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- Robert "Bob" McNab is an English former footballer. McNab started out at his local club, Huddersfield Town, playing nearly seventy times in three seasons. He was signed by Bertie Mee for Arsenal in October 1966, and immediately won a place in the Arsenal side, making his debut against Leeds United October 15 1968 and 1969 League Cup finals (both of which Arsenal lost, to Leeds United and Swindon Town respectively). McNab made his debut for England on November 6 1968 against Romania; McNab made four appearances in all for England, but never became a regular. However, he certainly had success domestically, winning the 1969-70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and then the Double in 1970-71. A stalwart in the back line alongside Pat Rice and Frank McLintock, McNab played 62 matches in Arsenal's double-winning season, missing just two games. McNab continued to play through much of the early 1970s for Arsenal, including the FA Cup final loss to Leeds United in 1972; however he missed much of the 1971-72 season due to injury. This was referenced in the film Fever Pitch, when Paul Ashworth correctly predicts part of the lineup for the FA Cup Semifinal between Arsenal and Stoke City, on neutral ground at Villa Park in Birmingham: "McNab won't play. Bertie Mee wouldn't risk him. " McNab returned to play over 50 matches the following season. However, in 1973-74 he again got injured and shared the left back position with Nelson for the next two seasons. With Nelson six years his junior, by 1975 the 32-year-old McNab was told he was no longer needed at the club, and he was released on a free transfer in the summer of 1975. In total he played 365 matches for Arsenal, scoring six goals. After leaving Arsenal, he played first for Wolves before trying his luck in the NASL in the United States with San Antonio Thunder. He then returned to England and played for Barnet, before moving back across the Atlantic to Canada to first play for, then coach the Vancouver Whitecaps, before retiring from the game completely. McNab later emigrated to Los Angeles, California, where he still lives today, working as a property developer. In 1999 he was part of a consortium led by Milan Mandaric that took over Portsmouth in 1999, and briefly came out of retirement and took over as caretaker manager of the side after the sacking of Alan Ball in December 1999, until the appointment of Tony Pulis the following month. As well as being a footballer, Bob McNab was a media personality in the 1970s, appearing on the panel for ITV's coverage of the 1970 World Cup, and he had a cameo role in the 1973 On The Buses episode "The Football Match". His daughter, Mercedes McNab is a notable actress.
- Robert McNab est un ancien footballeur anglais né le 20 juillet 1943 à Huddersfield. Robert McNab est le père de l'actrice Mercedes McNab.
- Bob McNab, född 20 juli 1943 i Huddersfield, Yorkshire, engelsk fotbollsspelare. McNab började spela fotboll i Huddersfield Town. Han värvades av Arsenal i oktober 1966 för 50 000 pund, vilket var rekord för en ytterback. Även Liverpool var intresserade av att köpa honom, men han valde Arsenal. McNab kom att bli förstavalet som vänsterback i Arsenal under nio säsonger. Han var en ytterback som gillade att komma fram på kanten och slå inlägg, men han var även känd för sitt taktiska sinne. 1968 och 1969 var han med om att förlora två ligacupfinaler. Han gjorde även landslagsdebut mot Rumänien i november 1968, men fick inte spela mer än fyra landskamper. Under VM i Mexiko 1970 satt han i ITV:s VM-panel tillsammans med bland andra lagkamraten i Arsenal, Bob Wilson. McNabs mest framgångsrika säsong var 1970/71, då Arsenal tog hem segern i både FA-cupen och ligan. Han behöll sin plats i laget ytterligare ett par år, men den sista tiden hade han skadeproblem. Han fick även konkurrens av Sammy Nelson, som började ta för sig allt mer. Sommaren 1975 släpptes han därför på fri transfer till Wolverhampton, där han spelade i ett år innan han flyttade till den nordamerikanska ligan NASL. Han avslutade karriären i engelska amatörklubben Barnet, och blev sedan tränare i kanadensiska Vancouver Whitecaps. Bob McNab flyttade sedermera till Los Angeles, där han fortfarande bor.
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- Robert "Bob" McNab is an English former footballer. McNab started out at his local club, Huddersfield Town, playing nearly seventy times in three seasons. He was signed by Bertie Mee for Arsenal in October 1966, and immediately won a place in the Arsenal side, making his debut against Leeds United October 15 1968 and 1969 League Cup finals (both of which Arsenal lost, to Leeds United and Swindon Town respectively).
- Robert McNab est un ancien footballeur anglais né le 20 juillet 1943 à Huddersfield. Robert McNab est le père de l'actrice Mercedes McNab.
- Bob McNab, född 20 juli 1943 i Huddersfield, Yorkshire, engelsk fotbollsspelare. McNab började spela fotboll i Huddersfield Town. Han värvades av Arsenal i oktober 1966 för 50 000 pund, vilket var rekord för en ytterback. Även Liverpool var intresserade av att köpa honom, men han valde Arsenal. McNab kom att bli förstavalet som vänsterback i Arsenal under nio säsonger.
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