Phil Gray

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Personal information
Phil Gray
Full name	Philip Gray
Date of birth	02/10/1968
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1991 1989 1990 1991-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000 2000-2002 2001 2002-2003 2003 2003-2005 2005	Tottenham Hotspur Barnsley (loan) Fulham (loan) Luton Town Sunderland Nancy Fortuna Sittard Luton Town Burnley Oxford United Boston United (loan) Chelmsford City Stevenage Borough Maidenhead United Stotfold	9 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) 59 (22) 115 (34) 16 (4) 15 (1) 81 (21) 5 (1) 44 (11) 3 (0) - (-) 2 (0) 68 (3) - (-)
National team²
	Northern Ireland	26 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03/06/2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 01/06/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Phil Gray, born (October 2, 1968) was a former professional football player. His usual position was striker. Gray played twenty-six matches for the Northern Ireland national football team, scoring 6 goals.

He began his career in 1986 with Tottenham Hotspur, and later played for Luton Town, Sunderland, Burnley and Oxford United as well as spells abroad at AS Nancy Lorraine and Fortuna Sittard and loan spells at Barnsley and Fulham, before finishing his career playing for English non-league teams.

In his nearly twenty years in the game, Gray commanded transfer fees totalling almost £1.5 million.

In May 2003 Gray joined Maidenhead United as assistant to manager John Dreyer, leaving with Dreyer in November 2004.

His son James Gray is a well progressing player in the Boro youth squad and looks set to follow in his father's footsteps and play for northern ireland as he has already appeared for several fixtures in their youth squad.