Phil Warner
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Warner[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1979 | ||
| 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 | |||
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.
Southampton
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]
Cambridge United
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]
Non-League football
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]
Personal life
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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