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Philip Ashworth

English footballer (born 1953)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7183139 ↗
Source-derived summary

Philip Anthony Ashworth (born 14 April 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. In 1981, he was playing with the Swedish team GAIS.

References

Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Philip Ashworth” as english footballer (born 1953). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Philip, Ashworth and English.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1953, 1981, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-04-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Philip, Ashworth and English providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Philip Ashworth”, the useful work is to connect “english footballer (born 1953)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7183139. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953, 1981 and 1984.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Philip Ashworth” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.