Les Phillips

For other people named Leslie Phillips, see Leslie Phillips (disambiguation).

Les Phillips
Personal information
Full name Leslie Michael Phillips
Date of birth (1963-01-07) 7 January 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Lambeth, London, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1980 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Birmingham City 44 (3)
1984–1993 Oxford United 179 (10)
1993–1994 Northampton Town 26 (0)
1994–???? Marlow
????–2001 Banbury United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Michael Phillips (born 7 January 1963) is an English former football midfielder who scored 13 goals from 249 appearances in the Football League.[2]

Phillips began his career at Birmingham City as an apprentice in 1979. He was capped by England at youth level,[3] and made his first-team debut for Birmingham in a 2–2 draw at West Ham United in February 1982. In all he played 44 league games for Birmingham, scoring 3 goals, before he was transferred to Oxford United in March 1984.[4] Phillips enjoyed a long spell at Oxford, remaining with the club until 1993, and he featured in to date the club's only major honour, the 1986 Football League Cup Final. His final league season was with Northampton Town during the 1993-94 season.[5]

He moved into non-league football with Marlow,[2] and finished his playing career at Banbury United,[6] before returning to Oxford United as a scout in 2008.[7]

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ a b "Les Phillips". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players' Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ "Les Phillips Birmingham City FC". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ Rollin, J. (1994). Soccer Who's Who. Enfield: Guinness Publishing. p. 278.
  6. ^ "Football: Injured Les bids for Manor return". Oxford Mail. 8 May 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ^ Murray, Joe (25 February 2008). "Patto's keeping fingers crossed". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2015.