John Webb (footballer)

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John Webb
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 69)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1974 Liverpool 0 (0)
1973 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 4 (0)
1974–1975 Tranmere Rovers 20 (0)
1975 Bilzen
1975–1977 Chicago Sting 54 (1)
1976–1980 MVV
1980–1982 Edmonton Drillers 92 (2)
1980–1982 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 32 (7)
1983–1986
Total 170 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Webb (born 10 February 1952)[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. Webb, who was active in England and North America, made over 150 career league appearances.

Career[]

Born in Liverpool, Webb signed for hometown club Liverpool in February 1969.[2] Webb was on the bench for five European appearances for Liverpool,[1] but he never made a league appearance for the club,[3] and spent a loan spell at Plymouth Argyle during the 1973–74 season.[4][5] After leaving Liverpool in 1974, Webb moved to Tranmere Rovers, making 20 league appearances between 1974 and 1975.[6] After a brief spell in Belgium with Bilzen,[7] Webb then moved to the United States to play, and spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League with the Chicago Sting.[8] Webb would return to the NASL in 1980, to play with the Edmonton Drillers.[8] His two spells in the NASL were broken up by a spell in the Netherlands with MVV;[9] after leaving the NASL following the culmination of the 1982 season, Webb returned to Belgium to play with .

References[]

  1. ^ a b "John Webb". LFC History. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Bill Shankly Transfers". Liverweb. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "LIVERPOOL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  4. ^ "John Webb". GoS-DB. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  5. ^ "PLYMOUTH ARGYLE : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  6. ^ "TRANMERE ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  7. ^ "All Footballers". All Footballers. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  8. ^ a b "NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Engelsman voor MVV" (in Dutch). Trouw. 8 October 1976. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2009.


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