James Philp

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**James Philp** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Philp played in the same youth team at the age of 12 as Anthony Page, who would be his goalkeeping colleague at HTU during 2022–23.

Sawston United
Philp started featuring for Sawston United in the 2014–15 campaign. He intially appeared for their 'A' team in the Cambridgeshire Association County League - NMC 5B, making 21 appearances across the full duration of the season. Towards the end of it, the goalkeeper also featured twice for their reserve team - either side of 3 first-team appearances, debuting at senior level on 11 April 2015 against Linton Granta in the Cambridgeshire Association County League - Kershaw Premier before featuring further versus Eaton Socon and Great Shelford. Philp departed on 1 June 2015.

Sawston United (return)
After missing 2015–16, Philp returned to Sawston United for the 2016–17 season. His secondary debut, like his first in 2015, again arrived against Linton Granta on 16 August 2016. He featured 5 times in total by early September, though his final 2 matches in the campaign wouldn't occur until December and January 2017. In 2017–18, Philp made appearances against Cherry Hinton (on 9 September 2017) and Hemingfords United (on 6 January 2018).

University of Birmingham
Around February 2018, Philp was playing for the University of Birmingham football team.

Haverhill Rovers
By 2018–19, Philp had completed a move to the Thurlow Nunn League - Premier Division with Haverhill Rovers. He made his competitive bow for *Rovers* on 3 August 2018 in a 4–0 loss at Histon, which preceded further matches that month against Godmanchester Rovers, Haverhill Borough, Framlingham Town, Newmarket Town and Maldon & Tiptree across league and cup. By the end of September, the goalkeeper had appeared 11 times but wouldn't feature again until an 8 December league win at home to Wroxham. After that encounter, Philp took his tally for them to 16 matches by a 5 January 2019 goalless draw with Norwich United.

St Neots Town
The early months of 2019 saw Philp head off to St Neots Town of the Southern League - Premier Division Central. His debut for *The Saints* came on 23 February in a one-goal victory on home soil against Barwell. The goalkeeper was selected 10 more times by the club across the final stage of the campaign, which concluded with relegation to the step below. Philp would remain with the club in the Southern League - Division One Central in 2019–20, though would depart to rejoin Haverhill Rovers midway through it - as he made the last of 37 overall appearances for them versus Yaxley away from home on 4 January 2020.

Haverhill Rovers (return)
On 14 January 2020, Thurlow Nunn League - Premier Division side Haverhill Rovers announced the resigning of Philp. His second bow for the club took place on 18 January in a 1–1 league draw at Swaffham Town. He participated in every competitive match up until the league's curtailment due to the COVID-19 pandemic around March. The succeding 2020–21 would suffer the exact same fate around the festive period, as Philp was selected on 14 occasions in that aforementioned campaign. 2021–22 would his best season with *Rovers* numerically, as he appeared in 27 matches across all competitions. Philp would leave at the season's end, having made his final appearance on 23 April 2022 versus Newmarket Town on the road.

### HTU

2022–23
On 12 August 2022, Philp was officially unveiled as a new signing by Jay Devereux's HTU. He had already featured across the preceding pre-season schedule, making his unofficial bow on 2 July in a 4-2 victory against Peacehaven & Telscombe before appearing further versus Walthamstow, Aveley and Carshalton Athletic. Heading into the Isthmian League - North Division season, Philp would start the campaign as back-up to Anthony Page by appearing on the bench in 4 of the club's first 6 official matches. The goalkeeper would soon become first-choice, as his competitive debut on 13 September in an FA Trophy first qualifying round penalty shoot-out defeat to Bedfont Sports sparked a run of 7 straight appearances for *The Tags*.

Philp made his 40th overall appearance on 15 April 2023 as HTU secured promotion as champions after a 6–0 win over Great Wakering Rovers.

2023–24
Philp started the 2023–24 season as number 1 goalkeeper, though would drop to back-up status from the start of September 2023 following the arrival Chelsea loanee Ted Curd. On 26 October, having amassed 54 total appearances, the goalkeeper decided to depart *The Tags* "in search of more regular football".

## Personal Life

Philp attended Hills Road Sixth Form College (2014–2016) and the University of Birmingham (2016–2019).

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

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

Appearances (54)
* List of appearances of James Philp

## HTU Honours

* Isthmian League - North Division (1): 2022–23

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "James Warren Philp player stats" .
2. ↑ "cause it's my birthday tomorrow!" , 30 January 2013.
3. ↑ "James Philp" .
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PHILP IS A TAG!" , 12 August 2022.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "James Philp - Players" .
6. ↑ "A fantastic save by @UOBMensFC goalkeeper @JamesPhilp13, helping them to a win over @chiuni yesterday afternoon. 🔛to the next round of @BUCSsport Championship!" , 22 February 2018.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "James Philp" .
8. ↑ "COMINGS AND GOINGS AT HAVERHILL ROVERS F C" , 14 January 2020.
9. ↑ "Thanks for the memories Philpsy" , 26 October 2023.
10. ↑ "James Philp" .