Phillip Jevons (born 1 August 1979) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is a first team coach at EFL League Two side Rochdale.
As a player, he was a forward who played between 1996 and 2014 for Everton, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Yeovil Town, Bristol City, Huddersfield Town, Bury, Morecambe, Hyde and Stockport County. Jevons came through the youth academy at Premier League side Everton and was promoted to the club's first team squad in 1996. He made only eight league appearances before being sold to Grimsby Town in 2001. It was whilst a Grimsby player that he is notably remembered for scoring a last minute 30-yard extra time winning goal for The Mariners against his home town club Liverpool in the third round of the League Cup in 2001 which gave The Mariners a 2–1 victory at Anfield, having initially being 1–0 down. He went on to join Hull City on loan before returning to Grimsby for the 2003–04 campaign.
The following season he joined Yeovil Town where he hit 42 goals in 84 appearances in a two-year spell before signing for Bristol City. In 2008, he joined Huddersfield Town permanently following a short loan spell and again in 2009 was loaned out again to Bury and Morecambe. In 2010, he signed with Morecambe on a permanent basis notching up 12 goals in 65 appearances in his two-year stay. In 2012 following his release from the club he took his first step into non-League football by signing with newly promoted Conference National side Hyde. Jevons netted 15 goals in 35 appearances which aided Hyde's survival in the Conference but on 21 May 2013 he signed for Stockport County who had suffered relegation at the expense of Hyde. In 2014, he announced his retirement to focus on his coaching career. He played his last professional match for Stockport County in a 3–1 win over Harrogate Town in which he scored two goals.
Career
Everton
Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Jevons is a product of the Everton youth academy. He became one of the better young players in their reserve side, scoring 37 goals in 90 youth team games and winning an FA Premier Reserve League winners medal in 2001. Despite his reputation for frequently scoring in the youth and reserve sides, he failed to break through into the first-team squad on a regular basis. But, he made his first team debut on 10 March 1999 coming on as a 38th-minute substitute for Nick Barmby in a 2–1 Premier League victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. He was handed his first start for the club on 22 September 1999 in a 1–0 home defeat in the League Cup by Oxford United, however he was replaced in the 46th minute by Francis Jeffers. His final appearance came on 5 May 2001 when he featured in a 2–1 defeat away at Chelsea. Jevons was transfer listed at the end of the 2000–01 season.
Grimsby Town
In July 2001, he was sold to Grimsby Town for £250,000. Grimsby were playing in the Football League First Division, and Jevons was one of the first signings of the new campaign for manager Lennie Lawrence. He became an instant hit at Blundell Park and helped fire Grimsby to the top of the league within the first five games of the season, notably his partnership with young striker Jonathan Rowan had shown early promise. On 9 October 2001, he scored a long-range goal in extra time of a League Cup fixture against Liverpool to send Grimsby through to the next round knocking Liverpool out. Jevons finished the 2001–02 season having played 37 games scoring eight goals in all competitions. After three substitute appearances for Grimsby in the 2002–03 season, Jevons was placed on the transfer list due to financial reasons, but was later removed and was sent out on a season-long loan to Humber derby rivals Hull City. He scored three goals in 26 games for Hull, before returning to the Mariners in the summer of 2003 following Grimsby's relegation from the second tier of English football. Following the sacking of Paul Groves and the appointment of Nicky Law, Jevons struck up a good partnership with Isaiah Rankin, he scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over Barnsley on 28 February 2004. Despite this the club suffered a second successive relegation, Jevons finished that season with twelve goals and left the club at the end of the season. In total Jevons scored 24 times as a Grimsby Town player.