Phil Babb

Position
Defender
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Lambeth
Date Of Birth
November 30, 1970
Age
54
Height (cm)
183
Games Played
85
-
Per Game
Games Started
78
0.9
Per Game
Minutes
7129
83.9
Per Game
Goals
4
0.05
Per Game
Assists
2
0.02
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Bobby Gould signed the classy defender from Bradford City in the summer of 1992 and he made his debut as a substitute in City’s first Premier League game against Middlesbrough. He took a while to settle but once in his favourite central defensive position he blossomed and earned a place in Jack Charlton’s Republic of Ireland squad for the 1994 World Cup finals in USA.
He returned an international star and it was inevitable that he would move on and City pocketed £3.6 million from Liverpool, a British record for a defender. He had six fairly successful years at Anfield and took his Irish cap haul to 35 and later played for Sporting Lisbon and Sunderland before retiring in 2004. Phil has recently been involved with saving the magazine Golf Punk via his company JF Media.

• Central defender
• Joined from Bradford City for £500,000 (aged 21 years 7 months) under Bobby Gould
• Left for Liverpool for £3,600,000 (aged 23 years 9 months) under Phil Neal
• Substitute appearances: 7
• Unused substitute: 5
• Bookings: 6

Coca-Cola cup winner 1994-95 with Liverpool.
Portuguese Primeira Liga winner 2001-02 and Taca de Portgual (Portuguese Cup) winner 2001-02 with Sporting CP.

FA Cup (England)
1994-1995
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1993-1994
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1992-1993
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1
3
3
0
270′
1
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Premier League (England)
1994-1995
Coventry City
3
3
270′
1
1993-1994
Coventry City
40
40
3536′
2
3 (0)
2
1992-1993
Coventry City
34
27
7
2573′
2
77
70
7
6379′
5
0
0
3 (0)
2
0
Coca-Cola Cup (England)
1993-1994
Coventry City
3
3
300′
1 (0)
1992-1993
Coventry City
2
2
180′
5
5
0
480′
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
Totals:
85
78
7
7129′
6
0
0
4 (0)
2
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
FA Cup 1994-1995
FA Cup 1994-1995
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
D 0:0
90`
FA Carling Premiership 1994-1995
FA Carling Premiership 1994-1995
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Wimbledon
H
D 1:1
90`
FA Carling Premiership 1993-1994
FA Carling Premiership 1993-1994
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 1:0
71`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
W 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Wimbledon
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 4:0
45`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
W 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Swindon Town
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Swindon Town
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
W 1:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Wimbledon
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Sheffield United
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 5:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
A
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
W 0:3
90`
FA Cup 1993-1994
FA Cup 1993-1994
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coca-Cola Cup 1993-1994
Coca-Cola Cup 1993-1994
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Wycombe Wanderers
A
L 4:2
120`
1
Coventry City
Wycombe Wanderers
H
W 3:0
90`
FA Premier League 1992-1993
FA Premier League 1992-1993
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
A
W 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Wimbledon
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
A
W 2:5
90`
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 5:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
W 5:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
L 2:3
24`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
D 2:2
19`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
L 1:2
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 1:1
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
D 2:2
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
D 1:1
12`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
D 1:1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 1:0
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
A
W 0:1
33`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
W 1:2
27`
Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers
H
L 0:2
13`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
H
W 2:1
15`
FA Cup 1992-1993
FA Cup 1992-1993
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coca-Cola Cup 1992-1993
Coca-Cola Cup 1992-1993
Coventry City
Scarborough
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Scarborough
H
W 2:0
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Liverpool
Thu, 01 Sep, 1994
£3,600,000
Coventry City
Liverpool
Thu, 01 Sep, 1994
£3,600,000
Bradford City
Coventry City
Tue, 21 Jul, 1992
£500,000
Bradford City
Coventry City
Tue, 21 Jul, 1992
£500,000

Ireland, 9 caps

Selected for the Ireland squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (squad #14)

1993-94
23 March 1994 Ireland v Russia, Dublin, friendly, 0-0
20 April 1994 Netherlands v Ireland, Tilburg, friendly, 0-1
24 May 1994 Ireland v Bolivia, Dublin, friendly, 1-0
29 May 1994 Germany v Ireland, Hanover, friendly, 2-0
5 June 1994 Ireland v Czech Republic, Dublin, friendly, 1-3, substitute
18 June 1994 Italy v Ireland, New York, 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals Group E, 1-0
24 June 1994 Mexico v Ireland, Orlando, 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals Group E, 2-1
28 June 1994 Ireland v Norway, New York, 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals Group E, 0-0
4 July 1994 Netherlands v Ireland, Orlando, 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals Round of 16, 2-0

25 further caps with Liverpool, 1 cap with Sunderland (total 35 caps).