Steven John Phillips (born 6 May 1978 in

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) is an English

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, who was most recently goalkeeping coach at

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Career

The West Country goalkeeper began his career playing for Coleford Athletic under 13s, he then moved into Non-League football with

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and then earned a big move to

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where he went on to play 250 league appearances for the Ashton Gate outfit. However, after an alleged falling out with City boss

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he was replaced from the first team by

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early into the 2005–06 season. Despite being in his testimonial season Phillips never figured regularly again for City. In the summer of 2006, Phillips moved across the city to bitter rivals

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This was after Phillips made a "come and get me" plea to

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manager

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through ex-City teammate

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. Wise chose to pursue

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instead. Phillips took over the number one jersey at Bristol Rovers, taking over from

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and helped Rovers secure a play-off spot in the 2006/07 season with Phillips earning praise, and winning Player of the Year. Phillips won

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's player of the month for November after not conceding any league goals during that month. He also won the Football League's Golden Glove competition after keeping the most clean sheets for the 2006–07 season. Steve was in Turkey hoping to sign a contract with Turkish Super League Division Three team

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. There was also interest from Turkish side Ankaragücü who already have English influences with former Manchester City striker

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and former Luton Town winger Ian Henderson on their books. However, a contract was rejected from both teams, and he has returned to Rovers. On 26 August 2009, Phillips signed for

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on a one-month loan deal, which was soon extended. In November 2009, he joined League 2 side

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on a two-month loan with a view to make the move permanent. Phillips made his Crewe Alexandra debut against Morecambe in a 2–1 home loss. On 6 January 2010, Phillips extended his loan with Crewe until the end of the season. He established himself as number one, but missed the last three games of the season through a shoulder injury. Along with 14 other players, he was released by Rovers at the end of the 2009–10 season, and, after his successful loan period, he was signed by Crewe. He quickly established himself in the Alex team and was part of the 2011–12 side promoted to League One. In an effort to keep hold of his first choice goalkeeper, Crewe manager Steve Davis offered Phillips a player/coach role in 2012. After losing his first team place to youngster Ben Garratt, Phillips left the club at the end of the 2013–14 season to take up a coaching role with Shepton Mallet. He will also play non-league football with local club

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. In June 2015, he joined

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. In 2016, he joined Mangotsfield United In September 2017, Phillips joined

side

as interim goalkeeping coach following the departure of Sam Shulberg.

Honours

;Bristol City *

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: 2002–03 ;Bristol Rovers *

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play-offs: 2007 *

runner-up: 2006–07 ;Crewe Alexandra *

play-offs:

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: 2012–13 Individual *

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: 2003–04 Second Division

References

External links

Steve Phillips
at aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk *

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