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Phil Thompson
Personal information
Full name
Philip Bernard Thompson
Date of birth
(1954-01-21) 21 January 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth
Kirkby, Lancashire, England[1]
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Centre back
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1971–1984
Liverpool
340
(7)
1984–1986
Sheffield United
37
(0)
Total
377
(7)
International career
1977
England U-23
2
(0)
1978
England B
2
(0)
1976–1982
England
42
(1)
Managerial career
2001–2002
Liverpool (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Philip Bernard Thompson (born 21 January 1954) is an English retired footballer, who played as a defender for Liverpool team of the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, he also represented the England national football team on 42 occasions, and captained England on six occasions. After retiring as a player, he later served Liverpool as assistant manager and, during the 2001–02 season, acted as caretaker for 6 months while manager Gérard Houllier was ill. He was a pundit on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports for 22 years until August 2020, does on and off work as a pundit for TV 2 (Norway), and is a regular Visiting Fellow at the University of Liverpool where he teaches on the Football Industries MBA.
^"LFC profile". Retrieved 20 January 2013.
^"Thompson, Philip Bernard Thompson - Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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in the match. Liverpool had a chance to take the lead before half-time. Phil Neal advanced down the right hand side of the pitch and found Dalglish who...
incumbent PhilThompson who had made some errors that season and with whom Paisley had a vicious row during one match at Aston Villa. Thompson initially...
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Brady announced that he was leaving the band, he would be replaced by PhilThompson (of Department S). Former member Dennis Schiavon, a.k.a Vince Santini...
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