Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Rugby Union until 2005 - appointed February 2004 after several years of successful marketing within the SRU.
His nickname is "Firework Phil" because he has provided lavish firework displays and entertainment before rugby games at Murrayfield, the home of the Scottish Rugby Union. These were criticised by Sir Clive Woodward as a distraction from international games with England, and by Matt Dawson as a waste of the SRU's money after the Calcutta Cup game in Edinburgh in 2004, but Anderton is unrepentant on both counts. Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (capacity 67,500) is the home of Scottish Rugby and a name known throughout the rugby world. ... Registered logo of Scottish Rugby Union - used with permission The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. ... Sir Clive Ronald Woodward, KBE (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the England rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. ... Matthew James Sutherland Dawson MBE (born 31 October 1972 in Birkenhead) is an English rugby union footballer who plays scrum half for Wasps having played most of his career for Northampton Saints. ... The Calcutta Cup is a rotating trophy awarded to the winner of an annual rugby union match between the national teams of England and Scotland. ...
A business background was helping him to bring the SRU back to financial solvency, until he resigned as CEO in January 2005 after David Mackay (Chairman of the SRU) was forced to resign by the SRU General Committee.
See also Scotland national rugby union team. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union, a founder member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with fellow Celtic nations Ireland and Wales. ...
He was Chief Executive of Heart of Midlothian F.C., based at Tynecastle in Edinburgh, until October 2005 Heart of Midlothian F.C. is a football club from Edinburgh, Scotland which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Tynecastle is a football stadium situated in the Scottish capital. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ...
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Anderton demands change (The Scotsman newspaper, February 24, 2004)
PhilAnderton has been named as the Scottish Rugby Union's new chief executive with immediate effect.
"Phil has more than measured up against a number of talented candidates identified in a search that was international in its reach," he said.
"Phil has an intimate knowledge of sport and rugby, particularly in Scotland, and he understands the need and the urgency for change in how the game is run and structured.
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