Phillip Palethorpe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip John Palethorpe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Wirral, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cammell Laird | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Chester City | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Tamworth (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2008 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Airbus UK Broughton | 27 | (0) |
| 2010– | Cammell Laird | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2009. | |||
Philip John Palethorpe (born 17 September 1986, Wirral) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Cammell Laird. He previously had two spells at Tranmere Rovers and made a professional appearance for Chester City.
Career
Palethorpe joined Chester from Tranmere early in 2006–07, having spent several years at Prenton Park without making a first–team appearance.[2] He spent his first season with Chester as second–choice to ever–present goalkeeper John Danby, and then became third choice at the start of 2007–08 when Gavin Ward joined the club.
In November 2007, Palethorpe joined Tamworth in a two-month loan deal, allowing him to gain first–team experience in the Conference North.[3] He returned to Chester two months later when Ward moved on to Wrexham and Palethorpe again became cover for Danby, finally making his Football League debut as a substitute when Danby was injured against Darlington on 22 March 2008.[4] This proved to be his only appearance for the club, as he was released at the end of the season.[5]
At the start of the following season, Palethorpe made a surprise return to Tranmere Rovers on a non-contract basis as emergency cover.[6] By the end of August he had left and signed with Welsh club Airbus UK Broughton.[7] He made 27 league appearances for the side before losing his place the following year to Kristian Rogers, eventually leading him to leave the club in January 2010 to sign for Cammell Laird.[8]
Currently Phil is out of the football scene as he hurt his knee. He has partially retired from football but is keeping the door open in case a team comes along to sign him.
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Chester City Official Profile". Chester City FC Official Website. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ "Palethorpe to cover for injured Veiga". Birmingham Mail. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ "Chester 2-1 Darlington". BBC Sport. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ "Seven leave Deva Stadium as Chester wield the axe". Daily Post. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
- ↑ "Defending, not new tactics, cost us - Moore". Daily Post. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ↑ "Welsh Premier League profile". welshpremier.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Josh returns with the wingmakers". welsh-premier.com. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
