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Phil Bonnyman
Personal information
Full name Phillip Bonnyman[1]
Date of birth (1954-02-06) 6 February 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Anniesland Waverley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973 Rangers 0 (0)
1973–1975 Hamilton Academical 71 (7)
1975–1980 Carlisle United 152 (26)
1980–1982 Chesterfield 99 (25)
1982–1987 Grimsby Town 151 (15)
1985–1986 → Stoke City (loan) 7 (0)
1987–1988 Darlington 50 (5)
1989–1990 Dunfermline Athletic 1 (0)
Total 531 (78)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Huntly
1999–2000 Huntly
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillip Bonnyman (born 6 February 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Anniesland Waverley, Rangers, Hamilton Academical, Carlisle United, Chesterfield, Grimsby Town, Stoke City, Darlington and Dunfermline Athletic. He won the Anglo-Scottish Cup with Chesterfield in 1981. During his time in England he scored 84 goals in 543 league and cup appearances. He later coached at Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and Port Vale, and had two spells as manager at Highland League side Huntly.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Glasgow, Bonnyman played for Anniesland Waverley, before being signed to Rangers by Jock Wallace.[3] He made one appearance for "Gers", making his debut at the age of 18 against Stenhousemuir at Ibrox Stadium in a League Cup second leg match on 4 October 1972; Rangers lost the game 2–1 but won the tie 6–2 on aggregate.[3] He went on to play for Hamilton Academical, before joining Carlisle United in March 1976.[4] In his first full season at Carlisle he side suffered relegation to the Third Division. He spent five seasons at Brunton Park making 176 appearances scoring 33 goals before moving to Third Division rivals Chesterfield in March 1980 after being signed on transfer deadline day by manager Arthur Cox.[4][5] He became a popular player at Saltergate for his performances for the club and he spent three seasons there making 124 appearances scoring 29 goals. He helped the club to win the Anglo-Scottish Cup in its final year, 1981, with a 2–1 victory over Notts County.[5] Chesterfield's financial problems saw him move on to Second Division Grimsby Town in August 1982.[4]

At Grimsby, Bonnyman became a regular under Dave Booth until he resigned in October 1985. Bonnyman then went out on loan to Stoke City where he played seven matches in 1985–86.[4] He returned to Grimsby where he played one more season before linking up with Dave Booth at Darlington.[4] After two seasons a Darlington he left to become player/coach at Dunfermline Athletic.[4]

Style of play[edit]

Bonnyman was a midfielder with excellent heading and close control skills who could shoot with both feet, though lacking in pace and poor at tackling.[5]

Coaching career[edit]

Bonnyman then became assistant manager of Dunfermline and later Hamilton Academical before becoming community manager of Hamilton. He became manager of Highland League side Huntly in November 1997 guiding them to the title in 1997–98. Shortly after this success he left to become assistant manager to John Rudge at Port Vale.[6] However, chairman Bill Bell forced Rudge to sack Bonnyman.[7] He made a return to Huntly as they narrowly missed out winning the title in 1998–99 finishing four points behind Peterhead. After a poor 1999–2000 season both Bonnyman and chairman Mike Hendry left Huntly.[8] Bonnyman then became assistant manager at Forfar Athletic in December 2000 and later attended university and worked as a mortgage adviser.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[9][3][10]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers 1972–73 Scottish Division One 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Carlisle United 1975–76 Second Division 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1976–77 Second Division 37 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 43 3
1977–78 Third Division 33 8 4 0 2 0 0 0 43 8
1978–79 Third Division 45 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 50 8
1979–80 Third Division 28 10 5 4 2 0 0 0 35 14
Total 152 26 14 5 10 2 0 0 176 33
Chesterfield 1979–80 Third Division 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
1980–81 Third Division 42 8 6 0 4 1 8 1 60 10
1981–82 Third Division 46 14 2 2 2 0 3 0 53 16
Total 99 25 8 2 6 1 11 1 124 29
Grimsby Town 1982–83 Second Division 40 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 48 1
1983–84 Second Division 29 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 32 3
1984–85 Second Division 37 8 3 0 5 1 0 0 45 9
1985–86 Second Division 29 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 32 4
1986–87 Second Division 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
Total 151 15 9 0 12 1 5 1 177 17
Stoke City (loan) 1985–86 Second Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Darlington 1987–88 Fourth Division 38 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 45 3
1988–89 Fourth Division 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
Total 50 5 0 0 3 0 4 0 57 5
Career total 459 71 31 7 32 4 20 2 542 84
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Group Cup, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.

Honours[edit]

Chesterfield

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Phil Bonnyman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 178. ISBN 0362020175.
  3. ^ a b c "Rangers Player Phil Bonnyman Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Phil Bonnyman". CFC History. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Sky is Blue - The Chesterfield FC history resource". Sky is Blue - The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Huntly poised to take Port Vale to court". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. ^ "I never bear grudges, but I don't talk to Bell, says Rudge". The Sentinel. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Club History". Huntly F.C. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  10. ^ Phil Bonnyman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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