Phil Chambers (footballer)

Phil Chambers
Personal information
Full name Philip Martin Chambers[1]
Date of birth (1953-11-10) 10 November 1953
Place of birth Barnsley, England[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position Left back[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1985 Barnsley 442 (7)
1985 Rochdale 10 (0)
1985–1986 Hartlepool United 29 (0)
Total 481 (7)
International career
England schoolboys[1]
Managerial career
1993 Scarborough
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Martin Chambers (born 10 November 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Having previously joined the Barnsley groundstaff as an apprentice, he became signed a professional contract in November 1971.[3] He had previously played for the England schoolboys team.[1] He made 442 league appearances across 14 years at the club,[1] and was part of the Barnsley team that finished as Third Division runners-up in 1980–81, and thus were promoted to the Second Division.[4]

After leaving Barnsley in summer 1985, he played 10 matches for Rochdale on non-contract terms, before joining Hartlepool United in November 1985 where he made 29 appearances.[1][5] He was later a youth coach at both Rotherham United and Scarborough, and had a spell managing the latter in 1993, before working at a bacon factory in Barnsley.[4][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Phil Chambers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1976–77. London: Queen Anne Press. 1976. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-362-00259-1.
  3. ^ "OzWhite's Leeds United F.C. History". Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Where Are They Now? Barnsley's Division Three runners-up 1980-81". The Football League Paper. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Phil Chambers". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Phil Chambers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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