Phil Brown
Phil Brown
Philip "Phil" Brownis an English former professional footballer, coach and manager. He is currently manager of League One club Southend United. As a player, Brown was a right-back who made over six hundred league appearances in an eighteen-year career, but never made it to the top flight. However, as a manager, he became the first to lead Hull City to the top division in their 104-year history, winning the Championship play-offs in 2008 after a 1–0 win against Bristol City...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 May 1959
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I'm very confident we will get players in - there could be an announcement in the next 24 hours and may be another within 48 hours.
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If questions come up, Phil will stop the tape and we will talk. And the fellowship that follows each session is great.
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It was a hard game for Adam to be thrown in but he showed some nice touches. It was perhaps a little unfair on him but, hopefully, he'll have learned something from the game that he and we can benefit from in the future.
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It takes us three days to get ready to deploy overseas, ... It took us only six hours to get four C-130s ready to head south. That was probably one of the busiest days we've ever had out here. But it's a challenge and we live up to our challenges.
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It may look white on Christmas morning with frost on the grass but there's no chance of any snow.
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I told my players that if we frustrated Leeds there was a strong possibility their crowd would turn against them, ... But we came up against an in-form striker who stuck the three chances he had away and after that it was damage limitation.
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It's a real blow losing both Craig and Rocky for we were hoping that with rest the injuries would settle down and we'd have them for the run-in.
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There would be no better man to replace Eriksson. Sam would have no problems dropping big-name players.
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They have not pulled on a shirt for the first team or played in front of the Derby supporters but if I need to call on them at some stage this season, I will.
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It's something where you can't take a risk with a player.
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This means we have to agree how the money will be spent.
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There was only one manager who wanted to win the game and that was me. Micky Adams came here for a draw and he got the result he wanted.
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There's a chemistry out here that's tough to put your finger on, ... But it's apparent and obvious. We've known it and now others are learning about it.