Former England captain Bryan Robson was born on this present day in 1957. The 67-year-old was Manchester United’s longest-serving captain earlier than leaving Outdated Trafford to turn into Participant/Supervisor of Middlesbrough in 1994.
‘Captain Marvel’ gained 90 caps for England between 1980 and 1991, carrying the captain’s armband in 65 of these matches. He would absolutely have much more had he not been so injury-prone.
Robson performed within the 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Cup and likewise performed throughout England’s dismal Euro 1988 marketing campaign. He left each the 1986 and 1990 tournaments early by harm.On the 1982 World Cup, Robson scored England’s first purpose of the event after simply 27 seconds in opposition to France. It stays England’s quickest purpose in a event.
He began his profession at West Bromwich Albion, the place he performed for six years between 1975 and 1981. Former supervisor Ron Atkinson spent a British document £1.5 million to take Robson to Outdated Trafford in October 1981.
After Robson’s enjoying profession got here to an finish in January 1997, he grew to become full-time supervisor at Middlesbrough. He took the Teeside membership to the FA Cup and League Cup Finals in 1997, however the membership have been relegated on the finish of the season.Boro gained automated promotion the next season and likewise reached a second successive League Cup Last. He stayed on the Riverside Stadium till the top of the 2000/01 season.
Robson took cost of Bradford Metropolis in 2003 earlier than returning to West Brom as supervisor the next 12 months. He guided the membership the place he began his skilled profession to Premier League security on the ultimate day of the 2004/05 season.
After leaving the membership in September 2006, Robson took cost of Sheffield United. He would solely spend lower than a 12 months at Brammall Lane earlier than being fired in February 2008. His last managerial job was the Thailand nationwide group, who he managed between 2009 and 2011.