Phil Bonnyman

Phil Bonnyman

Personal information
Full name	Phillip Bonnyman
Date of birth	(1954-02-06) 6 February 1954
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Anniesland Waverley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1973	Rangers	0	(0)
1973–1975	Hamilton Academical	71	(7)
1975–1979	Carlisle United	152	(26)
1979–1982	Chesterfield	99	(25)
1982–1987	Grimsby Town	151	(15)
1985–1986	→ Stoke City (loan)	7	(0)
1987–1988	Darlington	50	(5)
1989–1990	Dunfermline Athletic	1	(0)
Total		531	(78)
Managerial career
1997–1998	Huntly
1999–2000	Huntly
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillip "Phil" Bonnyman (born 6 February 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Anniesland Waverley, Rangers, Hamilton Academical, Carlisle United, Chesterfield, Grimsby Town, Stoke City, Darlington and Dunfermline Athletic.

Playing career

Born in Glasgow, Bonnyman played for Anniesland Waverley, Rangers and Hamilton Academical before joining Carlisle United in March 1976. In his first full season at Carlisle he side suffered relegation to the Third Division. He spent five seasons at Brunton Park making 176 appearances scoring 33 goals before moving to Third Division rivals Chesterfield in March 1980. He became a popular player at Saltergate for his performances for the club and he spent three seasons there making 124 appearances scoring 29 goals before Chesterfield's financial problems saw him move on to Second Division Grimsby Town in August 1982.

At Grimsby Bonnyman became a regular under Dave Booth until he resigned in October 1985. Bonnyman then went out on loan to Stoke City where he played seven matches in 1985–86. He returned to Grimsby where he played one more season before linking up with Dave Booth at Darlington. After two seasons a Darlington he left to become player/coach at Dunfermline Athletic.

Coaching career

Bonnyman then became assistant manager of Dunfermline and later Hamilton Academical before becoming community manager of Hamilton. He became manager of Highland League side Huntly in November 1997 guiding them to the title in 1997–98. Shortly after this success he left to become assistant manager to John Rudge at Port Vale. However chairman Bill Bell forced Rudge to sack Bonnyman. He made a return to Huntly as they narrowly missed out winning the title in 1998–99 finishing four points behind Peterhead. After a poor 1999–2000 season both Bonnyman and chairman Mike Hendry left Huntly. Bonnyman then became assistant manager at Forfar Athletic in December 2000 and later attended university and worked as a mortgage adviser.

Career statistics

• Sourced from Phil Bonnyman profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carlisle United	1975–76	Second Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	1976–77	Second Division	37	1	2	1	4	1	0	0	43	3
	1977–78	Third Division	33	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	43	8
	1978–79	Third Division	45	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	50	8
	1979–80	Third Division	28	10	5	4	2	0	0	0	35	14
	Total		152	26	14	5	10	2	0	0	176	33
Chesterfield	1979–80	Third Division	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3
	1980–81	Third Division	42	8	6	0	4	1	8	1	60	10
	1981–82	Third Division	46	14	2	2	2	0	3	0	53	16
	Total		99	25	8	2	6	1	11	1	124	29
Grimsby Town	1982–83	Second Division	40	1	2	0	3	0	3	0	48	1
	1983–84	Second Division	29	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	3
	1984–85	Second Division	37	8	3	0	5	1	0	0	45	9
	1985–86	Second Division	29	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	32	4
	1986–87	Second Division	16	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	20	0
	Total		151	15	9	0	12	1	5	1	177	17
Stoke City (loan)	1985–86	Second Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Darlington	1987–88	Fourth Division	38	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	45	3
	1988–89	Fourth Division	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
	Total		50	5	0	0	3	0	4	0	57	5
Career Total			459	71	31	7	31	4	20	2	541	84

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Group Cup, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.