Phil Chapple

Philip Richard Chapple (born 26 November 1966) is an English former professional footballer.

Phil Chapple
Personal information
Full name Philip Richard Chapple[1]
Date of birth (1966-11-26) 26 November 1966[1]
Place of birth Norwich,[1] England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1988 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Cambridge United 187 (19)
1993–1998 Charlton Athletic 142 (15)
1998–2001 Peterborough United 17 (1)
Total 346 (35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Chapple began his career with Cambridge United after coming through the youth teams at Norwich City. He was part of the Us defence which gained consecutive promotions in 1989–90 and 1990–91. He joined Charlton Athletic in 1993 and spent five seasons at The Valley before ending his career at Peterborough United.

After retiring from playing Chapple took up coaching roles at Peterborough United and West Ham United before becoming chief scout back at Charlton. After a brief spell at Fulham Chapple was appointed European scout at Brighton & Hove Albion. In September 2019 Chapple joined Stoke City as head of first-team recruitment until February 2020.

Playing career

A centre back who started his career with Norwich City, he failed to make the breakthrough and joined Cambridge United on a free transfer in March 1988. During his time at The Abbey Stadium, Chapple went on to feature in the club's most successful seasons, culminating in a rise from Division 4 to Division 2 in successive seasons. In total Chapple made 187 league appearances for the club, scoring an impressive 19 goals.

Charlton Athletic paid £100,000 for his services in 1993 and he went on to have a 5-year playing career at The Valley, scoring 15 goals in 141 games before joining Peterborough United in 1998. Chapple endured an injury ravaged time at London Road and only managed 17 games and one goal before retiring from playing.

Scouting career

Chapple stayed at Peterborough in a number of roles including Youth Team Coach, Scout and Head Coach before leaving in September 2003.

He had spells as academy coach at West Ham United and as a coach at Newmarket Town and in 2007 returned to Charlton Athletic as chief scout. When Charlton named Phil Parkinson as caretaker manager in November 2008, Phil briefly joined the first-team coaching set-up before returning to his Chief Scout role in July 2009.[3] He remained at Charlton until September 2015 when he joined Fulham.[4] He was appointed European scout at Brighton & Hove Albion in December 2016.[5]

In September 2019 he was appointed as head of first-team recruitment at Stoke City.[6] He left Stoke in February 2020.[7]

Career statistics

Source:[8]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 1987–88 Fourth Division 6100000061
1988–89 Fourth Division 46331203[lower-alpha 1]0544
1989–90 Fourth Division 455100415[lower-alpha 2]0646
1990–91 Third Division 43570205[lower-alpha 1]0575
1991–92 Second Division 29330102[lower-alpha 3]0353
1992–93 First Division 18200202[lower-alpha 4]0222
Total 1871923111117023821
Charlton Athletic 1993–94 First Division 44530205[lower-alpha 4]0545
1994–95 First Division 212102000232
1995–96 First Division 162003000192
1996–97 First Division 262203000312
1997–98 First Division 354301000394
Total 14215901105016715
Peterborough United 1998–99 Third Division 1000001020
1999–2000 Third Division 16110001[lower-alpha 1]0181
Total 171100020201
Career total 3463533122124042537
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Two Appearances in Football League Trophy and three appearances in Football League Fourth Division play-offs
  3. Appearances in Football League Second Division play-offs
  4. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

References
  1. "Phil Chapple". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. Charlton Athletic Club News 28 Jul 2009 Archived 30 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Chapple takes scouting role at Fulham". West London Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. "Albion's European scout to join Championship rivals". The Argus. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. "Phil Chapple joins Stoke as head of first-team recruitment". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. "BREAKING: Stoke City's head of recruitment leaves after just five months". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. Phil Chapple at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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