| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Eastwood | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bamber Bridge | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| 1994–1996 | Burnley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Burnley | 18 | (1) |
| 1996 | →Leek Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1998 | →Telford United (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1999 | →Kettering Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1999–2001 | Morecambe | 74 | (31) |
| 2001–2002 | Southport | 13 | (2) |
| 2002–2006 | Stalybridge Celtic | 145 | (64) |
| 2005 | →Hyde United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2005 | →Ashton United (loan) | 6 | (7) |
| 2006 | →Ashton United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Rossendale United | 122 | (67) |
| 2009– | Bamber Bridge[1] | 12 | (22) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Rossendale United (player-manager) | ||
| 2016 | Nelson | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:11, 10 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
Philip Eastwood (born 6 April 1978 inBlackburn) is an English former professionalfootballer who played inthe Football League as astriker forBurnley.[2]
Eastwood was born inWhalley and attendedPleckgate High School inBlackburn.[3] As a schoolboy, he was withBlackburn Rovers before joiningBurnley as aYTS trainee when he left school.[4] While at Burnley he won a Pontins League Second Division winners' medal with thereserve team,[5] hadloan spells atnon-league sidesLeek Town,Telford United andKettering Town, and made 16 first-team appearances, scoring once.[2]
Released at the end of the 1998–99 season, he went on to play forConference clubsMorecambe andSouthport, then spent four seasons withStalybridge Celtic. He scored 63 goals from 153 appearances in all competitions,[6] and spent time on loan atHyde United[7] andAshton United,[8] before signing forRossendale United in 2006.[9] Over his three seasons with the club, he averaged 20 goals a season, was their leading scorer, and wasplayer-manager from November 2008 to the end of the 2008–09 season, when he left the post by mutual consent after Rossendale finished bottom of theNorthern Premier League Division One North.[10][11] He then joinedBamber Bridge as a player.[12]
In January 2009, Eastwood joinedPreston North End as technical youth development officer, to work with the youngest players in the club's centre of excellence.[13] In June 2016, he was appointed manager ofNorth West Counties Football League sideNelson, with former Burnley teammate,Gerry Harrison, joining him as first team coach.[14] His time at the club was very brief as the board decided to relinquish Eastwood of his duties in September 2016, following only one win in the first ten league games.[15]
