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Steve Phillips

My chums from the Armada Sur went to the last game of the season to see CDT play at Malaga and were invited by Malaga fans to their bar which was the one run by our goalscoring legend of 77-78. Apparently Steve was on fine form and made them all welcome, wish I'd bloody gone now.
 

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Wasn't he another one who fell out with Fred Callaghan?
 

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Don't think he missed a game for us until his final game when he was a sub. Took a lot of stick from bigger opponents and kept coming back. Probably my favourite ex-Bee, though I don't think he'd be in my all-time team
 

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forgot I had this one...
 

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TW1Bee said:
It has been discussed on another thread but apparently he owns/runs a bar in Malaga called rather appropriately "Inchy's Bar". A few GPGr's have vivited it and may respond to this with their experiences of it again.
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http://www.inchysbar.com/ :sorted: Steve Phillips.

Barry Tucker was a good solid left back, another boyhood 'hero' from 1977/78.
 

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That's some league record to be proud of 687 appearances and 254 goals. Never realised it was that impressive (assuming of course it's true given it's on his own website !). That's a goal every 2.7 games :eek:
 

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TW1Bee said:
That's some league record to be proud of 687 appearances and 254 goals. Never realised it was that impressive (assuming of course it's true given it's on his own website !). That's a goal every 2.7 games :eek:
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He scored 69 goals in 167 games for Brentford.
 

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TW1Bee said:
That's some league record to be proud of 687 appearances and 254 goals. Never realised it was that impressive (assuming of course it's true given it's on his own website !). That's a goal every 2.7 games :eek:
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I think he also started as as a midfielder and it was dodgin who stuck him upfonr (or was is visa versa). All I know is that he was not always an out and out CF so his record was even more impressive.

As a youngster he was an england youth international and played at birmingham with people like trevor francis. I certainly do not think scoring lik ehe did at lower league is in any way a failure but I am sure he was expected to play his career at the top level.

Him and Jim Macnichol were my boyhood heroes..... and hurlock, bowles, kamara and joseph of course!
 

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He had a great record in the lower divisions but SP had all the ability needed to have made it at the top level but came up short for whatever reason.
 

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North London Bee said:
He had a great record in the lower divisions but SP had all the ability needed to have made it at the top level but came up short for whatever reason.
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I do seem to remember it being said that he had a bit of attitude problem and enjoyed a bit of :box: Despite his size he was a hard little b'stard and not someone you wanted to upset too often.
 

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North London Bee said:
He had a great record in the lower divisions but SP had all the ability needed to have made it at the top level but came up short for whatever reason.
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............................I see what you did there.........................
 

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mhead bee said:
I think he also started as as a midfielder
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I seem to remember him in midfield with Sweetzer and McCulloch upfront when he first came here.

I'm sure they got something like 70 between the three of them that season?
 

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Low End Bee said:
I seem to remember him in midfield with Sweetzer and McCulloch upfront when he first came here.

I'm sure they got something like 70 between the three of them that season?
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1976/77: Sweetzer 23, McCulloch 10, Phillips 7
1977/78: Phillips 36, McCulloch 22, Sweetzer 14
 

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I watched the Wales v England game in Inchy's Bar and the man is just as SeatonBee describes in this thread.

We spoke about a midweek, end of season game at Gigg Lane in 1979 and he not only remembered the score and his two goals, he also recalled that ex-Birmingham team-mates Dave Latchford and Gordon Taylor were playing for Bury that evening.

The walls, ceilings and doors of Inchy's are covered in sports memorabilia, but pride of place goes to a 1935-36 Bees team photo behind the bar. I offered to bring him an old programme with his name on the back, but he pointed out that the entire surface of the bar was covered in them!

A thoroughly nice guy, and I'll be back next week to watch the JPT final there.
 

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Should've checked this thread before my trip to Benalmadena yesterday. It was a bit depressing seeing Inchy's locked up with a For Sale sign outside. In fact the entire row of about a dozen bars and restaurants seemed to be closed down.
 

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He was on form at the wake yesterday, he sat in a cafe up here least week and kept hearing a bod on the next table talking about Brentford, now Steve is good company, loves talking about himself like they all do so off he goes and asks the bloke if he's a Bee, the guys replies with a yes and what a big fan he is too. SP says he used to play for us back in the 70s and early 80s, the bloke says to not tell him who is and he'll get him, Steve is small face to face or face to chest and the guy came up with ............................ Bob Booker FFS! Steve then said he never played for the first team, only the stiffs whilst getting away as quickly as he could, that's some monumental sh*t guess, is it not?
 

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TW3Bee said:
1976/77: Sweetzer 23, McCulloch 10, Phillips 7
1977/78: Phillips 36, McCulloch 22, Sweetzer 14
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Came across this clip.

Some great names amongst the other clubs of Div 4 in 77/78
 

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SmiffyBee said:
Came across this clip.

Some great names amongst the other clubs of Div 4 in 77/78
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That would be Willie Brown leading scorer for Torquay.
 

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Neil Warnock second highest scorer for Barnsley.
 

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Stan Bowles got a couple for Crewe.
 

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Remember up at Huddsfld one Tuesday night when there end cleared and they appeared behind us. We had no choice but to go onto the gravel and Phillips taking a throw said to me "do you lads need a hand"
 

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moribee said:
Remember up at Huddsfld one Tuesday night when there end cleared and they appeared behind us. We had no choice but to go onto the gravel and Phillips taking a throw said to me "do you lads need a hand"
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Don't think that was a midweek game, my brother went, and it was a Saturday, the Huddersfield fans sorted out the coach air conditioning for the journey to the station.
 

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TW3Bee said:
Don't think that was a midweek game, my brother went, and it was a Saturday, the Huddersfield fans sorted out the coach air conditioning for the journey to the station.
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Yea you right. Probably felt like a Tuesday night up there
 

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moribee said:
Yea you right. Probably felt like a Tuesday night up there
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Was Saturday April 1st 1978. Grand National day IIRC.
We won 3-1. SP hat trick. I was 17. Big step towards eventual promotion that season.
Train to Stockport then coach across the M62.
We were in the seats in the main stand. SP scores the third and their mob on the half way line on the other side empties and runs through the open end and into the main stand. No coppers. Most frightenin moment in 50 years of watching the Bees. Finally OB arrives and forces them outside and manages to clears the exits so we can get to our coaches parked outside. Many windows already bricked through. Was a breezy but happy ride back to Stockport to get the train back to Euston.
IIRC, was accompanied by Hungerford Bee and Spider Bee amongst others.
Happy days.
 

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cheshirebee said:
Was Saturday April 1st 1978. Grand National day IIRC.
We won 3-1. SP hat trick. I was 17. Big step towards eventual promotion that season.
Train to Stockport then coach across the M62.
We were in the seats in the main stand. SP scores the third and their mob on the half way line on the other side empties and runs through the open end and into the main stand. No coppers. Most frightenin moment in 50 years of watching the Bees. Finally OB arrives and forces them outside and manages to clears the exits so we can get to our coaches parked outside. Many windows already bricked through. Was a breezy but happy ride back to Stockport to get the train back to Euston.
IIRC, was accompanied by Hungerford Bee and Spider Bee amongst others.
Happy days.
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Your description is perfect. A good Tony Ewers away day. Sure they came from the open end on our right.
 

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I particularly liked this bit

“Dan was brilliant and I got on well with him,” adds Steve.

“I remember telling him one day that I was looking at changing my car as I was driving around in an Austin Allegro and I was going to take out a loan. He told me not to get a loan and that he would sort it out. One day after training, under my seat was £2,000. When I left the Club, I said to Dan that I owed him £2,000 and he denied all knowledge of it and walked away!
 

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Loved that 77/78 season. After a midweek game, the players often got to the White Horse before I did.
 

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Played in a charity game for ex Cobblers a few years ago.
While working as sponsorship manager for Wellingborough FC !

Looks in a good shape.
 

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w7 bee said:
Has he got a yellow round neck tea shirt under that top ?
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I played in one of the fans versus first team matches. I wore a yellow t-shirt under my official one and got stick off Martin Allen, didn't get chance to tell him why.
 

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One for us old Bees to savour. Here's Steve picking up the Adidas Golden Boot award in May 1978, along with Bob Latchford of Everton, Trevor Francis of Birmingham City and a young-looking Gordon Taylor of Blackburn.
 

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