Phil Warner

Phil Warner
Personal information
Full name Philip Warner[1]
Date of birth (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Southampton, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Utility player
Youth career
Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Southampton 6 (0)
1999–2000 → Brentford (loan) 13 (0)
2001–2003 Cambridge United 20 (0)
2003–2004 Eastleigh 19 (2)
2004–2005 Aldershot Town 20 (0)
2005 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 13 (0)
2005–2006 Eastbourne Borough 31 (1)
2006–2008 Havant & Waterlooville 28 (0)
2008 → Bognor Regis Town (loan) 2 (0)
2008–2009 Totton
2009–2010 Heidelberg United
2010–2011 Poole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Warner (born 2 February 1979) is an English retired semi-professional footballer, who played as a utility player in the Premier League for Southampton and in the Football League for Cambridge United and Brentford. After his release from Cambridge United in 2003, he dropped into non-League football and had a brief spell playing in Australia.

Career

Southampton

A utility player, Warner began his career in the youth system at Premier League club Southampton and signed his first professional contract in August 1997.[3] He made his senior debut as a 39th-minute substitute for Jason Dodd in a 1–1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on 10 May 1998.[4] Warner made six appearances during the 1998–99 season, but failed to appear after October 1998.[5] On 2 July 1999, Warner joined newly promoted Second Division club Brentford on a season-long loan, with a view to a permanent move.[6] He made just 15 appearances and returned to The Dell two months early, in March 2000.[7][8] Warner returned to the Southampton first team squad during the 2000–01 season, but failed to make any further appearances before his release in May 2001.[9]

Cambridge United

On 31 May 2001, Warner signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Cambridge United on a free transfer.[10] He made just 16 appearances during the 2001–02 season,[11] at the end of which the Us were relegated to the Third Division.[12] Warner was mostly out of favour with manager John Taylor during the first half of the 2002–03 season and was released on 10 January 2003, in a cost-cutting exercise.[13][14] He made 26 appearances during 18 months at the Abbey Stadium.[10]

Non-League football

On 24 January 2003, Warner dropped into non-League football to join Wessex League club Eastleigh.[2][15] Over the following six years he also would play for Aldershot Town, Eastbourne Borough, Havant & Waterlooville, Bognor Regis Town and Totton, before travelling to Australia and playing for Heidelberg United.[16][17][18][19][20] Warner joined his final club, Poole Town, in 2010 and retired in 2011.[21]

Personal life

Warner attended Redbridge Community School.[22] As of January 2008, he was living in Bassett and was working as a van driver and property developer.[22] After his retirement from football in 2011, he became a sports masseur.[23][24]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton 1997–98[4] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1998–99[5] 5 0 0 0 1 0 — 6 0
2000–01[9] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 6 0 0 0 1 0 — 7 0
Brentford (loan) 1999–00[7] Second Division 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
Cambridge United 2001–02[11] Second Division 12 0 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 16 0
2002–03[13] Third Division 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Total 20 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 26 0
Eastleigh 2003–04[25] Southern League First Division East 19 2 0 0 — 0 0 19 2
Aldershot Town 2004–05[10] Conference Premier 20 0 1 0 — 0 0 21 0
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2004–05[26] Conference South 13 0 — — 1[b] 0 14 0
Eastbourne Borough 2005–06[27] Conference South 31 1 1 0 — 0 0 32 1
Total 44 1 1 0 — 1 0 46 1
Havant & Waterlooville 2006–07[28] Conference South 19 0 3 0 — 4[c] 0 26 0
2007–08[28] 9 0 3 0 — 2[d] 0 14 0
Total 28 0 6 0 — 6 0 40 0
Bognor Regis Town (loan) 2007–08[29] Conference South 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 152 3 10 0 4 0 9 0 175 3
  1. ^ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance in Conference South play-offs
  3. ^ 2 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Hampshire Senior Cup
  4. ^ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Conference League Cup

Honours

Eastleigh

References

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  3. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan & Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. pp. 494–495. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
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  5. ^ a b "Games played by Phil Warner in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 318. ISBN 9781906796723.
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  10. ^ a b c "Games played by Phil Warner in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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  14. ^ "Warner leaves Cambridge". 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Warner's signature too late for vital cup game". Daily Echo. 21 January 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  16. ^ Houldsworth, Andy; Harris, Jon. "Phil Warner: 2004/2005 Biography & Statistics". archive.theshots.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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  21. ^ Chard, Phil (7 January 2011). "Browning influence pleases Poole boss". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  22. ^ a b Walter, Simon (16 January 2008). "Ex-Saint dreams of return to the big-time". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  23. ^ "Meet our Therapists". Elite Sports Massage Therapy. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  24. ^ "Phil Warner – Sports Massage". Legends Bootcamp. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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