Phil Coleman (footballer)

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Phil Coleman
Personal information
Full name Phillip Coleman
Date of birth (1960-09-08) 8 September 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Woolwich, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1976–1979 Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1981 Millwall 36 (1)
1981–1984 Colchester United 119 (6)
1983–1984 → Wrexham (loan) 17 (3)
1984 Chelmsford City 11 (0)
1984–1985 Exeter City 6 (0)
1985–1986 Aldershot 46 (5)
1986 Dulwich Hamlet 8 (2)
1986–1988 Millwall 10 (0)
1988 Myllykosken Pallo −47 20 (0)
1988–1989 Colchester United 10 (0)
1989–1995 Wivenhoe Town
1997 Wivenhoe Town 0 (0)
Managerial career
1991 Wivenhoe Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillip Coleman (born 8 September 1960) is an English footballer who played as a defender in the Football League.

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Career

He began his career in the youth ranks of Millwall, where he played as a defender and midfielder, notably scoring one of two Millwall goals in the 1979 FA Youth Cup Final win against Manchester City. [2]

He made his first senior appearance for Millwall in a 2-1 win v West Ham, turning professional in August 1978. [3] In 1981 Colchester United manager Bobby Roberts signed Coleman from Millwall for a fee of £15,000. [4]

He went on to play for Wrexham, Exeter, Aldershot before returning to Millwall for a second spell playing alongside his brother in a division two winning team. A season playing in Finland before returning for a second spell at Colchester United under manager Jock Wallace.

Personal life

After retiring from playing Coleman trained to be a PE teacher, receiving a BA Honours degree in Sport and Education from Middlesex University. [5] He also served as a player then player/manager for Wivenhoe Town and has also coached at Colchester United's youth academy, and non league clubs Clacton, Heybridge and Braintree. [6]

Coleman retired as a PE teacher after 33 years having taught at The Gilberd School, The Colne Community School and finally at Philip Morant and Sigma Sixth Sports Academy.

After 7 years as a City Councillor he left in May 2023.

His son, Liam Coleman, also played professional football.

Coleman caught COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic, being informed of a positive test result on Christmas Day 2020. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 246. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (16 September 2020). "Ex-Colchester favourite Phil Coleman on strange incident". Gazette. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Plummer, Matt (13 January 2021). "'I'm tough but coronavirus has hit me for six' - ex-U's star reveals Covid hell". Colchester Gazette. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Phil Coleman - Players - Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Coleman, Phil". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Plummer, Matt (27 May 2010). "Pitt is appointed as the new Seasiders manager". Clacton and Frinton Gazette. Retrieved 12 December 2021.


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