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English footballer (born 1964)

Phil Purnell
Personal information
Full name Phillip Purnell
Date of birth (1964-09-16) 16 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Forest Green Rovers
Frome Town
????–1985 Mangotsfield United
1985–1993 Bristol Rovers 153 (22)
1991–1992 → Swansea City (loan) 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phil Purnell (born 16 September 1964) is a former professional footballer who spent the majority of his career with Bristol Rovers. Before turning professional in 1985, Purnell played for West Country non-league sides Forest Green Rovers, Frome Town and Mangotsfield United, until signing for Bristol Rovers in September 1985. He went on to make 153 league appearances for The Pirates in a 7+1⁄2-year spell at the club, scoring twenty-two goals. He was loaned to Swansea City for a month in December 1991, where he played five league games and scored once.

Purnell's playing career ended when he suffered a broken leg in April 1993. He was awarded a testimonial match in the summer of 1994, when Bristol Rovers faced a Queens Park Rangers side managed by former Rovers manager Gerry Francis, and featuring a number of former Bristol Rovers players.

After retiring from playing, he worked in insurance, and also continued in football on a part-time basis as assistant manager of Yate Town, where his former Rovers teammate Ian Alexander was manager, and also at Winterbourne United.

Sources

  • "Past Players". swanseacity.net. Swansea City Football Club. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. p. 504. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.


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