{{short description|English footballer (born 1982)}} {{use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Phil Gulliver | image = | caption = | fullname = Philip Stephen Gulliver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Bishop Auckland, England | currentclub = | clubnumber = | height = | position = Centre back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough | years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Middlesbrough | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = → Blackpool (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = → Carlisle United (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2003 | clubs5 = → Bury (loan) | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = → Scunthorpe United (loan) | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2004–2006 | clubs7 = Rushden & Diamonds | caps7 = 92 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2006–2007 | clubs8 = Hereford United | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2007–2008 | clubs9 = Rushden & Diamonds | caps9 = 72 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2008 | clubs10 = Oxford City | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 2008–2012 | clubs11 = Corby Town 192 (19) | caps11 = | goals11 = | years12 = 2012–2013 | clubs12 = King's Lynn Town | caps12 = 61 | goals12 = 4 | club-update = 00:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC) }} '''Philip Stephen Gulliver''' (born 12 September 1982) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Carlisle United, AFC Bournemouth, Bury, Scunthorpe United, Rushden & Diamonds and Hereford United.<ref name=SB>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=33807 |title=Phil Gulliver |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref><ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/philgulliver.html |title=Phil Gulliver |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=22 December 2009}}</ref> Since 2008 he has played for Corby Town. He played as a central defender for King's Lynn Town. Until he was released in October 2013
==Career== Gulliver was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.<ref name=SB/> He was a trainee at Middlesbrough where he was a key member of their reserve side but never made a first team appearance. He made his league debut on 30 November 2002 while on loan at Blackpool, in the starting eleven for the Division Two game against Notts County which finished 1–1.<ref name=SB/> He also spent a month at Carlisle United, and finished the season at AFC Bournemouth, where he helped the Cherries gain promotion from Division Three via the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/2938232.stm |title=Gulliver eyes further travels |first=Mark |last=Mitchener |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 May 2003 |access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> The following season he had two more loan spells in Division Three, with Bury and Scunthorpe United, before he was released by Boro at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/articles/quartet-released-as-squad-is-pruned-20040517_70638_525540 |title=Quartet Released As Squad Is Pruned |publisher=Middlesbrough F.C |date=17 May 2004 |accessdate=22 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He signed for Rushden & Diamonds where he was a first-team regular in central defence in his two seasons with the club. Indeed, he captained the side in his second season, when Rushden were ultimately relegated from the Football League. In July 2006 he apparently signed for Hereford United on a free transfer and appeared in the squad photo. A few days later he returned to Rushden, pending clarification of his status: if a player aged under 24 rejects the offer of a new deal, the club he leaves is entitled to compensation. He returned to Hereford after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/07/27/phil_gulliver_feature.shtml |title=Gulliver doubles back to Diamonds |first=Trevor |last=Owens |publisher=BBC Hereford and Worcester |date=27 July 2006 |accessdate=22 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thediamondsfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~875132,00.html |title=Club Announcement |publisher=Rushden & Diamonds F.C |date=31 July 2006 |accessdate=22 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724173525/http://www.thediamondsfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~875132,00.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was mostly named on the bench for Hereford's opening matches of the season, but after a change in formation to three centre-backs he was given a run in the team. He was named Hereford's joint Player of the Month for December, but for the last three months of the season he was usually confined to the bench.<ref name=back>{{cite news |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/1438721./ |title=Centre-back Gulliver set to continue his travels |newspaper=Hereford Times |date=31 May 2007 |accessdate=22 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/790391/Its-a-tie---Ferrell-and-Gulliver-share-the-bubbly |title=It's a tie – Ferrell and Gulliver share the bubbly |publisher=Hereford United F.C |date=5 January 2007 |accessdate=22 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802083302/http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/790391/Its-a-tie---Ferrell-and-Gulliver-share-the-bubbly |archivedate=2 August 2012 }}</ref>
He rejoined Rushden at the end of the 2007–08 season.<ref name=back/> In October 2008 he was one of eight players transfer-listed following a number of poor team performances.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/diamonds/Six-more-Diamonds-players-on.4637147.jp |title=Six more Diamonds players on transfer list |first=Mark |last=Lea |newspaper=Northampton Chronicle & Echo |date=28 October 2008 |accessdate=22 December 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> After a move to his local club, Corby Town of the Southern League Premier Division, broke down, Gulliver joined league rivals Oxford City on a short-term deal. He signed for Corby at the end of 2008, and his arrival in a team which had conceded 14 goals in their last five league games<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.northantset.co.uk/corby-town-fc/Steelmen-v-Rugby-preview.4836230.jp |title=Steelmen v Rugby preview |newspaper=Evening Telegraph |location=Northampton |date=31 December 2008 |accessdate=22 December 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> prompted a run of 530 minutes without conceding a goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corbytown.net/football/default/squad.asp |title=Squad |publisher=Corby Town F.C |accessdate=22 December 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426075302/http://www.corbytown.net/football/default/squad.asp |archivedate=26 April 2010 }}</ref> Appointed captain, Gulliver went on to help the club to promotion to the Conference North in his first season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://newscdn.bbc.net.uk/sport1/hi/football/8132909.stm |title=Gulliver to keep Steelmen armband |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 July 2009 |accessdate=22 December 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
==Honours== '''AFC Bournemouth''' *Football League Third Division play-offs: 2003<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/3051043.stm |title=Bournemouth win seals promotion |website=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2003 |access-date=11 June 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerbase}} * [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/philgulliver.html League stats] at Neil Brown's site
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