Gordon Phillips

Gordon David Phillips (17 November 1946 – 3 September 2018) was an English professional football goalkeeper and coach. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Brentford.

Gordon Phillips

Personal information
Full name	Gordon David Phillips[1]
Date of birth	(1946-01-17)17 January 1946
Place of birth	Uxbridge, England
Date of death	3 September 2018(2018-09-03) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death	Surrey, England[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1963	Hayes	9	(0)
1963–1973	Brentford	208	(0)
1969	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	0	(0)
1973–1978	Hillingdon Borough
Managerial career
1990	Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillips also played for Hayes from 1961 to 1963 and for Hillingdon Borough from 1973 to 1978. He was born in Uxbridge, London.

Phillips died on 3 September 2018 from cancer, aged 71.^[2]

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
Hayes	1961–62[3]	Athenian League	2	0	0	0	—		1[a]	0	3	0
	1962–63[3]	Athenian League	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	—		1	0	10	0
Brentford	1963–64[4]	Third Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1964–65[4]	Third Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1965–66[4]	Third Division	11	0	1	0	0	0	—		12	0
	1966–67[4]	Fourth Division	38	0	4	0	0	0	—		42	0
	1967–68[4]	Fourth Division	45	0	2	0	1	0	—		48	0
	1968–69[4]	Fourth Division	23	0	0	0	2	0	—		25	0
	1970–71[4]	Fourth Division	29	0	4	0	0	0	—		33	0
	1971–72[4]	Fourth Division	46	0	2	0	1	0	—		49	0
	1972–73[4]	Third Division	15	0	1	0	0	0	—		16	0
	Total		208	0	15	0	4	0	—		227	0
Queens Park Rangers (loan)	1968–69[5]	First Division	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Career total			217	0	15	0	4	0	1	0	237	0

1. Appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup

Honours

Brentford

• Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1971–72^[4][6]

Individual

• Brentford Hall of Fame^[7]