Top 6 Bobby Robson Quotes

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

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Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national football team.

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Pen Names: Wor Bobby • Uncle Sir Bob

Birth Name: Robert William Robson

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Eighteen months ago Sweden were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.

He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss.

I'm not going to look beyond the semi-final - but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final.

Manchester United dropped points, Liverpool dropped points, Chelsea dropped points, Everton dropped points, so in a way we haven't lost anything at all really, although we dropped all three.

When Gazza was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.