Philip Warner (born 2 February 1979) is an English retired semi-professional footballer, who played as a utility player in the Premier League for Southampton and in the Football League for Cambridge United and Brentford. After his release from Cambridge United in 2003, he dropped into non-League football and had a brief spell playing in Australia.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Philip Warner[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Utility player | ||
Youth career | |||
Southampton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Southampton | 6 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Brentford (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Cambridge United | 20 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Eastleigh | 19 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Aldershot Town | 20 | (0) |
2005 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Eastbourne Borough | 31 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Havant & Waterlooville | 28 | (0) |
2008 | → Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Totton | ||
2009–2010 | Heidelberg United | ||
2010–2011 | Poole Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A utility player, Warner began his career in the youth system at Premier League club Southampton and signed his first professional contract in August 1997.[3] He made his senior debut as a 39th-minute substitute for Jason Dodd in a 1–1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on 10 May 1998.[4] Warner made six appearances during the 1998–99 season, but failed to appear after October 1998.[5] On 2 July 1999, Warner joined newly promoted Second Division club Brentford on a season-long loan, with a view to a permanent move.[6] He made just 15 appearances and returned to The Dell two months early, in March 2000.[7][8] Warner returned to the Southampton first team squad during the 2000–01 season, but failed to make any further appearances before his release in May 2001.[9]
On 31 May 2001, Warner signed a two-year contract with Second Division club Cambridge United on a free transfer.[10] He made just 16 appearances during the 2001–02 season,[11] at the end of which the Us were relegated to the Third Division.[12] Warner was mostly out of favour with manager John Taylor during the first half of the 2002–03 season and was released on 10 January 2003, in a cost-cutting exercise.[13][14] He made 26 appearances during 18 months at the Abbey Stadium.[10]
On 24 January 2003, Warner dropped into non-League football to join Wessex League club Eastleigh.[2][15] Over the following six years he also would play for Aldershot Town, Eastbourne Borough, Havant & Waterlooville, Bognor Regis Town and Totton, before travelling to Australia and playing for Heidelberg United.[16][17][18][19][20] Warner joined his final club, Poole Town, in 2010 and retired in 2011.[21]
Warner attended Redbridge Community School.[22] As of January 2008, he was living in Bassett and was working as a van driver and property developer.[22] After his retirement from football in 2011, he became a sports masseur.[23][24]
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 1997–98[4] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
1998–99[5] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2000–01[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Brentford (loan) | 1999–00[7] | Second Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Cambridge United | 2001–02[11] | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2002–03[13] | Third Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Eastleigh | 2003–04[25] | Southern League First Division East | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
Aldershot Town | 2004–05[10] | Conference Premier | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 2004–05[26] | Conference South | 13 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Eastbourne Borough | 2005–06[27] | Conference South | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
Total | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |||
Havant & Waterlooville | 2006–07[28] | Conference South | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2007–08[28] | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 2007–08[29] | Conference South | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Career total | 152 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 175 | 3 |
Eastleigh
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