John Webb (footballer)

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John Webb
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1974 Liverpool 0 (0)
1973Plymouth 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
Total170(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.

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.

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References

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  9. "Engelsman voor MVV" (in Dutch). Trouw. 8 October 1976. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2009.