| Benny Phillips | |
| Appointed Manager: | July 1997 |
| Departed: | November 2001 |
| First game in charge: | 16th August 1997 v Warrington Town Away L 0-3 |
| Last game in charge: | 3rd November 2001 v Kidsgrove Athletic Home W 5-2 |
| Games in charge: | Played 242 Won 122 Drawn 53 Lost 67 |
| Honours with Mossley as player | Northern Premier League Runners up: 1982/83 Club Player of the Year 1982/83 |
| Honours with Mossley as manager | North West Counties League Runners up: 1998/99 Manchester FA Premier Cup Finalist 1999/00 FA Vase Quarter Finalist 1999/00 |
Clubs as Player: |
Bury |
| Previous Clubs as Manager | Curzon Ashton (Assistant Manager) Stalybridge Celtic (Assistant Manager) Congleton Town (Assistant Manager) Ashton United (Assistant Manager) Grove United (Coach) Bramhall (Coach) |
| Later Clubs as Manager | Witton Albion (Manager) Leek Town (Assistant Manager) Clitheroe (Assistant Manager) Witton Albion (Assistant Manager) Bradford Park Avenue (Manager) Stalybridge Celtic (Assistant Manager) Radcliffe Borough (Manager) |
Benjamin Phillips was born in Hazel Grove on 9th June 1960. He signed for Crewe Alexandra as a right full back as a teenager in 1977 but was released and signed for Macclesfield Town. Phillips signed for Bury in September 1980 for whom he made 14 appearances in the 1980-81 season. Upon his release from Bury he signed for Stalybridge Celtic but signed for Mossley in August 1992. He had a successful first season with Mossley and was voted Player of the Year by the supporters. He made 50 appearances scoring 1 goal for Mossley in the 1982-83 season. The following season he made 24 appearances before moving to Witton Albion in the wake of Bob Murphy's departure in December 1983. Phillips then had spells with Macclesfield Town, Winsford United, Barrow, Buxton and Rossendale United returning to Seel Park under John Cooke in November 1990. He made 21 appearances for Mossley in the 1990-91 season but departed 9 games into the following campaign under Les Sutton and joined Curzon Ashton. He then had spells as assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic, Congleton Town and Ashton United, and coached Mid-Cheshire League sides Grove United and Bramhall before returning for a third time to Mossley in the summer of 1997 as Manager Phillips took the side to a very unfortunate runners up spot in the NWCL in 1998-99 losing the title in controversial fashion on the last day of the season at Workington, and to the final of the Manchester Premier Cup in 1999-00. Phillips resigned in November 2001 to become manager of Witton Albion, taking Keough with him along with several of his Mossley signings, notably Paul Barrow, Ross Clegg and Steve Mallinson. He was later assistant manager at Leek Town, Clitheroe and then back at Witton Albion before becoming manager of Bradford Park Avenue in March 2007. Later became assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic and then manager of Radcliffe Borough. |
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