| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Martin Chambers [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England [1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back [1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1985 | Barnsley | 442 | (7) |
| 1985 | Rochdale | 10 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Hartlepool United | 29 | (0) |
| Total | 481 | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| England schoolboys [1] | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993 | Scarborough | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Philip Martin Chambers (born 10 November 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.
Having previously joined the Barnsley groundstaff as an apprentice, he became signed a professional contract in November 1971. [3] He had previously played for the England schoolboys team. [1] He made 442 league appearances across 14 years at the club, [1] and was part of the Barnsley team that finished as Third Division runners-up in 1980–81, and thus were promoted to the Second Division. [4]
After leaving Barnsley in summer 1985, he played 10 matches for Rochdale on non-contract terms, before joining Hartlepool United in November 1985 where he made 29 appearances. [1] [5] He was later a youth coach at both Rotherham United and Scarborough, and had a spell managing the latter in 1993, before working at a bacon factory in Barnsley. [4] [6]