John Philliben
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John Philliben (born 14 March 1964, in Stirling) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
A schoolboy international, Philliben started his career at Stirling Albion. In 1982 he was part of the Scotland side which won the European Under-19 Championship.[1] He earned a £70,000 transfer to Doncaster Rovers in 1983, spending some time on loan to Cambridge United in 1986.
Philliben returned to Scotland in 1987 with Motherwell, where he spent 10 years. In 1991 he helped them to victory in the Scottish Cup, following epic wins over Celtic in a semi-final replay and Dundee United in the final.
In 1996 Philliben left Motherwell to become manager of Stirling Albion, taking with him a fair amount of players from the Motherwell reserve team. This policy failed and John was sacked at the end of the 1998 season. He returned to Motherwell to become a coach.
Philliben is now a driving instructor in his native Stirling.
[edit] References
- ^ When Smith made Scots Euro kings, The Scotsman, 4 December 2004
[edit] External link
- Apperances at Neil Brown Players database.
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