John Webb (footballer) explained

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.

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 Bilzerse VV.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Webb. 26 June 2009. LFC History.
  2. Web site: Bill Shankly Transfers. 26 June 2009. Liverweb. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20090601191202/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/shankly.asp. 1 June 2009. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: LIVERPOOL : 1946/47 - 2007/08. 26 June 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  4. Web site: John Webb. GoS-DB. Greens on Screen. 25 June 2011.
  5. Web site: PLYMOUTH ARGYLE : 1946/47 - 2007/08. 26 June 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929040138/http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/plymouth/plymouth.htm. 29 September 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: TRANMERE ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08. 26 June 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  7. Web site: All Footballers. 26 June 2009. All Footballers.
  8. Web site: NASL career stats. 26 June 2009. NASL Jerseys.
  9. Web site: Engelsman voor MVV. 26 June 2009. 8 October 1976. Trouw. nl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191207/http://leiden.courant.nu/index.php?page=1&mod=krantresultaat&q=John+Webb&datering=&krant=&qt=paragraaf&pagina=&sort=score+desc&doc=22&p=15&paragraaf=62&y=1552. 24 July 2011. dmy-all.