Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1952 | ||
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 | Bilzerse VV | ||
Total | 170 | (3) | |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.