michael robinson rip

yep m,y type of centre forward ,would be considered a little to chunky for todays game, ex boro player/striker of similar build alf wood died last week

Shocking omission - Very popular when he played for Brighton and Hove Albion - played in the '83 final - see below. Very sad news - carved a great second career as Spanish football pundit - his Spinglish proving popular with viewers.

GK    1    England Graham Moseley
RB    2    England Chris Ramsey
CB    6    England Gary Stevens
CB    5    England Steve Gatting
LB    3    England Graham Pearce
RM    11    England Neil Smillie
CM    4    Republic of Ireland Tony Grealish (c)
CM    7    England Jimmy Case
LM    8    Republic of Ireland Gary Howlett
CF    9    Republic of Ireland Michael Robinson
CF    10    Scotland Gordon Smith

extremely popular in spain and won awards for his reporting.

i have seen a clip from sky and graeme souness told a story of michael robinson ringing him from spain after he had been out for lunch with seve ballesteros, walking back to his office he got asked for his autograph by six people whereas seve only got asked by one person.

brighton should have won the cup, he passed the ball to someone who missed a sitter.

It was Gordon Smith hence the classic Colemanball 'And Smith must score'. Became the name of a Brighton Fanzine in the eighties! Great story Jolly!

i just found that fa cup clip on twitter tom.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-liverpool-striker-michael-robinson-18161330?ASc

many tributes to him.

one of f a cup finals unforgettable moments, as a kid ,whether because of tv angles,shape of net,stantions etc I always thought the goals at Wembley seemed much smaller than goals elsewhere, ,
to quote ricky villa on another wembley must watch,he beat 11 men ,6 of them twice toopen the goal up make it look bigger, ,
of course he exagerates over time ,only beat 9 men,

Was a great player, just unlucky to have two of the greatest ever in front of him at Anfield.

Was brave to move to Spain when hardly any had and made a great life there. Made the transition to tv star easy and did a lot to highlight the injustice of Hillsborough to the Spanish public too.

RIP big man

Very sad to hear this news.

Saw him score a hat trick against the Hammers at Upton Park.

Sad news ... as you start to get older the names of old sportsmen who sadly die go up at what seems a rapid pace ...
The lad made a good name for himself in Spain with his punditry

sorry Tom Salt ,dont know how i missed out Brighton ,though he was a man of many clubs .

hard top believe only goal bbc could drag up was some poxy scrambled effort at upton park

Sad news

RIP

When Brighton were relegated in the 1982/83 season Seville, Manchester United and Newcastle showed interest in Robinson but once Liverpool came knocking there was only one destination for the boyhood red. Joe Fagan was patient with his new signing when Robinson didn't score in his first nine games. He eventually scored two against in a 5-0 victory over Odense Boldklub in the first round of the European Cup and went on to score a hat-trick in the League against West Ham two weeks later. Robinson credits Fagan's psychological ploy on the morning of the Odense game to his upturn in fortune: "Ronnie Moran says: "'The boss wants to see you.' I remember walking down the corridor to Joe Fagan's office thinking, 'Well, that's it, I'm not playing.' When I got there, Joe said, 'Michael lad, I was making a cup of tea this morning and my wife was reading the Echo and saying I was going to leave you out.' 'And I was worried about that because you're worth your weight in gold.' 'Before I go and talk to the press I want you to see the team I'm going to give them.' He handed me a piece of paper with the numbers 1 to 11 blank apart from no 10, where it said Michael Robinson. 'That's the team, laddie.' 'You and 10 more.' That night I scored twice."

great story