Defender Phil Bugg was a trainee with Norwich City who attended the club's centre of excellence at Trowse. On leaving Norwich, he joined Eastern Counties League side Diss before moving on to Wroxham. After a spell with Essex Senior League side Concorde Rangers, he returned to Wroxham before moving to Diss and Watton. He is now in his third spell with Wroxham joining them from Watton in the summer of 2000. Phil retired from football for medical reasons in the summer of 2002 after suffering a knee injury against Swaffham in the previous season.

He studied at the University of Greenwich between 1994 and 1998 to become a PE teacher and currently teaches PE at the Blyth Jex school in Norwich. He is also the Under 11s and Under 12s skills coach at Norwich City's academy.