Phil Babb

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Phil Babb
Personal information
Full name Philip Andrew Babb
Date of birth (1970-11-30) 30 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Lambeth, England
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Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1989–1990 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Bradford City 80 (14)
1992–1994 Coventry City 77 (3)
1994–2000 Liverpool 128 (1)
2000 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2000–2002 Sporting CP 37 (0)
2002–2004 Sunderland 48 (0)
Total 374 (18)
International career
1994–2002 Republic of Ireland 35 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Hayes & Yeading United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Andrew "Phil" Babb (born 30 November 1970) is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He made over 370 league appearances during his career, most notably spending six Premier League seasons with Liverpool, and also playing in the top flight for Coventry City and Sunderland. He also played in Portugal for Sporting Clube de Portugal and in the Football League for Bradford City and Tranmere Rovers.

Babb represented the Republic of Ireland at the 1994 World Cup, playing in 35 internationals.

Club career

Born in Lambeth, London, Babb came through the youth ranks of Millwall, before beginning his senior career in 1990 with Bradford City. He moved to Coventry City in July 1992 for a fee of £500,000,[1] where he spent two seasons before moving to Liverpool on 1 September 1994 for £3.6million,[2] which made him the most expensive defender in Britain at the time.[3]

Babb only scored once during six Premier League years at Liverpool,and 170 appearances in all competitions for the club ironically against former club Coventry, in September 1996.[4] After a brief loan spell at Tranmere Rovers, he moved to Portugal with Sporting Clube de Portugal on a free transfer in 2000,[5][6] appearing in 38 official games in his second season – one goal against FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Cup (3–0 away win, 6–2 on aggregate)[7]– as the Lions conquered both the league and the domestic cup.

Babb ended his career at the age of 33 with Sunderland (also two years),[8] suffering top level relegation in 2003, and helping the Black Cats to a Football League Championship play-off semi-final.

International career

Having chosen to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally, Babb earned 35 full caps, including four matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[9] In August 2000, he and Ireland teammate Mark Kennedy were sent home from a training camp "after appearing in court charged with drunken and abusive behaviour and causing criminal damage."[10]

Babb's final game for Ireland was in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying against Russia in Moscow, on 7 September 2002: having come into the game in the 85th minute, his first touch of the ball was diverted behind Irish goalkeeper Shay Given for an own goal.

Managerial career

On 9 May 2013, Babb was appointed as manager of Conference South side Hayes & Yeading United.[11][12]

He left the club by mutual consent in February 2015.[13]

Statistics

Club career[14][15]
Club Season League League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1990–91 Bradford City Third Division 34 10 – – – – 34 10
1991–92 46 4 – – – – 46 4
1992–93 Coventry City Premier League 34 0 – – – – 34 0
1993–94 40 3 – – – – 40 3
1994–95 3 0 – – – – 3 0
Liverpool 34 0 6 0 7 0 47 0
1995–96 28 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 40 0
1996–97 22 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 31 1
1997–98 19 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22 0
1998–99 25 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 30 0
1999–00 0 0 0 0 0 0 − 0 0
Tranmere Rovers First Division 4 0 – – – – 4 0
2000–01 Sporting CP Primeira Liga 10 0 – – – – – – 10 0
2001–02 27 0 – – – – – – 27 0
2002–03 Sunderland Premier League 26 0 – – – – 26 0
2003–04 First Division 22 0 – – – – 22 0
Career total 374 18 12 0 16 0 14 0 416 18
International career
Republic of Ireland national team
Year Apps Goals
1994 12 0
1995 7 0
1996 2 0
1997 2 0
1998 3 0
1999 3 0
2000 5 0
2001 0 0
2002 1 0
Total 35 0

Personal life

In 2006, Babb became an investor in Golf Punk magazine, alongside former Sunderland teammates Michael Gray, Jason McAteer, Thomas Sorensen and Stephen Wright, saving the publication from closure.[16] He also worked as a pundit for Sky Sports.[17]

References

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  9. ↑ Phil Babb – FIFA competition record
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  11. ↑ http://www.westlondonsport.com/non-league/ex-liverpool-man-babb-is-united-boss
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  13. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31627134
  14. ↑ Phil Babb at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  15. ↑ Player profile
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