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Phil Babb
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| Phil Babb | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Andrew Babb | |
| Date of birth | November 30, 1970 (age 36) | |
| Place of birth | Lambeth, London, England | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-2000 2000 2000-02 2002-04 |
Millwall Bradford Coventry Liverpool Tranmere Rovers (Loan) Sporting Sunderland |
0 (0) 80 (14) 77 (3) 128 (1) 4 (0) 37 (0) 48 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1994-2003 | Republic of Ireland | 35 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Phil Andrew Babb (born November 30, 1970 in Lambeth, London) is a former Irish professional football player who played as a central defender.
Babb began his career with Millwall as a trainee, but failed to make an appearance for the first team before signing for Bradford City. Babb played well enough for the Bantams to earn a £500,000 move to Coventry City in July 1992. After a successful spell at Coventry, he subsequently moved to Liverpool for £3.6 million after some impressive performances in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He enjoyed a relatively successful though fitful few years at Liverpool. Babb was involved in an infamous accident at Anfield in a match between Liverpool and Chelsea. Whilst scrambling to block a shot by Pierluigi Casiraghi Babb slid across the face of the goal missing the ball but managing to hit the post while both of his legs were spread. Casiraghi scored in a 1-1 draw.
Babb fell out of favour with French boss Gérard Houllier, and he had a loan spell at Tranmere Rovers before leaving the club on a Bosman free deal in the summer of 2000. He signed for Sporting Lisbon and later moved to Sunderland without great success.
His career hit controversy in August 2000 when he and Mark Kennedy were ordered home from the Republic of Ireland squad after appearing in court accused of causing criminal damage, causing a breach of the peace and being drunk and disorderly.
During his final cap for Ireland as a last minute sub against Russia, his first touch was to divert the ball past the hapless Shay Given for an own goal. Babb said: "I am deeply sorry for what happened. I apologise to my team-mates and everyone involved in the incident."
Babb has since retired from professional football, and is currently the owner of a golf magazine entitled "Golf Punk".
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Republic of Ireland squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Bonner | 2 Irwin | 3 Phelan | 4 Moran | 5 McGrath | 6 Keane | 7 Townsend | 8 Houghton | 9 Aldridge | 10 Sheridan | 11 Staunton | 12 G. Kelly | 13 Kernaghan | 14 Babb | 15 Coyne | 16 Cascarino | 17 McGoldrick | 18 Whelan | 19 McLoughlin | 20 D. Kelly | 21 McAteer | 22 A. Kelly | Coach: Charlton |
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Categories: 1970 births | Living people | Republic of Ireland footballers | Republic of Ireland international footballers | Millwall F.C. players | Bradford City A.F.C. players | Coventry City F.C. players | Liverpool F.C. players | Tranmere Rovers F.C. players | Sunderland A.F.C. players | FA Premier League players | Sporting Lisbon players | FIFA World Cup 1994 players | People of Irish descent in Great Britain