| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Holder[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1952-01-19)19 January 1952 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Kilburn, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1974 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | (1) |
| 1975–1979 | Crystal Palace | 95 | (5) |
| 1978 | Memphis Rogues | 24 | (1) |
| 1978–1980 | AFC Bournemouth | 58 | (4) |
| Tonbridge | |||
| Total | 180 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| England Youth | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1993 | Brentford | ||
| 1993 | Watford (assistant) | ||
| Southend United (assistant) | |||
| Shimizu S-Pulse (assistant) | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Philip Holder (born 19 January 1952) is an English former association football player and manager.[1] As player, he made more than 150 appearances inthe Football League representingTottenham Hotspur,Crystal Palace andAFC Bournemouth, and played in theNorth American Soccer League for theMemphis Rogues.[2] As manager, he took charge ofBrentford for three seasons.[3]
Holder was born inKilburn, London. He began his football career as an apprentice withTottenham Hotspur in 1969 and remained with the club for five years. He played only 13 times inthe Football League, but played six games in European competition,[4] including asubstitute appearance in the second leg of the1974 UEFA Cup Final.[5] He joinedCrystal Palace in February 1975,[6] and played 112 games in all competitions for the club,[7] before spending a summer in theNorth American Soccer League with theMemphis Rogues.[8] He returned to England and signed forAFC Bournemouth of theFourth Division in March 1979,[6] before his playing career ended due to a pelvic injury.[9]
Holder then took up coaching, with clubs including Crystal Palace.[10] He was appointed assistant toBrentford managerSteve Perryman in the late 1980s,[11] and when Perryman resigned, Holder was confirmed as his successor in September 1990 after a spell in temporary charge.[12] He guided them to theThird Division play-offsthat season, only for the team to lose toTranmere Rovers in the semi-final over two legs. In first leg atGriffin Park, a last minute equaliser fromKevin Godfrey gave Brentford hope,[13] but later the same week, a 1–0 defeat atPrenton Park gave Tranmere the overall tie 3–2 on aggregate.[14]
As a coach Holder will be best remembered for his success during the1991–92 season. He guided a Brentford side spearheaded by prolific strikerDean Holdsworth to the Third Division title and gained them a place in the newDivision One. With six matches of the season left, Holder told the players that they needed to win them all: they did so.[15][16] OnBoxing Day 1992, Brentford went 10th in Division One and were just three points short of the playoff zone. Holder was voted Manager of the Month for the division,[17] and there was much speculation as to whether Brentford could mount a challenge for promotion to thePremiership. But a sharp decline set in and defeat in the final game of the season condemned "The Bees" to relegation toDivision Two.[15] Holder was sacked three days later.[18]
In July 1993 he briefly joinedWatford as Perryman's assistant,[19] then assistedPeter Taylor atSouthend United,[20] and coached atReading,[21] before linking up with Perryman yet again in 1999, this time in Japan as assistant manager ofJ.League sideShimizu S-Pulse.[citation needed]
After leaving football, Holder entered the flower business.[22]
Brentford
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