May 20 2013

Kevin Phillips

Veteran striker Kevin Phillips wants to stay another year at Crystal Palace.

Phillips has impressed in a super sub role this season, netting six times from 12 appearances off the bench and two starts.

He signed for Palace on a short-term deal in January and has no thoughts about retiring, even though he turns 40 in July.

"If we go up, if something is offered to me, I'll seriously consider it," Phillips said. "I'd imagine that I'll be playing for one more year, without a shadow of a doubt.

"I feel good. I think I've certainly shown this year that I can do a job coming off the bench."

Phillips did so against against Peterborough in the last game of the season, scoring a vital equaliser as Palace needed a result to guarantee their play-off spot.

He said: "Winning against them was a huge lift for us. I just wanted to try and get a shot away. Obviously, losing the game at that point, I wanted to get any kind of contact on it, hit the target.

"Lucky for me and the players, it came off sweet and into the top corner. That gave us a huge lift but we didn't rest there, we went on and tried for the winner."