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Gordon Phillips

Len Bond and Kevin Dearden were two of my favourite keepers, but I keep being reminded that Bond was in goal for exeter when we won 7-1 down there.

Gordon Phillips was the first one I remember.
 

Gordon Phillips

TW3Bee said:
Len Bond and Kevin Dearden were two of my favourite keepers, but I keep being reminded that Bond was in goal for exeter when we won 7-1 down there.

Gordon Phillips was the first one I remember.
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A very good 'keeper. As with one or two others mentioned on this thread, if he had been a few inches taller he may well have achieved more.
Very loyal and consistent, he graduated from our youth team.
After moving out of professional football he got involved at Staines Town, and his sons also played for them.
Gordon, in fact, often appeared as a striker for a Staines Town veterans team that included the likes of Peter Gelson and, sometimes, John O'Mara.
I think Gordon may still be involved in some capacity at Staines. He was in one of their hospitality suites at a Bees friendly a few years ago.
 

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Trent Phillips

Further to the above, one of Gordon Phillips' sons, Trent, is the Reserve Team Coach and Goalkeeping Coach at Staines Town.
So, hopefully, a bit more FA Cup glory to come for Gordon's family...
 

Gordon Phillips

GEOFFBEE said:
Further to the above, one of Gordon Phillips' sons, Trent, is the Reserve Team Coach and Goalkeeping Coach at Staines Town.
So, hopefully, a bit more FA Cup glory to come for Gordon's family...
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I thought he was at Derby with Gordon's other son, Terry ? :confused:
 

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Over the Trent...

SmiffyBee said:
I thought he was at Derby with Gordon's other son, Terry ? :confused:
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Well, I bow to your greater knowledge of these things.
But nobody seems to have told Staines...
 

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hI i am gordons son Trent, finally outed as a grapevine user!!! although i dont get chance to make it to griffin park much with my involvement with Staines Town the bees is still the first result i look for!

For any as confused as me with the derby link i have a brother, Kelly, we have no involvement at Derby!!!

I like to come on here to read your comments about my Dad, because i was too young to recall his time there and as he is, far too modest, far too shy and plays his career down all the time, its mt only way. what i am told is he was very good if not short and very loyal, and he still loves the bees.

We are still very close to the Gelsons, Hawleys, Renwicks, Grahams etc i just wonder if teams from this era would remain as close.
 

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The son of a Bees legend...

tp1 said:
hI i am gordons son Trent, finally outed as a grapevine user!!! although i dont get chance to make it to griffin park much with my involvement with Staines Town the bees is still the first result i look for!

For any as confused as me with the derby link i have a brother, Kelly, we have no involvement at Derby!!!

I like to come on here to read your comments about my Dad, because i was too young to recall his time there and as he is, far too modest, far too shy and plays his career down all the time, its mt only way. what i am told is he was very good if not short and very loyal, and he still loves the bees.

We are still very close to the Gelsons, Hawleys, Renwicks, Grahams etc i just wonder if teams from this era would remain as close.
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Hi Trent.
Great hearing from you!
That confusing Derby bit was a wind up of puns from a fan far more clever than myself( it took me a while to work it out)
Yes, your dad was , indeed, a good 'keeper and, as said before, may well have gone on to greater fame if he had been taller. He was very loyal . I recall him, also, supporting a number of events when we were faced with a takeover by QPR in 1967. I believe he also went on that Brighton to Brentford walk! I chatted to him once, at Staines, and he did come across as very modest, and still fond of Brentford. Ask him about that match up in Hull in the 5th round of the FA Cup when he dived on the line to stop Hull scoring-and then found himself under a scrum of about a dozen players!
Good luck to you and the rest at Staines. I feel sure a lot of Bees fans will be rooting for you against Millwall!:sorted:
 

Gordon Phillips

tp1 said:
hI i am gordons son Trent, finally outed as a grapevine user!!! although i dont get chance to make it to griffin park much with my involvement with Staines Town the bees is still the first result i look for!

For any as confused as me with the derby link i have a brother, Kelly, we have no involvement at Derby!!!

I like to come on here to read your comments about my Dad, because i was too young to recall his time there and as he is, far too modest, far too shy and plays his career down all the time, its mt only way. what i am told is he was very good if not short and very loyal, and he still loves the bees.

We are still very close to the Gelsons, Hawleys, Renwicks, Grahams etc i just wonder if teams from this era would remain as close.
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Good to here from you Trent.

Peter Gelson was at GP today and was interviewed on Bees Player.
 

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I played a game of cricket once over at redlees park Isleworth which was Brentford supporters versus the Players and I was caught by Roger Cross and the bowler was Gordon Phillips (I think it was that way round)
Just as an aside - while we were on the field thieves broke into the dressing rooms and went through everyones pockets. Frank Blunstone was the manager at the time and he lost some of his football medals.
 

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A few remarks about Gordon Phillips.
The husband of a work colleague of my wife in Sydney is a Stockport supporter. His dad came down to the recent Bees v Stockport game and kindly sent a programme over for me. I enjoyed the article on Gordon but have one little correction - his first game was against Margate in the Cup, not Gravesend. Fred Rycraft played in the replay v Margate and then Chic Brodie arrived.
I saw Gordon play one match for QPR - it was a little while after the 1967 takeover bid. QPR had a friendly against Arbroath for some reason and were short of goalkeepers. Gordon must have signed a short term loan arrangement and played for QPR in a 6-3 win I think it was.
I didn't get to many Bees away games but when I did Gordon usually stood between us and a shellacking. I'm sure it was the same in many of the games I didn't get to as well.
Finally, a fellow I know here in Sydney, Mike Canning, went to school with Gordon and remembers him as an excellent gymnast - it certainly helped in his endeavours for Brentford!
All the best to GP.
 

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Oh dont mention Hull, my Mum still gives me stick for forcing her to miss the match, ( i was born the following day 14/02/1971)!!

I actually played in a FC County Cup Final at Boothferry Park in 1989 and one of the Hull players from that day was there and was speaking to my Mum and asked her if she had been there before, she said no but her husband had played there in the FA cup and been assaulted, he recalled the match and said it was a foul!

Looking forward to the Millwall game, it makes all the cold nights training really worth it, i was hoping our game Saturday was going to be off as we were kindly left tickets for your game by Andy Scott so we could see Millwall at close quarters, but we ended up playing,.....and losing!!

Thanks for the kind words regarding my dad.
 

Gordon Phillips

tp1 said:
Oh dont mention Hull, my Mum still gives me stick for forcing her to miss the match, ( i was born the following day 14/02/1971)!!

I actually played in a FC County Cup Final at Boothferry Park in 1989 and one of the Hull players from that day was there and was speaking to my Mum and asked her if she had been there before, she said no but her husband had played there in the FA cup and been assaulted, he recalled the match and said it was a foul!

Looking forward to the Millwall game, it makes all the cold nights training really worth it, i was hoping our game Saturday was going to be off as we were kindly left tickets for your game by Andy Scott so we could see Millwall at close quarters, but we ended up playing,.....and losing!!

Thanks for the kind words regarding my dad.
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Thanks, Trent. Interesting comments !
Your dad gave a great display in that Hull Cup-tie. He was quite close to having a giant-killing win to celebrate, as well as your own 'debut'!
And, yes, we all felt he had been fouled for one of Hull's goals.
That was a nice gesture from Andy Scott.
Many of us Bees fans will be rooting for you Staines guys in that Millwall match:sorted:
 
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