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Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club captain, before moving to Manchester United in 1981, where he became the longest-serving captain in the club's history.
Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born 11 November 1945) [2] is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward. He played for Newcastle United, West Ham United, Sunderland, Chelsea and Carlisle United, and scored 265 goals in 674 league games. [2] He also earned one cap for England under-23s. [4]
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Middlesbrough.Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club, or been an officially designated captain.
The end of the season saw the club's longest serving player and joint captain, Bryan Robson, quit Old Trafford after 13 years to become Middlesbrough's player-manager. Also heading out of the exit door at the end of the season were Les Sealey, Clayton Blackmore, Mike Phelan, Colin McKee, and Giuliano Maiorana.
Middlesbrough were promoted to the top flight of English football after a two-year exile by winning the Division One title under new player-manager Bryan Robson.A large part in the promotion push was played by a good loan signing in the form of Uwe Fuchs, scoring 9 goals in 13 league games.
Player-manager Bryan Robson, from Manchester United, took charge in 1994. [28] Following promotion to the Premier League Middlesbrough made high-profile purchases like Brazilian international Juninho [ 3 ] and previous season's Champions League final goalscorer and Italian international Fabrizio Ravanelli .
Middlesbrough returned to the top flight of English football, and recorded a solid mid-table finish under player-manager Bryan Robson.It was also Boro's first season at new home Riverside Stadium, following the decision to move out from Ayresome Park, once the Taylor report banned standing on British football stadia.
Bryan Robson (pictured in 1992) was the subject of a record transfer in 1981. The progression of the British football transfer fee record tracks the increases in the record for the highest transfer fee paid or received by British association football clubs. A transfer fee is the sum of money paid by one club to purchase the contract, and ...