Terence Peter McPhillips (born 1 October 1968) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a forward in the Football League. He is currently the Chief Scout of Forest Green Rovers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Peter McPhillips[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1968[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Forest Green Rovers (chief scout) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Halifax Town | 93 | (29) |
| 1989–1990 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | (5) |
| 1992–1993 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | (12) |
| 1993–1994 | Barrow | 29 | (8) |
| 1994 | Nantwich Town | 17 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | Burscough | 42 | (7) |
| 1995 | Marine | 12 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | Ashton United | 45 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | Caernarfon Town | 24 | (15) |
| 1997 | Bangor City | 15 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Blackpool (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Blackpool | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editMcPhillips attended Maricourt High School.[2]
Professional career
editMcPhillips was a forward and he began his career in the youth team at Liverpool F.C. He did not make a first team appearance at Anfield and left Liverpool for Halifax Town in 1987. He soon made his mark by scoring a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against Carlisle United in the 1988–89 season. He went on to score 29 goals in 93 appearances for Halifax Town. In 1991, he signed for Crewe Alexandra on a free transfer, scoring once in six league appearances for Crewe.[3] He dropped into non-league football with Fleetwood and Barrow before joining Nantwich Town in March 1994. He then served Marine, Burscough, Ashton United, Caernarfon Town and Bangor City.
Coaching career
editMcPhillips became Academy Director at Crewe Alexandra, in 1992 and spent 14 years as a youth coach at the club before joining the Academy Staff of Blackburn Rovers in 2006. He set up the Merseyside-based TMS (Technique/Movement/Skill) football school in 1996.
He later managed the Blackburn Rovers Youth team that reached the 2012 FA Youths Cup Final, but were defeated by Chelsea. In January 2012, he was appointed caretaker assistant manager to Gary Bowyer after Henning Berg was sacked as manager. He was re-appointed assistant manager from June 2013 to 2015.
In 2016, he followed Gary Bowyer to Blackpool F.C. as a chief scout and assistant manager.[4][5] He was appointed caretaker manager of Blackpool F.C. on 6 August 2018, after Gary Bowyer left the club.[6] On 10 September 2018, he was made permanent manager of Blackpool.[7] McPhillips resigned as Blackpool manager on 5 July 2019, having informed the club's board that he had no long-term desire to be a manager.[8]
In 2020 McPhillips was appointed attack coach and set piece specialist at East Bengal to work alongside manager Robbie Fowler.
McPhillips on 5 October 2021 was appointed the assistant manager at Southport.
In April 2023, he joined League One club Forest Green Rovers as Chief Scout.[9]
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Blackpool | 6 August 2018 | 5 July 2019 | 56 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 37.5 |
| Total | 56 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 37.5 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Terry McPhillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Snowdon, Paul (22 December 2009). "TMS's dedication to youth football earns prestigious FA award".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Snowdon, Paul (22 December 2009). "TMS's dedication to youth football earns prestigious FA award". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers | Team | the Academy | Academy Staff | Academy staff". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ Gary Bowyer: Blackpool manager leaves after one game of the season. BBC SPORT. Published 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Terry McPhillips: Blackpool appoint interim boss as manager on 12-month rolling deal. BBC SPORT. Published 10 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Terry McPhillips: Blackpool manager steps down after one season in charge". BBC Sport. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "McPhillips joins FGR as Chief Scout". www.fgr.co.uk. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Managers: Terry McPhillips". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2019.