Phil Jevons

Bristol City On 22 May 2006, Jevons joined Bristol City on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract following Gary Johnson to Ashton Gate. He scored his first goal as a Bristol City player on 12 August 2006 in a 2–1 defeat to Huddersfield Town. On 3 December 2006 he scored a hat-trick in the FA Cup as part of a 4–3 win over Gillingham. He went on to score a total of seventeen goals in the 2006–07 season, helping his side to promotion to the Football League Championship. He started his 2007–08 campaign off well scoring a brace in a 3–0 win over Brentford in the League Cup. But after going three more games without a goal, he was sent out on a month's loan deal to Huddersfield Town on 22 November 2007.

Huddersfield Town

He made his debut on 24 November 2007, as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Leyton Orient at the Galpharm Stadium. On 1 December 2007, he scored his first two goals for the club in a 3–0 against his former team, Grimsby Town to send Huddersfield through to the third round of the FA Cup. He scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–1 win over Bristol Rovers. On 24 December 2007, Jevons's loan at Huddersfield was extended until 19 January 2008. However, on 10 January Jevons was signed for £100,000, a fee that could double to £200,000 depending on appearances and whether Huddersfield could gain promotion. Jevons signed a contract that would take him to the summer of 2010. He scored another five goals in the 2007–08 season, taking his season total to eleven goals for both Bristol City and Huddersfield. After going sixteen games without a goal in the first half of the 2008–09 season, he scored his first goal of the campaign on 10 January 2009 in a 1–1 draw with Northampton Town. He scored his second goal in three games as his side lost 4–2 to Leicester City.

On 21 March 2009, Jevons joined up with Football League Two side Bury on a month's loan deal. On 24 March, he made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Rotherham. After another two games without a goal, he scored his first for the club in a 2–1 win over Shrewsbury Town on 9 April 2009. He netted just one more time for Bury in a 1–0 win over Accrington Stanley.

On 22 July 2009, Jevons signed for Morecambe on a season-long loan deal, along with teammate Ian Craney. He scored his first goal for Morecambe in a 5–2 defeat to Burton Albion on 15 August 2009. He scored brace's against Rochdale and former club Bury respectively. He scored a total of eighteen goals in his season long loan spell at the club.

Morecambe After being released from Huddersfield Town, he signed for Morecambe on a permanent deal on 4 July 2010. He scored his first goal since joining Morecambe permanently on 24 August 2010 in a 3–1 Football League Cup defeat to Burnley. On 2 November 2010, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Stockport County. He finished the 2010–11 season having scored nine goals in 41 appearances in all competitions. He scored his first goal of the 2011–12 season on 13 August, in a 3–0 win over Hereford United. Jevons only scored another four goals all season. He was released at the end of the season, manager Jim Bentley stated that Jevons did not fit into his future plans.

Hyde

On 16 April he joined Wrexham on trial, but on 12 June 2012 Jevons signed for newly promoted Conference National side Hyde. He scored his first goals for the club, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–2 win over Hereford United in September 2012. He added a fourth of the campaign in his next match—a 3–2 defeat to Lincoln City. He scored his fifth goal in three matches as his side drew 2–2 with Nuneaton Town. After three games without a goal, he scored a brace in the win over Tamworth in October 2012. In December 2012, he scored another four goals in a 7–0 win over Woking, taking his Hyde goal tally to thirteen in nineteen matches. Jevons left Hyde at the end of the season after netting 15 goals in 35 games.

Stockport County On 21 May 2013 Jevons signed for newly relegated Conference North side Stockport County. He made his debut for the hatters in a 4–1 defeat to Boston United on the opening day of the 2013–14 season. He scored his first Stockport goals in a 3–1 home win over Gainsborough Trinity on 7 September 2013. Jevons announced his retirement from the game and would play his last ever professional game for the Hatters and netted two goals in a 3–1 win over Harrogate Town.

Coaching career Jevons began working on his FA Coaching badges and has since returned to Everton to help coach the club's under-9s side as well as continuing to play as a professional. In September 2012 he also became Head coach of the worldwide scouting football project "The Next Football Superstar". He later progressed to work with the Everton Under 18's team.

On 16 September 2021, Jevons signed a contract as a first team and academy coach at Sunderland.

Following the dismissal of manager Lee Johnson, Jevons was temporarily appointed interim assistant manager in order to assist Mike Dodds. Jevons achieved promotion from League one to the Championship. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Jevons was released from his position at Sunderland by Johnson's replacement Alex Neil.

On 16 December 2022, Jevons joined Rochdale as a first team coach.

On 12 February 2026, Everton announced that Phil Jevons would join the backroom staff as an interim coach until the end of the season.

Personal life Jevons attended both primary and secondary school in the Merseyside town of Gateacre.

In popular culture Pete Green wrote "The Ballad of Phil Jevons" which appears on the B side of their first seven-inch single Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Sparkly (Atomic Beat Records, 2007 – ABR001). According to the songwriter: "To start with I just wrote the song to amuse my fellow Grimsby-supporting mates, and never intended it for public performance because I didn't think it'd mean anything to anyone. But then I thought: hmm, well, the enigmatic, gifted-but-lazy footballer is sort of an everyman figure really."

Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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1998–99 Premier League

1999–2000 Premier League

2000–01 Premier League

2001–02 First Division

2002–03 First Division

2003–04 |Second Division

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2005–06 League One

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2006–07 League One

Championship

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2008–09 League One

44!!9!!5!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!50!!11 Bury (loan)

Morecambe (loan) 2009–10 League Two

League Two

2011–12 League Two

Conference Premier

2013–14 Conference North

Individual Grimsby Town Supporters' Player of the Year: 2003–04 Football League Two Golden Boot: 2004–05 PFA Team of the Year: 2004–05 Football League Two FA Cup Player of the Round (Second Round): 2005–06