Where is Phil Babb?

**Shelsman** · 27/01/2005, 1:04 PM

Anyone know if he is still playing?

**drummerboy** · 27/01/2005, 1:05 PM

Think he has retired after being let go by Sunderland.

**Slash/ED** · 27/01/2005, 1:06 PM

A sad loss to the team. Nobody can finish from 20 yards on his chest, or hit a crossbar with such style (or a post for that matter

) as Babb could.

**gustavo** · 27/01/2005, 1:07 PM

will any one elses abiding memory of phil babb be of him and his groin sliding into a goalpost at anfield at high speed ?

**Peadar** · 27/01/2005, 1:11 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

will any one elses abiding memory of phil babb be of him and his groin sliding into a goalpost at anfield at high speed ?

Even recalling that mentally makes me wince!

I'll always remember him for Harcourt St.

**Slash/ED** · 27/01/2005, 1:13 PM

I'll remember him for the immortal George Hamilton pun, "It's gone from Babb to worse". I forget which game it was now though, but I feel it perfectly summed up his career.

**Aldini98** · 27/01/2005, 1:22 PM

Babb was a disgrace to the professional game. He should not be mentioned again.

Even when he was good he was Babb.

**drinkfeckarse** · 27/01/2005, 1:26 PM

Originally Posted by Aldini98

Babb was a disgrace to the professional game. He should not be mentioned again.

Even when he was good he was Babb.

A bit strong like

**Bluebeard** · 27/01/2005, 1:27 PM

Knock not Phil Babb - Ireland's answer to Luther Blissett

**Donal81** · 27/01/2005, 1:55 PM

How did the chap get so unpopular? And so terrible?

**eirebhoy** · 27/01/2005, 2:58 PM

He got foreign player of the year in Portugal a couple of years ago. Not bad for a country with so many Brazilian's, etc.

**lopez** · 27/01/2005, 3:25 PM

He was called Phil 'Beb' during his spell in Lisbon, the beb coming from beber which is Portuguese for 'to drink'. Taxi man told me this one night after passing a disco he used to frequent.

**Eire06** · 27/01/2005, 3:35 PM

Originally Posted by Donal81

How did the chap get so unpopular? And so terrible?

I know he was a hero in 94 with the 3 Amigos Babb, kelly and Macca....

**Green Tribe** · 27/01/2005, 4:21 PM

Ah, but i am sure the rest of the ladies(especially me) and maybe a few nancy boys thought he was easy on the eye, aye!

i miss him to look at, but i too thought was good in 94

**Slash/ED** · 27/01/2005, 5:45 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

He got foreign player of the year in Portugal a couple of years ago. Not bad for a country with so many Brazilian's, etc.

He was foreign defender of the year rather than foreigner of the year iirc. Still, not bad for Babb.

**Kingdom** · 27/01/2005, 6:23 PM

I'll always remember him for the game against Czech Republic ( the one where Paul Butler made his debut and was taken off at half time) which in the 90th min we were drawing 2-2 . Up pops Babb in the box and tries a spectacular overhead which went just over but we won a corner nonetheless. We were still ****ing ourselves as Robbie Keane scored the winner from the resulting corner.

Magic.

**eirebhoy** · 27/01/2005, 6:53 PM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

He was foreign defender of the year rather than foreigner of the year iirc. Still, not bad for Babb.

I just searched to see if I could find anything and I actually found a post by you on another forum.

Leto, Babb got foreign player of the year in Portugal and won the league but didn't get a friendly cap, now personally I'm hardly upset over this but Mick seemed to take little notice.

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:g...ient=firefox-a