Gary Phillips

Who is Gary Phillips?

Gary Phillips is a retired football goalkeeper. He last managed Hemel Hempstead Town.

He started his career as a schoolboy at Southampton before moving to non-League Chalfont St Peter in 1978. He moved to Brighton & Hove Albion the same year. Phillips joined West Bromwich Albion in 1979, but failed to make an appearance in two years. He dropped back into non-League football signing for Barnet in 1981 before being sold to Brentford for £5,000. He then joined Reading, where he was loaned out to Barnet and Hereford United.

Phillps rejoined Barnet on a permanent basis in 1989, where he eventually became player-manager in 1993. He was appointed as player-manager of Aylesbury United in March 1996, but left in November 2007, before returning as player-manager in October 1999. In between appointments at Aylesbury, Phillips had a spell playing for Aldershot Town. He left Aylesbury in November 2001. Phillips joined Hemel Hempstead Town as manager in 2001, but quit after just 17 games. After a number of coaching roles, he was appointed as manager of Grays Athletic until the end of the 2008–09 season, before being reappointed as manager the following season taking over from Craig Edwards.