James Neil Phillips (born 8 February 1966) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Neil Phillips[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1966[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, Lancashire, England[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Bolton Wanderers | 108 | (2) |
| 1987–1988 | Rangers | 25 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Oxford United | 79 | (8) |
| 1990–1993 | Middlesbrough | 139 | (6) |
| 1993–2001 | Bolton Wanderers | 221 | (3) |
| Total | 572 | (19) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Bolton Wanderers Reserves | ||
| 2008–2020 | Bolton Wanderers Academy | ||
| 2012 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| 2019 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers. He also played in the Scottish Premiership for Rangers and in the Football League with Oxford United. Whilst at Bolton he played in the 1995 Football League Cup Final.
Following retirement, he returned and has coached their reserve and academy teams as well as holding the position of first team caretaker manager on three occasions. The last role he held at the club was academy director.
Coaching career
editPhillips joined the Bolton Wanderers youth coaching staff whilst still a player for the team, starting his role as a coach on 1 June 2000,[3] then retired as a player a year later, though he played no matches during his final season as a registered player/coach.
On 9 October 2012, Phillips was appointed joint caretaker manager of Bolton alongside Sammy Lee following the sacking of Owen Coyle.[4] However, Phillips took control of first team affairs, with Lee and Julian Darby assisting him.
Phillips first game in temporary charge saw him lead his hometown club to a 3–2 victory over Bristol City at the Reebok Stadium with Bolton having recovered from being two goals down early in the game.[5] His second match in caretaker charge came at Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium which ended in a 2–2 draw with Mark Davies scoring a 90th-minute equaliser for Bolton.
On 23 October 2012, Crystal Palace confirmed that manager Dougie Freedman had left the club for Bolton Wanderers. Bolton were yet to confirm the appointment though and Phillips then confirmed he would be in charge of the next match against Middlesbrough whilst Freedman was still in discussions with Gartside.[6] Bolton lost 2–1. When Freedman was appointed, Phillips went back to coaching the youth team.
On 15 March 2016, he assumed interim charge of the Bolton team following the departure of Neil Lennon by mutual consent, and did the same in August 2019 after Phil Parkinson resigned.[7] On 21 July 2020, the club confirmed that Phillips had stepped down from his role as Academy Director as a result of Bolton dropping to a Category Three Academy, ending a thirty year association with the club.[8]
Personal life
editJimmy's son, Nat Phillips, is also a footballer and played for him in the Bolton Wanderers academy. He is who plays on loan as a centre back for Liverpool. [9]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 31 August 2019
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) |  England
|
9 October 2012 | 27 October 2012 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | England
|
15 March 2016 | 10 June 2016 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10.00 |
| Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | England
|
21 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00[10] |
Honours
editBolton Wanderers
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Jimmy Phillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Club Staff - U23s and U18s Staff - Jimmy Phillips - Bolton Wanderers". www.bwfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Manager Coyle is sacked by Bolton". BBC Sport.
- ^ Bolton 3 Bristol City 2
- ^ "Phillips: I'm in charge at Boro".
- ^ "Phil Parkinson: Bolton Wanderers manager resigns from League One club". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers confirm Jimmy Phillips has stepped down as academy boss". Bolton News. 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Decade XI: Remembering those we never saw". 17 December 2019.
- ^ This total also includes the EFL Trophy match against Bradford City on 3 September 2019, as Keith Hill had asked him to take charge of the match due to Bolton playing the youth team in the cup match.
- ^ Moore, Glenn (2 April 1995). "Liverpool prevail in cup final to savour". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
External links
edit- Jimmy Phillips at Soccerbase
