Phil Gulliver

Phil Gulliver

Personal information
Full name	Philip Stephen Gulliver
Date of birth	(1982-09-12) 12 September 1982
Place of birth	Bishop Auckland, England
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Unattached
Youth career
–	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Middlesbrough	0	(0)
2002	→ Blackpool (loan)	3	(0)
2002–2003	→ Carlisle United (loan)	1	(0)
2003	→ Bournemouth (loan)	6	(0)
2003	→ Bury (loan)	10	(0)
2004	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	2	(0)
2004–2006	Rushden & Diamonds	72	(4)
2006–2007	Hereford United	26	(0)
2007–2008	Rushden & Diamonds	42	(1)
2008	Oxford City
2008–2012	Corby Town
2012–2013	King's Lynn Town	61	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Philip Stephen Gulliver (born 12 September 1982) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Carlisle United, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bury, Scunthorpe United, Rushden & Diamonds and Hereford United. Since 2008 he has played for Corby Town. He played as a central defender for King's Lynn Town. Until he was released in October 2013

Career

Gulliver was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. He was a trainee at Middlesbrough where he was a key member of their reserve side but never made a first team appearance. He made his league debut on 30 November 2002 while on loan at Blackpool, in the starting eleven for the Division Two game against Notts County which finished 1–1. He also spent a month at Carlisle United, and finished the season at A.F.C. Bournemouth, where he helped the Cherries gain promotion from Division Three via the playoffs. The following season he had two more loan spells in Division Three, with Bury and Scunthorpe United, before he was released by Boro at the end of the season.

He signed for Rushden & Diamonds where he was a first-team regular in central defence in his two seasons with the club. Indeed he captained the side in his second season, when Rushden were ultimately relegated from the Football League. In July 2006 he apparently signed for Hereford United on a free transfer and appeared in the squad photo. A few days later he returned to Rushden, pending clarification of his status: if a player aged under 24 rejects the offer of a new deal, the club he leaves is entitled to compensation. He returned to Hereford after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.

He was mostly named on the bench for Hereford's opening matches of the season, but after a change in formation to three centre-backs he was given a run in the team. He was named Hereford's joint Player of the Month for December, but for the last three months of the season he was usually confined to the bench.

He rejoined Rushden at the end of the 2007–08 season. In October 2008 he was one of eight players transfer-listed following a number of poor team performances. After a move to his local club, Corby Town of the Southern League Premier Division, broke down, Gulliver joined league rivals Oxford City on a short term deal. He signed for Corby at the end of 2008, and his arrival in a team which had conceded 14 goals in their last five league games prompted a run of 530 minutes without conceding a goal. Appointed captain, Gulliver went on to help the club to promotion to the Conference North in his first season.

External links

• Phil Gulliver career statistics at Soccerbase
• League stats at Neil Brown's site