
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.




































































































































































































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).