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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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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We've signed him on a monthly contract and it will be based on his fitness levels.
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Our ultimate goal is to help people end their homelessness. The Street Needs Assessment is a new tool that we will use to help us achieve this goal.
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Paulo would be one we are interested in but not at the moment.
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Stern was not fully fit when he came to us and we are trying to get him match fit,
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I was beginning to think either my managerial career or Pride Park was cursed.
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You learn to live with uncertainty. But the important thing is to keep our focus. That's one of the things we do out here better than anyone else. Our success rate is unparalleled.
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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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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's something where you can't take a risk with a player.
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We weren't funding the (gang outreach) program much anyway.
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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.