- Phil Roberts
Football player infobox
playername= Phil Roberts
fullname = Phillip Stanley Roberts
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1950|2|24|df=yes
cityofbirth =Cardiff
countryofbirth =Wales
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Defender
youthyears = 1966–68
youthclubs = Bristol Rovers
years = 1968–1973
1973–1978
1978–1979
1979–1982
clubs = Bristol Rovers
Portsmouth
Hereford
Exeter
caps(goals) = 0175 0(6)
01530(1)
03 0(0)
0105 0(0)
nationalyears = 1974
nationalteam = Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 4Soccer player Phil Roberts was a Welsh international full back whose four club career spanned three decades. Born in
Cardiff on24 February 1950 [ ”Rothmans Football Year Book,1970-71” Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0362000719] , Roberts won six Wales Under 23 caps [Between December 1970 and March 1973 AFS DataBase] whilst with his first club Bristol Rovers [ [http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/bristolr.htm Photo of Roberts (Rovers Era)] ] (where he is still widely regarded [ [http://www.bristolrovers.vitalfootball.co.uk/sitepage.asp?a=70304 Nomination for all-time Rovers team at full back] ] ). In all Roberts was to make 175 appearances for The Gas ["The PFA Premier League and Football League Players’ Records 1946-98” Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1852915854] before moving to Portsmouth in the 1973 close season [ [http://www.portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/sitepage.asp?a=83137 £55,000 transfer] ] as part of new chairman John Deacon’s ambitious re-building plans [”Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball” Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1874287252] . He was to prove such an effective player on the south coast [ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0903852500] that in 1974 he was awarded four full Welsh caps [Victories against Hungary and Luxembourg; defeats against England and Austria- AFS DataBase] . Roberts was to hold the right back spot atFratton Park for four seasons, his final appearance being in the 5-1 thrashing which consigned the club to fouth division football for the first time in their history ["The News", 22 March 1978, article by Mike Neasom "Where is Southport?"] . A very brief spell with Hereford followed [ [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hereford/hereford.htm Details of transfer from Portsmouth] ] before another 100 plus stint with Exeter ended a successful career [ [http://www.khscott.org.uk/nufc/includes/match_detail.php?id=4050 Details of match late in his career] ] .References
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