport County (loan) 6 (4)
2004–2007 Exeter City 87 (21)
2007–2008 Torquay United 41 (12)
2008–2009 Rushden & Diamonds 20 (2)
2009 Weymouth 5 (1)
2009–2010 Cambridge United 37 (3)
2010–2012 Bath City 74 (18)
2012 → Eastleigh (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2016 Chippenham Town 100 (28)
2016–2017 Exmouth Town
2017–2018 Saltash United

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:36, 31 January 2016

Plympton Athletic 1st (UTC) now works at becton Dickinson as on OTL

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Lee Paul Phillips (born 16 September 1980) is an English semi-professional footballer

Career

A striker, Phillips, began his football career as a youth trainee with Plymouth Argyle, turning professional in the 1996 close season. He made his league debut, as a late substitute for Neil Illman, in Argyle's 2–0 win at home to Gillingham on 29 October 1996 and made one further appearance that season. He went on to make over 50 first team appearances for Plymouth, although over half of them were as a substitute. Although scoring just the one league goal whilst at Plymouth, it came in an extremely memorable and dramatic game. With Plymouth playing at Carlisle on the last day of the 1998/99 season, Carlisle needed to win to avoid relegation from the Football League. Phillips put Plymouth 1–0 up but Carlisle equalised and then subsequently scored the winning goal in injury time courtesy of their goalkeeper, Jimmy Glass. [1] While at Plymouth, Phillips suffered a broken leg that many thought would end his playing career.

He recovered and resumed his career, but failed to win a regular starting place and joined Conference South side, Weymouth in January 2001, initially on loan, but on a free transfer two months later. In February 2002, Phillips joined Newport County on loan until the end of the season as Weymouth tried to cut their wage bill. [2] Over two seasons, Phillips made 67 appearances for Weymouth, scoring 33 goals, attracting attention from a number of higher level sides, including Reading [3] and Yeovil Town (who he had a trial with in November 2002). [4]

On 22 February 2005, Phillips moved to Conference National side Exeter City along with teammate Steve Tully for an undisclosed fee. [5]

Phillips joined local rivals Torquay United for a fee of £17,500 on a three-year deal on 21 June 2007 [6] and quickly forged a successful partnership with Tim Sills.

On 15 May 2008 he joined fellow Conference team Rushden & Diamonds for an undisclosed fee. [7]

In the January 2009 transfer window, Phillips left Rushden and rejoined Weymouth. [8] He joined Cambridge United on 2 March. [9]

He left Cambridge at the end of the 2009–10 season to sign for Bath City on 14 July. [10] He departed the club two years later after their relegation to the Conference South. [11]

On 25 June 2012 Phillips joined Chippenham Town [12] now works at BD Plymouth as an OTL

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References

  1. ↑ Metcalf, Rupert (10 May 1999). "Carlisle raise a Glass to survival – Carlisle United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1". The Independent . London. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Now Phillips leaves Terras". NonLeagueDaily. 26 February 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Phillips for Royals?". NonLeagueDaily. 12 January 2005. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "Glovers extend Phillips trial". NonLeagueDaily. 21 November 2002. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Grecians swoop for Weymouth pair". BBC Sport. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Buckle raids Exeter for Phillips". BBC Sport. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  7. ↑ "Torquay Striker joins Garry Hill's squad". Rushden & Diamonds F.C. 15 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  8. ↑ "Phillips rejoins Terras". NonLeagueDaily. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Cambridge secure double signing". BBC Sport. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  10. ↑ "Striker Lee Phillips signs for Bath City". Bath Chronicle. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "Phillips exits as fans await statement from Bath City board". Bath Chronicle. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "CHIPPENHAM TOWN FC PRESS RELEASE". 17 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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