Dillon Phillips Explained

Dillon Phillips (born 11 June 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for side Rotherham United. He had brief loan spells at Whitehawk and Bishop's Stortford, before helping Cheltenham Town to win the National League whilst on a season-long loan during the 2015–16 campaign.

Club career

Phillips signed for the Charlton Athletic academy when he was eight years old.^[3] He signed his first professional forms in the summer of 2013 at the age of 17 and joined Conference South side Whitehawk on a one-month loan on 8 November 2013.^[4] He returned to the Conference South on a one-month loan with Bishop's Stortford on 3 January 2015.^[5] He joined National League club Cheltenham Town on a six-month loan in July 2015.^[6] He started every game for the "Robins", keeping ten clean sheets in 26 games, and had his loan extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.^[7] He picked up an injury in March 2016, and missed the end-of-season run-in as Cheltenham secured promotion as National League champions.^[8] He signed a new two-year contract with Charlton in May 2016.^[9]

On 16 October 2020, Phillips joined Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.^[10]

On 27 July 2022, Phillips joined Belgian First Division A side Oostende on a season-long loan deal.^[11] At the end of the 2022–23 season, he was released by Cardiff.^[12]

On 4 July 2023, Phillips signed for Championship club Rotherham United on a two-year deal.^[13]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	2013–14	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2014–15	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2016–17	League One	8	0	2	0	0	0	3[14]	0	13	0
	2017–18	League One	0	0	0	0	2	0	5[15]	0	7	0
	2018–19	League One	27	0	3	0	1	0	4[16]	0	35	0
	2019–20	Championship	46	0	1	0	0	0	—		47	0
	Total		81	0	6	0	3	0	12	0	102	0
Whitehawk (loan)	2013–14	Conference South	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Bishop's Stortford (loan)	2014–15	Conference South	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Cheltenham Town (loan)	2015–16	National League	36	0	3	0	—		0	0	39	0
Cardiff City	2020–21	Championship	16	0	1	0	0	0	—		17	0
	2021–22	Championship	17	0	2	0	0	0	—		19	0
	2022–23	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
KV Oostende (loan)	2022–23	Belgian First Division A	12	0	2	0	—		0	0	14	0
Rotherham United	2023–24	Championship	2	0	0	0	2	0	—		4	0
	2024–25	League One	8	0	0	0	0	0	2[17]	0	10	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	14	0
Career total			180	0	14	0	5	0	14	0	213	0

Honours

Cheltenham Town

• National League

2015–16^[18]

Charlton Athletic

• EFL League One play-offs

2019^[19]

Individual

• Charlton Athletic Player of the Year

2019–20^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notification of shirt numbers: Charlton Athletic . English Football League . 19 . 20 September 2020.
2. Web site: Dillon Phillips . 11v11 . 15 November 2016.
3. Sherress . Sharron . 2019 . Dillon Philips Q&A . Valley Gold Newsletter 2019 . United Kingdom . Valley Gold . 2019-11-12 .
4. News: Liddle. Iain. Phillips joins Whitehawk on loan. 16 October 2016 . www.cafc.co.uk. 8 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195938/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20131108-phillips-joins-whitehawk-on-loan-1162766.aspx. 23 September 2015. dead.
5. News: Charlton goalkeeper signs for Bishop's Stortford as Wright departs . 16 October 2016 . Herts & Essex Observer. 3 January 2015.
6. News: Palmer. Jon. Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on a youth loan from Charlton Athletic . 16 October 2016 . www.ctfc.com . 6 July 2015.
7. News: Dillon Phillips extends Cheltenham loan from Charlton . 16 October 2016. BBC Sport. 3 December 2015.
8. News: Palmer. Jon. Could goalkeeper make January return to Cheltenham Town?. 16 October 2016. Gloucestershire Live. 4 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005190921/http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/could-goalkeeper-make-january-return-to-cheltenham-town/story-29776844-detail/story.html . 5 October 2016. dead.
9. News: Jones . George . NEWS 20-year-old Dillon Phillips goalkeeper signs new, two-year deal in SE7. 16 October 2016. cafc.co.uk. 21 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213710/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-athletic-dillon-phillips-new-two-year-contract-3121145.aspx. 18 October 2016. dead.
10. Web site: Dillon Phillips makes permanent transfer to Cardiff City . . 16 October 2020.
11. Web site: Dillon Phillips: Cardiff City goalkeeper joins Oostende on loan. BBC. 27 July 2022. 28 July 2022.
12. Web site: 2022/23 Retained List. www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. 9 June 2023. 4 July 2023.
13. Web site: SIGNING Phillips arrives to bolster goalkeeping department. www.themillers.co.uk. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
14. Three appearances in the EFL Trophy
15. Five appearances in the EFL Trophy
16. One appearance in the EFL Trophy and three in the League One play-offs
17. One appearance in the EFL Trophy
18. Book: John . Anderson . Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017 . 2016 . Headline Publishing Group . London . 978-1-4722-3395-0 . 622–623.
19. News: Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland . James . Law . BBC Sport . 26 May 2019 . 26 May 2019.
20. News: Dillon Phillips named 2019/20 Player of the Year . Charlton Athletic Official Website . 20 July 2020 . 20 July 2020.