Kevin Phillips

Warming up for West Bromwich Albion in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Mark Phillips[1]
Date of birth	(1973-07-25) 25 July 1973 (age 38)
Place of birth	Hitchin, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Blackpool
Number	9
Youth career
19??–1992	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1994	Baldock Town	71	(45)
1994–1997	Watford	59	(24)
1997–2003	Sunderland	208	(113)
2003–2005	Southampton	64	(22)
2005–2006	Aston Villa	23	(4)
2006–2008	West Bromwich Albion	71	(38)
2008–2011	Birmingham City	69	(19)
2011–	Blackpool	38	(16)
National team
1998	England B	1	(0)
1999–2002	England	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:56, 29 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Kevin Mark Phillips (born 25 July 1973) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.

Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy. He also had spells at Watford, Southampton, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, and Birmingham City.

Club career[link]

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Early career[link]

Phillips started his footballing career as a right back. He was released by Southampton in his youth and signed for a non-League semi-professional side Baldock Town, with whom he was moved to a striker role. He was signed by Watford on 19 December 1994 for £10,000.

Watford[link]

Phillips established himself in the squad during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons, despite playing in a side that struggled overall. A foot injury late in 1996 kept him out for a year, and by the time of his return Watford were mid-table in the Second Division. At the end of the season he was signed by Sunderland for a fee of a basic £350,000, eventually coming to over £600,000 based on appearances and achievements at the club.

Sunderland[link]

Phillips signed for Sunderland just after their relegation from the Premiership. As the season progressed both his and the team's fortunes improved including one stretch which saw him score in seven consecutive league games, equalling the club record. He also became the first Sunderland player since Brian Clough to score 30 goals in a season. This milestone was reached in a 3–0 win at home to Stoke City in the penultimate game of the Division One season. In total, Phillips hit 35 goals in all competitions, the most by any Sunderland player in one season since the Second World War.^[3] His tally for the season included a four-goal haul in the third round of the FA Cup at Rotherham United and two goals in the play-off campaign. In the build-up for Sunderland's third goal in the 4–4 draw with Charlton Athletic in the play-off final, Phillips pulled up with an injury and missed the remainder of the match, which Sunderland lost 7–6 on penalties. Phillips later described the final as his "most disappointing day in football",^[4] but also as the best match he had ever played in.^[5]

In the 1998–99 season, Phillips scored eight goals in the opening weeks of the season as Sunderland reached the top of the Division One table but in a League Cup tie against Chester City, he sustained a toe injury that would keep him out for nearly four months. On his return from injury in January 1999, Phillips scored a long-range volley away to Queens Park Rangers. In April, promotion was clinched with Phillips scoring four of Sunderland's five goals in an away game against Bury at Gigg Lane. This form earned Phillips an international call-up for England and he made his debut against Hungary. Phillips ended the season with 23 goals in 26 league games and 25 goals in all competitions.

Phillips was predicted to struggle in the top flight; in the run-up to the start of the 1999–2000 Premiership season, pundit Rodney Marsh stated that Phillips would 'struggle to get six goals'.^[6] Phillips went on to score six goals by mid-September and was named Premier League Player of the Month for October. His goal tally was 20 by mid-January and 30 by the season's end. His final tally season earned him the Premiership Golden Boot and European Golden Boot awards (he is currently the only Englishman to have won the latter), and helped his side finish 7th in the table, just missing out on a UEFA Cup place.

The 2000–01 season saw Phillips score 14 goals and in January 2001 he broke Sunderland's post-war goalscoring record.^[7] As the season wore on, Phillips suffered a lack of form, going two months without a goal until his volley against Charlton Athletic. Again, Sunderland finished seventh and missed out on a UEFA Cup place.

The 2001–02 season saw Phillips relinquish his penalty-taking duties, after having three consecutive spot-kicks saved.^[8] Sunderland dropped to 17th in the final table, only avoiding relegation after to a 1–1 draw with Derby, while Ipswich were beaten 5–0 at Liverpool. The 2002–03 season saw Sunderland finish the season in 20th (last) place with a (then) Premiership record low of 4 wins, 19 points and 21 goals. Southampton capitalised on Sunderland's need to reduce its wage bill by tabling a £3.25 million bid for Phillips. On his departure, he revealed that three transfer requests had been turned down, two by Peter Reid and one by Reid's successor Howard Wilkinson.

In all, Kevin Phillips made 209 league appearances for Sunderland, scoring 115 goals, at an average of more than one goal every two matches.

Southampton[link]

In August 2003, Phillips completed his £3.25 million move to Premier League Southampton.^[9] He netted a long-range strike on his debut away to Leicester City,^[10] which was to win Goal of the Month. Scoring 12 league goals that season, Southampton finished 12th, but just before the end of the season manager Gordon Strachan resigned. New manager Paul Sturrock was appointed before the end of the campaign but was sacked just after the 2004–05 season, to be replaced by Steve Wigley who spent just three months in charge before the arrival of Harry Redknapp from local rivals Portsmouth. Phillips had now played under four managers within a year. The club were relegation candidates but despite that Phillips remained among their top goalscorers in his partnership with new signing Peter Crouch. He managed 10 league goals in 2004–05, but with Southampton losing 2–1 at home to Manchester United on the last day of the season, the club was relegated after 27 years in the top flight. On 29 June 2005, Phillips departed from Southampton after two years and 22 league goals to join Aston Villa in a £1million deal to prolong his Premier League career.^[11]

Aston Villa[link]

Phillips moved from Southampton, who had just been relegated, to Aston Villa for a fee of £1 million on 29 June 2005.^[12] Wearing the number 20 shirt, he scored on his debut for Villa and shared front-man duties with Juan Pablo Ángel and fellow new signing Milan Baroš. After recovering from injury at the start of 2005–06 season he scored the winner against local rivals Birmingham City. However, a series of short-term injuries meant he was unable to get a regular position in the first team and he moved to West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion[link]

With Phillips having been in and out of the Aston Villa team during the second half of the 2005–06 season there were gathering rumours of a possible return to Sunderland with the recent takeover and management of the Wearside club by his former strike-partner Niall Quinn.^{[citation needed]} However, West Bromwich Albion eventually signed him for a fee of £700,000.^[13] He later revealed he did not want to move his family out of the area, as he had moved three times in recent years. Phillips notched his 200th career goal in an FA Cup 5th round tie against Middlesbrough^{[citation needed]}. On the final day of the 2006–07 season, Phillips hit a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over Barnsley – his second of the season. He also scored in both legs of the Championship play-off semi-final against Wolves to ensure Albion's progression to the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, although they lost 1–0 in the final to Derby County.

Phillips' two goals in Albion's 5–1 home victory over Queens Park Rangers on 30 September 2007 earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week.^[14] Phillips missed six weeks of the season due to a knee injury sustained in early November,^[15] but rediscovered his goalscoring form on his return to win the Powerade Championship Player-of-the-Month award for December.^[16] Phillips again made the Team of the Week when he scored in Albion's 3–1 away win at Hull City in January.^[17] In March 2008 Phillips was named Championship Player of the Year at the fourth annual Football League Awards in London.^[18] The event sponsored by Four Four Two rated Phillips as the top player in the Football League ahead of Andy Gray of Charlton Athletic and Michael Kightly of Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[19] Albion manager Tony Mowbray has referred to Phillips as "a natural goal-scorer with great awareness and vision".^[20] Phillips scored his 200th League goal in a 1–1 draw with Crystal Palace on 13 March 2008.^[21] Fans of West Bromwich Albion chose to dress up as superheroes for the last match of 2007–08 (away to QPR) in honour of Phillips, who is nicknamed "Super Kev".^[22] Albion won the match 2–0 to win promotion to the Premiership as league champions.^[23] Phillips meanwhile picked up Player-of-the-Year awards from both the West Bromwich Albion Supporters Club and from the club itself, after scoring 24 goals from 30 starts and finishing as the Championship's second top goalscorer.^[24][25] He was also named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year, alongside team mates Paul Robinson and Jonathan Greening.^[26]

Birmingham City[link]

When his contract with West Bromwich Albion expired at the end of the 2007–08 season, the club offered Phillips a one-year deal, with an additional second year if he made 19 or more league appearances. He rejected the offer and joined Championship club Birmingham City, signing a two-year contract on 9 July 2008.^[27] He made his debut on the opening day of the 2008–09 season against Sheffield United, coming on as a substitute to score a stoppage time winner in a 1–0 victory.^[28] Phillips continued his scoring run with goals in his next two games, against Southampton and Barnsley.

At the club's end of season awards, he won the top goalscorer award with 13 goals, and he also won the Goal of the Season, for his goal against Reading. Finally he also scored the winning goal to take Birmingham City straight back up into the Premier League a year after they were relegated. The match ended 2–1 against Reading. He scored a late equaliser against Bolton Wanderers on 26 September, only for Lee Chung-Yong to retake the lead two minutes later.^[29] On 7 February 2010, Phillips came on as a substitute when Birmingham were 1–0 down to Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored twice in the last ten minutes of normal time to win the game.^[30] He reached the 250th goal of his career against Arsenal at St Andrew's on 27 March 2010 with a 92nd-minute equaliser.^[31]

On 18 June 2010, Phillips signed a one-year contract extension with the Blues.^[32] His first winners' medal in a cup competition came when he was an unused substitute as Birmingham defeated favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the 2011 League Cup final.^[33] After Birmingham's relegation to the Championship, Phillips left the club when his contract expired at the end of the season.^[34]

Blackpool[link]

On 10 July 2011, Phillips signed a one-year deal with Blackpool.^[35] On 14 August, he scored both of Blackpool's goals in their 2–1 Championship victory over Peterborough United, on what was his home debut.^[36] He then went on to score another brace, including a last-minute equaliser in the 2-2 draw away at Brighton.^[37]

On 5 November, Phillips came off the bench against Millwall in the 58th minute replacing Keith Southern and scored the only goal of the game four minutes later.^[38]

In the five games between 14 January and 4 February, Phillips came off the bench four times to net three late winners and one late equaliser (a 93rd-minute penalty against Sheffield Wednesday to force a Fourth Round replay).

International career[link]

Despite his success at club level, Phillips has not been able to score in eight caps for the English national team, although he was never given a full ninety minutes for his country. The closest Phillips came to scoring was in a pre-Euro 2000 match against Malta, where he rounded the keeper only to hit the side-netting. Phillips was three times an unused substitute during the group stage of the Euro 2000 finals. His final appearance for England came against the Netherlands in February 2002.

Career statistics[link]

As of match played 24 March 2012^[2][39]

* These figures include playoff games.

Personal life[link]

Phillips was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He is married to Julie. They have four children: Millie, twins Toby and Tia, and Alfie.^[40]

Honours and awards[link]

Club[link]

Sunderland

• Football League Division One winner: 1998–99

West Bromwich Albion

• Football League Championship winner: 2007–08

Birmingham City

• Football League Championship runner-up: 2008–09
• Football League Cup winner: 2011

Individual[link]

• Premier League Player of the Season: 1999–2000
• Premiership Player of the Month: October 1999
• Premiership Golden Boot: 1999–2000
• European Golden Boot: 1999–2000
• North East Football Writers' Player of the Year: 2000^[41]
• Sunderland Solid Gold XI^[42]

Notes[link]

A. ^{a b} : According to Soccerbase, Phillips scored 13 Premier League goals for Southampton in the 2003–04 season.^[43] However, the Premier League^[44] and Southampton F.C.^[45] give him 12, and both Neil Brown^[46] and the 2005–06 PFA Footballers Who's Who^[1] have a total of 22, consistent with 12 in 2003–04. This figure is also consistent with the goal scored on 27 March 2010 being, as widely reported, his 250th senior career goal. This discrepancy arises from a disputed goal in Southampton's 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford on 31 January 2004, which was widely credited to Brett Ormerod, but for which Phillips is named as the scorer by Soccerbase.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kevin Phillips career stats at Soccerbase
• England profile

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Kevin Phillips may refer to:

• Kevin Phillips (political commentator), American political commentator and writer
• Kevin Phillips (footballer), Blackpool and former England international football player
• Kevin Phillips (actor), American actor
• Kevin Phillips (rugby player), Wales international rugby union player

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Wilfried Zaha

Personal information
Full name	Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha[1]
Date of birth	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 19)
Place of birth	Bouaké, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	16
Youth career
	ASEC Mimosas
2007–2009	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–	Crystal Palace	81	(7)
National team‡
2011	England U19	2	(0)
2012–	England U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:45, 28 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:44, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace as a winger.

Club career[link]

Crystal Palace[link]

2009-10[link]

Zaha was given his debut at home to Cardiff City on 27 March 2010 by then caretaker manager Paul Hart with a late 10 minute cameo role.^[2]Zaha was fully involved in reserve team matches at the end of the 2009-2010 season and showed that he has the potential to become a key player for the first team, with his pace and quick feet.

2010-11[link]

He quickly progressed through the ranks at Crystal Palace and became a key member of the first team during the 2010–11 pre-season friendlies. On 7 August, he scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 win over Leicester City and assisted the third goal when his shot was parried for Alan Lee to finish from close range.^[3] Speaking after this match, Palace defender Paddy McCarthy praised Zaha and compared him to Victor Moses. Zaha assisted Kieron Cadogan in the home game against Queens Park Rangers, James Vaughan in the away game at Watford F.C & finally Owen Garvan in the home game against Watford F.C.^[4] On 12 April 2011, he was sent off in the 95th minute against Leicester City for an alleged stamp on Patrick van Aanholt but it was later rescinded.^[5]

2011-12[link]

Zaha started the 2011-12 season in great form grabbing two goals in a League Cup game at home to Crawley Town. Zaha grabbed his 1st assist of the season when he set-up the first of two goals in the League Cup second round tie against Wigan Athletic on 13 September, crossing for Darren Ambrose to score. Zaha scored his third goal in the 2011-2012 League Cup opening the scoring at home to Middlesbrough F.C. on Tuesday 20 September in the third round tie and later added his 2nd assist of the season by setting up the second goal in a 2-1 win. On 27 September 2011 Zaha scored the first of 3 goals in a 3-1 to help Palace fight back against arch rivals Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium, finally winning the game 3-1. Which nearly got Zaha a England Call-up. The next league game Zaha got himself a 3rd assist of the season by setting up Glenn Murray against West Ham United. Away to Watford F.C on Saturday 15 October, Zaha scored to help Palace to a 2-0 victory. In the quarter final of the League Cup on November 30 away at Manchester United Zaha played a vital part in the 2-1 win and grabbed his 4th assist of the season setting up Darren Ambrose to score the first goal in another 2-1 League Cup win. Zaha then notched his 5th assist of the season by assistng Glenn Murray away to Nottingham Forest on 10 December sliding the ball through for the striker to finish. On 30 January Bolton Wanderers made a £5million bid for Zaha, which Crystal Palace rejected. They then made an improved bid of £7million, which was also rejected. Big name top division clubs such as Manchester United and Liverpool FC had talks with manager Dougie Freedman about signing the youngster, but both clubs decided to wait until the summer transfer window. Zaha played against Brighton and Hove Albion on the same day as Bolton Wanderers had bid, winning a penalty that was converted by Chris Martin. On 14 February 2012 Zaha scored his 6th goal of the season away to Bristol City. 4 days later Zaha scored his 7th goal of the season at home to Watford F.C in a 4-0 victory. On 10 March 2012, Zaha was sent off for an off the ball incident with David Edgar in a 1-1 draw away at Burnley.^[6] On 21 April he scored in a 2-2 draw with Reading, in a game that saw Reading secure the Championship title.^[7]

Honours[link]

• 2011 Crystal Palace Young Player of the Year
• 2011/2012 Football League Young Player of the Year
• 2012 Crystal Palace Young Player of the Year

International career[link]

His success over the course of his first full season resulted in a call-up to the England under-19 side for their game against Germany in February 2011. He was called up to the under-21 team on 23 February 2012.^[8] He made his debut in a 4-0 win against Belgium on 29 February, assisting Henri Lansbury for the third goal.^[9]

Club career statistics[link]

As of 28 April 2012.

International career statistics[link]

As of 29 February 2012.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wilfried Zaha career stats at Soccerbase

Rowland David Phillips (born 28 July 1965 at St David's)^[1] is a former rugby union back row forward for Wales where he won 10 caps between 1987-90. He also played rugby union for Neath RFC before moving to rugby league, playing Second-row for Warrington, and Workington Town.He also played for Wales and Great Britain rugby league teams. In 2003 he took over as coach of Neath RFC from Lyn Jones.

Due to his success at the club he is regarded as a local hero, leading Neath RFC to four Premiership titles in successive years and three cup final wins.

In the Summer of 2009 he joined Ebbw Vale RFC as Head Coach. After an unsuccessful season which saw Ebbw Vale relegated, he joined new Italian rugby team Aironi, originally as a defence coach, a position he previously filled with the Ospreys and Wales. He became Head Coach on 7 November 2010 after Franco Bernini was sacked after not winning any of their games up to that point.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at wru.co.uk
• Profile at aironirugby.eu

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Edgar Phillips (8 October 1889 – 30 August 1962), known by the bardic name "Trefin", was a Welsh poet and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1960 until his death.

Phillips took his bardic name from his birthplace, the village of Trefin in Pembrokeshire. He did not learn Welsh until his family moved to Cardiff when he was aged eleven. Whilst working as an apprentice tailor back in his native county, he mastered the art of cynghanedd. After running his own tailoring business in Cardiff, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I, and was seriously wounded. In 1921 he took a teaching course at Caerleon, and taught at Pengam and Pontllanfraith. In 1933 he won the chair at the National Eisteddfod held in Wrexham.

His third wife, whom he married in 1951, was the travel writer Maxwell Fraser (real name Dorothy Phillips).

Works[link]

• Trysor o gân, in four volumes (1930-36)
• Caniadau Trefîn (1950)
• Edmund Jones, the Old Prophet (1959)

Sources[link]

• Welsh Biography Online

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