Phil Gilchrist

Football player infobox
playername = Phil Gilchrist


Phil Gilchrist on the sidelines for Woking
fullname = Philip Alexander Gilchrist
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|8|25
cityofbirth = Stockton-on-Tees
countryofbirth = England
nickname = Gilly
height = height|m=1.83
currentclub = Woking
clubnumber =
position = Centre Back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1990–1992
1992
1992–1995
1995–1999
1999–2001
2001–2004
2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2008–
clubs = Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough
Hartlepool United
Oxford United
Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion
→ Rotherham United (loan)
Rotherham United
Oxford United
Woking
Total
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
000 0(0)
082 0(0)
177 (10)
039 0(1)
090 0(0)
010 0(0)
035 0(1)
036 0(1)
000 0(0)
0479 (13)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20:31, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =
manageryears = 2008-
managerclubs = Woking

Philip Alexander "Phil" Gilchrist (born August 25, 1973) is currently First Team Manager at Woking. He also plays as a defender.

Career

Gilchrist first joined Oxford United from Hartlepool United for £100,000 in February 1995. He soon formed one of the best defensive partnerships ever seen at The Manor Ground, alongside Matt Elliott, and it was this partnership that formed the basis for the promotion winning side of 1995–96.

Predominantly left sided, Phil continued to flourish after the sale of Elliott, and moved on to Leicester for £500,000 in 2000. In total he had made 201 starts for the U's in his first spell, scoring eleven goals.

Gilchrist made 23 Premier League starts for Leicester before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for £500,000 in March 2001. [cite news
date=2001-03-23
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/1236395.stm
title=Gilchrist moves to West Brom
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] He made his debut for Albion in a 2–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 25 March 2001. He was a regular during 2001–02, forming part of a solid defence which notched up a club record 27 clean sheets and helping Albion win promotion to the Premiership. In all, Gilchrist made over 100 appearances for Albion in all competitions.

Three years later he joined Rotherham United, initially on a month's loan. [cite news
date=2004-03-12
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/3505984.stm
title=Millers sign Gilchrist
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-08-13] Gilchrist made his debut for the Millers in a 1-0 defeat away at Derby County on 13 March 2004. The success of his loan spell led to a permanent move. Rotherham released Gilchrist in May 2006. [cite news
date=2006-05-09
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/4755217.stm
title=Millers let experienced trio go
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28]

Gilchrist returned to Oxford in June 2006 for his second spell at the club, [cite news
date=2006-06-30
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/5132574.stm
title=Oxford capture defender Gilchrist
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] and was made club captain (with Barry Quinn as team captain). Gilchrist announced his retirement from football on 6 December 2007. [Cite news
title=Gilly to quit professional game
url=http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1886470.0..php
publisher=Oxford Mail
date=2007-12-06
accessdate=2007-12-06]

However, in May 2008, he was appointed as assistant-manager at Conference National club Woking, where it was shortly after announced he would be registered as a player. In September 2008 it was announced that following the departure of Kim Grant as manager, Gilchrist and Andy Cook were to be placed in temporary charge of Woking. On 23 September 2008, he was confirmed as the permanent manager till the end of the season.

Notes

External links

*soccerbase|2860|Phil Gilchrist
* [http://www.oufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10342~5746,00.html Profile] on official Oxford United F.C. site

Persondata
NAME=Gilchrist, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Gilchrist, Philip Alexander
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=August 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH=Stockton-on-Tees, England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=