Phil Warner

Philip Warner (born 2 February 1979) is an English retired semi-professional footballer, who played as a utility player in the Premier League for Southampton and in the Football League for Cambridge United and Brentford. After his release from Cambridge United in 2003, he dropped into non-League football and had a brief spell playing in Australia.

Career

Southampton A utility player, Warner began his career in the youth system at Premier League club Southampton and signed his first professional contract in August 1997. He made his senior debut as a 39th-minute substitute for Jason Dodd in a 1–1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on 10 May 1998. He made just 15 appearances and returned to The Dell two months early, in March 2000. Warner returned to the Southampton first team squad during the 2000–01 season, but failed to make any further appearances before his release in May 2001. He made just 16 appearances during the 2001–02 season, Warner was mostly out of favour with manager John Taylor during the first half of the 2002–03 season and was released on 10 January 2003, in a cost-cutting exercise. He made 26 appearances during 18 months at the Abbey Stadium. Over the following six years he also would play for Aldershot Town, Eastbourne Borough, Havant & Waterlooville, Bognor Regis Town and Totton, before travelling to Australia and playing for Heidelberg United. Warner joined his final club, Poole Town, in 2010 and retired in 2011.

Personal life Warner attended Redbridge Community School. As of January 2008, he was living in Bassett and was working as a van driver and property developer.

Career statistics

Honours Eastleigh Wessex League: 2002–03