Career
He played as a defender. Gilchrist first joined Oxford United from Hartlepool United for £100,000 in February 1995. Predominantly left sided, Gilchrist continued to flourish after the sale of Elliott, and moved on to Leicester for £500,000 in 1999.
In total he had made 201 starts for the U"s in his first spell, scoring eleven goals.
In all, Gilchrist made over 100 appearances for Albion in all competitions. Three years later he joined Rotherham United, initially on a month"s loan.
Gilchrist made his debut for the Millers in a 1–0 defeat away at Derby County on 13 March 2004. The success of his loan spell led to a permanent move.
He scored his first and only goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Burnley in March 2005.
Rotherham released Gilchrist in May 2006. Gilchrist returned to Oxford in June 2006 for his second spell at the club, and was made club captain (with Barry Quinn as team captain). Gilchrist announced his retirement from football on 6 December 2007.
However, in May 2008, he was appointed as assistant-manager at Conference National club Woking, where it was shortly after announced he would be registered as a player.
In September 2008 it was announced that following the departure of Kim Grant as manager, Gilchrist and Andy Cook were to be placed in temporary charge of Woking. On 23 September 2008, he was confirmed as the permanent manager until the end of the season.
However, Woking sacked him on 2 April 2009. Philip Ghilchrist currently works as the director of sports at Ratcliffe College Leicestershire.
