Philip Damian Power (born 25 July 1967) is an English

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manager and former professional player who played in

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, as a forward. He was most recently manager at Salford City, and was featured in the

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documentary, ''Class of '92: Out of Their League''.

Playing career

While playing for

Northwich Victoria Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver, Weaver and River Dane, Dane, east of Chester, south of Warr ...

, he played in the 1984 FA Trophy Final at

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, picking up a winners medal. He moved to Sliema Wanderers in 1988 and helped them finish 2nd in the

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as 360Sports Malta Premier for sponsorship reasons with 360Sports (colloquialism, colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Foot ...

. He moved to back to England before they played their

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first round tie against

Victoria București Victoria București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, founded in 1949 and dissolved right after the Romanian revolution of 1989. The club was sustained by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (the " Miliția", Police). In 198 ...

. During his time with

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

, he almost signed for

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, then managed by

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before a leg injury kept him out of action for almost two years. During his career, he was managed by famous names such as

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, and former

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and

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winger

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at Macclesfield Town, where he again won the FA Trophy in

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, against his former club Northwich Victoria.

Honours

Player

Northwich Victoria *

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: 1983–84 Macclesfield Town *

: 1995–96 *

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: 1994–95, 1996–97

References

;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Phil 1967 births Living people Footballers from Salford English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Witton Albion F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Players Barrow A.F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Radcliffe F.C. players Bacup Borough F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players English Football League players Salford City F.C. managers Northern Premier League managers English football managers