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Benny Phillips

Benny Phillips

English football player and manager

Benjamin Phillips (born 9 June 1960) is an English football manager and former professional player 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.[3]

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Playing career

Phillips was a junior with Blackpool, Manchester City and Preston North End before joining Macclesfield Town.[4]

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,[4] but was released and joined Stalybridge Celtic after a brief spell with Crewe Alexandra.[4] 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,[5] resigning in August 2003 after Albion had lost their first three games of the season.[6]

He was later assistant manager of Leek Town (from May 2004[4] until May 2005[7]), Clitheroe (from June 2005[8]) and Witton Albion before taking over as manager of Bradford Park Avenue in March 2007.[9] He was sacked by Bradford in February 2008, despite the team being in the race for promotion.[10]

He was appointed as first-team coach, under manager Steve Burr, of Stalybridge Celtic in June 2009.[11] He was made caretaker manager of Stalybridge Celtic in January 2010 following Steve Burr's departure to take over Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers.[12] He was appointed manager of Radcliffe Borough in February 2011 by chairman Bernard Manning jnr (son of the late comic Bernard Manning).[13]

Away from football, Phillips used to run a bingo club in Hyde,[4] although he sold the club in 2005 and it closed in 2009.[14]

References

  1. [1]
    "Complete A–Z of players 1919–2010: Pace to Pyke". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Benny Phillips". Mossley Web. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    Manning is upbeat on Boro fortunes Bury Times
  4. [4]
    "Phillips returns with Leek". NonLeagueDaily. 3 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Phillips looks to old boys". NonLeagueDaily. 29 November 2001. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Phillips first to go". NonLeagueDaily. 26 August 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  7. [7]
    "Phillips leaves Leek". NonLeagueDaily. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  8. [8]
    "Lawson takes Clitheroe reins". NonLeagueDaily. 28 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  9. [9]
    "Park Avenue go nap for Benny". NonLeagueDaily. 7 April 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  10. [10]
    "Phillips sacked by Park Avenue". NonLeagueDaily. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  11. [11]
    "Burr brings in peyton and Phillips". NonLeagueDaily. 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  12. [12]
    "Phillips takes caretaker charge". NonLeagueDaily. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  13. [13]
    Bernard Manning Jr Returns as Chairman Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine FC Business.co.uk
  14. [14]
    Bingo Closed Clubs Bingo VG
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