Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE ( born January 11, 1957 in Chester -le-Street, County Durham ) is an English former football player and was there for many years captain in both the club and the English national team, which he Terry Venables also oversaw later.
- 2.1 Middlesbrough: Getting Started
- 2.2 Bradford City: Short-term comeback
- 2.3 West Bromwich Albion: Back in the domestic Midlands
- 2.4 Sheffield United
Playing career
West Bromwich Albion
The by many as one of the most complete English midfielder in the recent past prestigious Robson first appeared in public, when he made his debut for his club West Bromwich Albion in 1975 against York City. In the last three games of the season, in which he was employed, he scored two goals and was in the following season regulars. West Bromwich rose in the English First Division this season.
In his first season in the First Division Robson moved steadily between the left back position and his preferred central midfield role. His career then received due to his first serious injury a setback when he broke in a tackle against Chris Jones of the Tottenham Hotspurs left leg.
Two months later, Robson returned, but the breaking point held a renewed Tackling was not. At season's end, he even broke his drittmalig the leg. Later he was appointed to the English U23 youth team. But since he does in a game against Manchester City suffered an ankle fracture, he had to cancel his participation.
This unfortunate injury series should be symptomatic for Robson's career. Despite his above-average talents and his natural leadership qualities he had to deal with injuries that forced him always for a large part of the season for regeneration. However, his injuries on fractures and dislocations of joints were limited, their healing processes were linear and relatively reliable. During his time in West Bromwich, he also still broke a hand and his nose.
Manchester United and the England national team
Robson was 1979 team captain of West Brom, whereupon coach Ron Atkinson, who designated him for this role, moved to Manchester United. Robson made his debut in February 1980 for the English national team, which won in Italy in a qualifying match for Euro 1980 against Ireland 2-0. Robson's second international match was followed by the last preseason game, a 2-1 win against Australia in Sydney. Once in a tournament in which England was already eliminated after the group stage, Robson did not come then used.
After the European Championships put England manager Ron Greenwood regularly on Robson in midfield and summoned him for all eight qualifiers for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, at the end of the qualification of England was the World Cup. In one of these games in the 1-2 defeat in Norway, Robson scored his first goal for England.
Robson's old coach Atkinson gave West Bromwich a month before the final qualifying match against Hungary at Wembley Stadium 1.5 million pounds for Robson's move to Old Trafford. After negotiations, the clubs agreed later and Robson signed in October 1981 for a transfer fee of 1.75 million pounds. At that time he was the most expensive British player and was only six years later surpassed in the summer of 1987, when Liverpool paid 1.9 million pounds for the change of Peter Beardsley from Newcastle United.
Robson made his debut for his new club in the goalless draw against Manchester City and finished the season with 32 games and five goals. In the meantime he developed positively in the England team and met both in a 4-0 win against Northern Ireland at Wembley and two times in the last preparatory match for the World Cup against Finland. Now Robson should not only be in the 22-man squad are represented, but also accumulate in the starting lineup.
Robson was for the rest of the 1980s until 1991, a regular player for England. During this time he achieved at the 1982 World Cup and the second round in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico the quarterfinals. After he failed at the European Championships in 1988 in Germany already in the group stage and was at the World Cup in Italy in 1990 to move to the semifinals. He is still with his 90 missions (where 26 goals) one of the football players with the most English internationals and would probably have a lot more to add, if the previously mentioned injury susceptibility could not restricted to the extent it.
Robson scored two goals in the FA Cup final of the 1982/83 season, Manchester in the replay against Brighton & Hove Albion won 4-0. In the following season, he reached with his club the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, which he losing to Juventus. In 1985 he again won the English Cup, as Norman Whiteside, the winning goal was achieved in the extension to 1:0 and thus prevented the enemy could gain the unchallanged a triple consisting championship, FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup Everton. In the 1985/86 season Robson started with his club with ten consecutive wins and nourished the hope of being able to pick up again after 1967, the English championship to Old Trafford. In the new year, however, was followed by a long-lasting form of weakness, which ensured that Manchester was able to finish the season behind Liverpool, Everton and West Ham United only in fourth place and had no title.
The gave her the nickname Captain Marvel Robson was instrumental in England's qualification for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, where you then in a legendary quarter-final match with 1:2 against Argentina after two goals from Diego Maradona (the first by the famous hand of God - gate) was eliminated. At the European Championships in 1988 was one of the few players who were able to show a good performance. However, the team lost all three games in the group stage and then retired from the tournament.
Bryan Robson was now one of the most established English football player and kept his place even after Atkinson was sacked by Manchester United and replaced by Alex Ferguson. But it took until 1990 until Robson was able to win a title. In the first FA Cup final, Manchester played 3:3 against Crystal Palace, he scored the first goal. The replay then won 1-0 Manchester a goal by Lee Martin. Once again thrown back by injuries, Robson was 1990/91 contest only 17 league games in the season. In the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, the Manchester against FC Barcelona won 2-1, but he was ready for use again.
Despite increased competition from Paul Ince, Neil Webb and Andrei Kantschelskis Robson was also in the 1991/92 season permanently represented in the starting eleven and came to his 90th and last international match for England, which at the time of the in public only moderately popular Graham Taylor was trained. The season ended in disappointment as Manchester defeated in the Championship Leeds United. After he injured the finale in the League Cup missed, won the Manchester against Nottingham Forest, Robson was slowly losing his place after another player had appeared as competitors and Ferguson told the press revealed the desire to undertake a new midfielder. Although he was still captain, Steve Bruce took him more often now, when Robson was not used.
In the 1992/93 season Robson came in the newly created English Premier League to just 15 league games. He scored a goal on the last match against FC Wimbledon, as Manchester already had the English Championship (synonymous with Robson's first league title ) backed up. Well did not only his injuries that the now 36 -year-old Robson was used less and less. The obligation of Éric Cantona in 1992, which henceforth formed a forward line together with Mark Hughes, the transition of the former strike partner Mark Hughes, Brian McClair in midfield result, what Robson's prospects significantly deteriorated immediately. The trend continued even further, as then also met Roy Keane from Nottingham Forest to the team in the summer of 1993. However, Robson came sporadically in the season 1993 /94 and it won its second championship in person. To this end, he was able to achieve one of four goals during the semi-final replay victory in the FA Cup against Oldham Athletic. At the finals, however, he was not then in the team, what prevented him would have been the first player of the club that had won four finals in the FA Cup.
Robson's 13 - year stay at Manchester United was then completed in the summer of 1994, after nearly 400 games and 97 goals. He then accepted an offer of Middlesbrough FC and worked there from now on as player-coach.
He is currently the England player with the sixth- most missions, and elftbesten goal tally. He worked between 1994 and 1996 in a Kotrainer function for Terry Venables and was briefly touted as a possible successor after Euro 1996, but he refused.
Coaching career
Middlesbrough: Getting Started
Robson's start in the coaching career began in the last season successfully in Ayresome Park when he won the second division championship with Middlesbrough and celebrate the associated rise in the first division and then with his team moved into the new Riverside Stadium. His Kotrainer was Viv Anderson, who had played previously as Robson at Manchester United.
Middlesbrough's return to the Premier League proved to be extremely successful and was attended by numerous top players commitments, including especially Nick Barmby and the Brazilians Juninho Paulista and Branco. You start by October 1995 to a fourth place and has targeted at least a UEFA Cup place and even the championship race. Large injury concerns in the club then attended but for a decline in the season so that Middlesbrough at the end still slipped on the relatively weak 12th place.
Robson invested in the summer of 1996, several million pounds in the Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli and the Brazilian midfielder Emerson. However, these costly obligations did not prevent Middlesbrough weak kicked off the season. A significant deterioration began then, when the club was punished with a three - point deduction because he canceled a game due to an injury crisis at the club in the short term and without sufficient consultation. At the end of the season, however, was the prospect with the runners-up in both domestic cup competitions to win the first trophy for the club. After the first final of the League Cup against Leicester City, which ended 1-1, Boro lost the replay 0-1.
The eventful season for Middlesbrough ended in relegation to the second division, which would have been prevented without the points deduction and the club to a 14th place would have let it end. The decision was not withdrawn despite continued appeals. The disappointment in the club sat further away, as well as the final of the FA Cup against Chelsea 0-2 was lost. The club, however, reiterated confidence in Robson and was rewarded for loyalty through direct promotion back to the 1997/98 season. In addition, the club reached the final of the League Cup, which was again lost to Chelsea.
After Middlesbrough's second ascent Robson spent three seasons at the club and then resigned from his post after it was him not long-term managed to bring the club from a midfield place in higher regions of the table. He was replaced by Steve McClaren, a former Kotrainer of Manchester United.
Bradford City: Short-term comeback
It took more than two years before Robson again returned to football and in November 2003 took a coach offer of fighting to avoid relegation in the second division club Bradford City. Previously, he was short as a trainer for the Nigerian national football team in the conversation. The offer he refused. His time at Bradford was very unhappy and the club was relegated after 20 defeats in their last 28 games in the third division from. Robson's short-term contract was not renewed and he was then succeeded by his Kotrainer Colin Todd.
West Bromwich Albion: Back in the domestic Midlands
Robson's third and still current coach station began in November 2004, when he accepted the offer of his old club West Bromwich Albion, 23 years after he had left him as a player. Since then, the club had steadily deteriorated, and the 2004/05 season was in the past 20 years, the only second Erstligasaison.
On Christmas Day of 2004, West Bromwich was Table and had largest relegation worries, as it by then any club had managed even to ensure the league after the club had been standing for Christmas at the end of the table (before this was 1991 only Sheffield United in the the then First Division succeeded ). On the last matchday of the club still managed after a home win against Portsmouth the surprising relegation after both Norwich City and Southampton FC lost and Crystal Palace had played only a draw.
Robson strengthened his squad at the start of the 2005/06 season, while hired the striker Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic for three million pounds and loaned for one season Chris Kirkland, goalkeeper of FC Liverpool, from. He was responding to the fact that the old squad had won only six games in the preseason and set up with 34 points a negative record for remaining in the Elite League club.
West Bromwich began 2006 just above the relegation zone and is currently well removed from the mold of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which Robson was active as a player there. At the end of the season Robson rose with " WBA " from the second-rate Football League Championship, whereupon the club in September of the year of Robson " by mutual agreement " separated.
Sheffield United
On 22 May 2007 Bryan Robson and Brian Kidd were presented as a new coaching team of Sheffield United. The club initially began laboriously in the second division season 2007/ 08 and collected in the first ten games, only nine points, which Robson's new team was on the 20th place in the table. After another fitful benefits Robson announced following a 0-2 defeat in the derby against Sheffield Wednesday that he had lost his patience with the players. The club chairman Kevin McCabe gave his trainer on public support, but as Robson further complained about not having the means to which he had expected, he became especially after a 0-0 home draw 9 February 2008 against Scunthorpe United in the club's under pressure. Following a conversation with the Bureau in Brussels and a radio interview in which Robson complained about the lack of support from their followers, he left Sheffield United on 14 February 2008. Previously, he had rejected an otherwise role in the club's management.
From September 2009 until his retirement in June 2011, Robson was coach of the Thai national team.
Sporting successes
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1991
- English Champion: 1993, 1994
- FA Cup Winners: 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994
- English League Cup Winners: 1992
Social Commitment
Robson involved as ambassador to Show Racism the Red Card.