Phil Hadland

Philip Jonathan Hadland (born 20 October 1980) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger and current manager, who was last in charge of Colwyn Bay.[1] He played for a variety of Football League clubs including Reading, where he began his career and made his debut at the age of 17. He then joined Rochdale, where he made 32 appearances (his highest total for a league club), Leyton Orient, Carlisle, Brighton, Darlington and Colchester.[2]

Phil Hadland
Personal information
Full name Philip Jonathan Hadland
Date of birth (1980-10-20) 20 October 1980
Place of birth Warrington, England
Playing position(s) Winger
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Reading 1 (0)
2000–2001 Rochdale 32 (2)
2001–2002 Leyton Orient 5 (1)
2002 Carlisle United (loan) 4 (1)
2002 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (0)
2002–2003 Darlington 6 (0)
2003–2004 Colchester United 1 (0)
2005–2006 Leek Town 55 (15)
2006–2007 Hednesford Town
2007–2008 Kidsgrove Athletic
Teams managed
2016 Colwyn Bay (assistant)
2016–2017 Colwyn Bay
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made his debut at the age of 17 against Barnsley at Madejski Stadium in Worthington Cup . Tommy Burns was the manager in the 1–1 draw.

Many of his team mates and coaches described Philip as a great technician and a wonderful human being.

Aside from football, Philip is known to have a sharp wit and is best known, to those close to him, as an entertainer and a philanthropist.

If he was asked to name 3 geniuses, he probably wouldn't say Einstein, Newton.... He'd say Milligan, Cleese, Everett... Sessions.

References
  1. Hadland Decides To Call It A Day‚ evostikleague.co.uk, 5 November 2017
  2. "Phil Hadland". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  • Phil Hadland at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Phil Hadland at Colchester United Archive Database


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