Phil Purnell

Phil Purnell
Personal information
Full name Phillip Purnell
Date of birth (1964-09-16) 16 September 1964
Place of birth Bristol, England
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Forest Green Rovers
Frome Town
????–1985 Mangotsfield United
1985–1993 Bristol Rovers 153 (22)
1991–1992Swansea City (loan) 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Phil Purnell (born 16 September 1964) is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his career with Bristol Rovers. Before turning professional in 1985, Purnell played for West Country non-league sides Forest Green Rovers, Frome Town and Mangotsfield United, until signing for Bristol Rovers in September 1985. He went on to make 153 league appearances for The Pirates in a 7 12-year spell at the club, scoring twenty-two goals. He was loaned to Swansea City for a month in December 1991, where he played five league games and scored once.

Purnell's playing career ended when he suffered a broken leg in April 1993. He was awarded a testimonial match in the summer of 1994, when Bristol Rovers faced a Queens Park Rangers side managed by former Rovers manager Gerry Francis, and featuring a number of former Bristol Rovers players.

After retiring from playing, he worked in insurance, and also continued in football on a part-time basis as assistant manager of Yate Town, where his former Rovers teammate Ian Alexander was manager, and also at Winterbourne United.

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