Phil Boersma

Boersma began his career with Liverpool, signing his first contract in September 1968. He made his debut in 1969 on 24 September, in a League Cup 3rd round fixture against Manchester City at Maine Road. Boersma came off the substitutes bench in the 67th minute but could not help turn things around, with the Reds eventually losing 3–2. He went on loan to Wrexham for 7 games in March 1970 before returning to Liverpool, scoring his first goal on 4 April against Dinamo Bucharest at the 23 August Stadium. Boersma came off the bench to replace Alun Evans after 15 minutes, scoring in the 47th, the goal helped the Reds draw the European Fairs Cup 2nd round, 2nd leg tie 1–1. The Reds had already won the 1st leg at Anfield 3–0 making the aggregate score 4–1. As a prominent figure during Liverpool's run to the 1973 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Mönchengladbach, bagging 4 goals on the way, Boersma gained a medal. While a non-playing substitute during the first leg at Anfield, he did, however, see 13 minutes of action in the 2nd leg when he came on for Steve Heighway. The Reds also won the First Division title that season, with Boersma contributing 7 goals from 14 appearances, enough to earn him a medal. In 1973/74 he featured in 22 of Liverpool's games scoring 4 times, including 5 appearances and 1 goal during the FA Cup run which took the Merseysiders to Wembley. He expected to be the substitute but was overlooked for Chris Lawler, a full-back. Boersma did not take the news well and…

Since retiring, Boersma moved into physiotherapy and coaching. He was appointed first team coach and then Assistant Manager at Swansea City, at a time when the Welsh side was rising up the Divisions from the old Division Three (League One) to what is now the Premiership. After leaving Swansea in 1983, he spent time at Lincoln City as Assistant Manager, and also spent most of the 1986–87 season as first-team coach at Doncaster Rovers, even turning out for the club's reserve team in the Central League He linked up with Souness again as physio at Rangers before taking on coaching roles under Souness at their former club Liverpool. They then moved on to Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He parted from Newcastle by mutual consent in 2005. In January 2008 Boersma had a brief spell with Welsh Premiership side Llangefni Town as assistant manager.

Liverpool

Football League First Division (Level 1): 1972–73 Charity Shield: 1974 UEFA Cup: 1972–73