Phil Martin

**Phil Martin** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Whilst attending, Martin played and captained the University of Northampton first XI football team. He played alongside future HTU teammates Andy Cade-Watts, Seb Carmichael-Brown, Dan Brown and John Dawson.

Various
Prior to playing for Winslow United around 2012, Martin had stints with Buckingham Athletic (for 4 years), Ardley United (for 4 years, around 2007) and Bugbrooke St Michaels (for 1 year, around 2009).

Winslow United
Martin, around 2012, was plying his trade in the Spartan South Midlands League - Division Two with Winslow United - netting 30 goals (23 in the league, 7 in cup action) in 2011–12, a season that they would end with promotion to Spartan South Midlands League - Division One.

Buckingham Athletic (return)
In 2012, Martin rejoined Buckingham Athletic of the Spartan South Midlands League - Division One. In his first season, 2012–13, the midfielder scored 24 league goals and 9 cup goals as they placed 11th. 21 (15/6) goals in 31 (24/7) appearances followed in 2013–14 with a 13th finish, with retirement occurring at the end of the campaign. However, Martin returned in the subsequent 2014–15 and delivered 14 league goals and 6 cup strikes across 37 total matches as they came 15th.

### HTU

2016–18
After playing for Spencer FC, Martin was selected to move over to HTU upon their foundation in 2016. He debuted in their inaugural fixture against Dream Team in Division 5, grabbing an assist for Ryan Adams as they won 3–2. The two sides then played an exhibition match which HTU won 6–0, with Martin notching a goal and an assist (for Dan Brown). Next time out, against Vauxhall at Wembley Stadium, the midfielder scored in an 8–2 triumph. A brace followed in his following appearance against Football Manager, prior to gaining further goals in his succeeding appearances versus Comedians XI (with two assists), Google and Ball Street (with one assist). Martin continued his goalscoring streak in the follow-up friendly with Ball Street, as he claimed a hat-trick to end 2016.

Martin's 11th HTU goal arrived in a match with Soccer AM in early 2017, which preceded goal 12 arriving during a loss against Hashtag Academy. Midway through the year, having got a treble of assists on the club's US tour versus Coke United and New York City Staff, in Belgrade, Serbia, the midfielder netted a brace and notched an assist at the Voždovac Stadium as Top Eleven were beaten 6–0. After scoring his penultimate goal against Great Britain Deaf Football, he assisted Ryan Adams in HTU's Divisions finale versus Pitchero United. On 7 October 2017, Martin scored his second goal at Wembley Stadium as *The Tags* won the Wembley Cup against Tekkers Town. He would appear 5 more times for HTU, grabbing an 11th and final assist versus Eibar XI.

2018–19
Following HTU's move into non-league football under incoming manager Jay Devereux, Martin decided to make himself unavailable for the club's new era - citing travel isssues due to living 75 miles away. He departed after 16 goals and 11 assists across 27 games.

### Post-HTU

Retirement
Martin effectively retired after leaving HTU, though did at some point feature in "a few games for a village team last year [2018] for a laugh".

## Personal Life

Martin works in sales, having done so with John Weiss & Son and, after an amalgamation, Haag-Streit since March 2013. He previously worked in consultancy. Martin attended Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School (around 2003) and the University of Northampton (2004–2008). He married Vicky Brown on 8 October 2016.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (27)
* List of appearances of Phil Martin

Goals (16)
* List of goals of Phil Martin

## References

1. ↑ "Happy birthday to @Phillippo84!" , 1 December 2016.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Phil Martin" .
3. ↑ "Andy Cade-Watts" , 9 March 2021.
4. ↑ "bear it in mind... But consider my clubs #Ath - 4 years, #ardley - 4 years #Winslow - 3 years #bugbrooke - 1 year" , 24 July 2012.
5. ↑ "to be honest mate, we had that a lot at ardley/bugbrooke/winslow so when they have signed ont he line then get excited," , 21 August 2012.
6. ↑ "Martin blast saves Ardley" , 26 February 2017.
7. ↑ "UCL2009 - Match Report 977" .
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Phil Martin" .
9. ↑ "Good luck and farewell to @Phillippo84 hope you enjoy the retirement and hope you enjoy your last game today" , 5 May 2014.
10. ↑ ""@mattfolkes: @Phillippo84 thought u were retired ?????" Gave into demand" , 11 August 2014.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Where are they now: Phil Martin interview" , 3 December 2019.
12. ↑ "No mate. Have retired" , 21 May 2019.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Phil Martin" .