Philip Bernard Thompson is a retired English 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. 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 G�rard Houllier was ill. He is currently a pundit on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports, does on and off work as a pundit for TV 2, and is a regular Visiting Fellow at the University of Liverpool where he teaches on their Football Industries MBA. [More at Wikipedia]

January 21st, 1954 in Liverpool (Age 70)