Phil Roberts

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Phil Roberts
Personal information
Full name	Phillip Stanley Roberts
Date of birth	24 February 1950 (1950-02-24) (age 58)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1966–68	Bristol Rovers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968–1973 1973–1978 1978–1979 1979–1982	Bristol Rovers Portsmouth Hereford Exeter	0175 0(6) 01530(1) 03 0(0) 0105 0(0)
National team
1974	Wales	4
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Soccer player Phil Roberts was a Welsh international full back whose four club career spanned three decades. Born in Cardiff on 24 February 1950^[1], Roberts won six Wales Under 23 caps ^[2] whilst with his first club Bristol Rovers ^[3](where he is still widely regarded ^[4]). In all Roberts was to make 175 appearances for The Gas^[5] before moving to Portsmouth in the 1973 close season^[6] as part of new chairman John Deacon’s ambitious re-building plans^[7]. He was to prove such an effective player on the south coast^[8]that in 1974 he was awarded four full Welsh caps^[9]. Roberts was to hold the right back spot at Fratton 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^[10]. A very brief spell with Hereford followed^[11] before another 100 plus stint with Exeter ended a successful career^[12].

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