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Phillips: "I went in as a full-back for two years"

21 appearances for Crystal Palace was all Kevin Phillips needed to showcase his goalscoring talents to the Eagles faithful, and firmly cement his place in the Holmesdale history books.

The former England international will long be adored for his nerves of steel penalty in extra-time of the 2013 Championship play-off final that saw Palace return to the top flight of English football.

However, Phillips has revealed how he could've quite easily been tasked with preventing goals rather than scoring them!

"I got offered apprenticeship forms at Southampton as a striker. However, when I went in to their full-time training every day, I was still quite small.