John Webb | |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1952 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Position: | Full back |
Years1: | 1969–1974 |
Clubs1: | Liverpool |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1973 |
Clubs2: | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1974–1975 |
Clubs3: | Tranmere Rovers |
Caps3: | 20 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1975 |
Clubs4: | Bilzen |
Years5: | 1975–1977 |
Clubs5: | Chicago Sting |
Caps5: | 54 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 1976–1980 |
Clubs6: | MVV |
Years7: | 1980–1982 |
Clubs7: | Edmonton Drillers |
Caps7: | 92 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 1980–1982 |
Clubs8: | Edmonton Drillers (indoor) |
Caps8: | 32 |
Goals8: | 7 |
Years9: | 1983–1986 |
Clubs9: | Bilzerse VV |
Totalcaps: | 170 |
Totalgoals: | 3 |
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.
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 Bilzerse VV.