Terence Peter McPhillips (born 1 October 1968) is an English professional

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and former

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who played as a forward in

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. He is currently the Chief Scout of

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Early life

McPhillips attended Maricourt High School.

Professional career

McPhillips was a forward and he began his career in the youth team at Liverpool F.C. He did not make a first team appearance at Anfield and left Liverpool for

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in 1987. He soon made his mark by scoring a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against Carlisle United in the 1988–89 season. He went on to score 29 goals in 93 appearances for

. In 1991, he signed for

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

on a free transfer, scoring once in six league appearances for Crewe. He dropped into non-league football with Fleetwood and Barrow before joining

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in March 1994. He then served Marine, Burscough, Ashton United, Caernarfon Town and Bangor City.

Coaching career

McPhillips became Academy Director at Crewe Alexandra, in 1992 and spent 14 years as a youth coach at the club before joining the Academy Staff of

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in 2006. He set up the Merseyside-based TMS (Technique/Movement/Skill) football school in 1996. He later managed the Blackburn Rovers Youth team that reached the 2012 FA Youths Cup Final, but were defeated by Chelsea. In January 2012, he was appointed caretaker assistant manager to

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after

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was sacked as manager. He was re-appointed assistant manager from June 2013 to 2015. In 2016, he followed Gary Bowyer to Blackpool F.C. as a chief scout and assistant manager. He was appointed caretaker manager of Blackpool F.C. on 6 August 2018, after Gary Bowyer left the club. On 10 September 2018, he was made permanent manager of Blackpool. McPhillips resigned as Blackpool manager on 5 July 2019, having informed the club's board that he had no long-term desire to be a manager. In 2020 McPhillips was appointed attack coach and set piece specialist at East Bengal to work alongside manager Robbie Fowler. McPhillips on 5 October 2021 was appointed the assistant manager at Southport. In April 2023, he joined League One club

as Chief Scout.

Managerial statistics

References

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