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Bobby Robson - Biographical Facts
Full name	Robert William Robson.
Born	18 February 1933 in Sacriston, County Durham.
Playing Career
Club	Wing half and inside forward; signed Fulham FC May 1950; transferred to West Bromwich Albion FC March 1956; transferred to Fulham FC August 1962; player/coach Vancouver Royals, Canada May 1967 to January 1968.
International	England, 20 appearances, 4 goals, from Match No. 317, 27 November 1957, England 4 France 0, friendly match at Empire Stadium in Wembley to Match No. 357, 9 May 1962, England 3 Switzerland 1, friendly match at Empire Stadium in Wembley.
Managerial Career
Prior experience	Fulham FC January to November 1968 (sacked); Ipswich Town January 1969 to July 1982.
England tenure	Appointed manager 7 July 1982 effective September 1982; resigned following 1990 World Cup.
First England match	Match No. 570, 22 September 1982, Denmark 2 England 2, European Championship preliminary match at Idraetsparken in Copenhagen.
Last England match	Match No. 664, 7 July 1990, Italy 2 England 1, World Cup final tournament third-place match at Stadio San Nicola in Bari, Italy.
Major tournaments	World Cup 1986 final tournament; European Championship 1988 final tournament; World Cup 1990 final tournament.
England team honours	Semi-finalist and fourth-place in the World Cup 1990 final tournament; winners of the British Championship 1982-83; winners of the Rous Cup in 1986, 1988 and 1989.
Individual honours	CBE for services to football in 1990; Football Writers' Association Tribute Award for outstanding contribution to the national game 1992; British Sports Writers' Association Pat Besford Trophy for Outstanding Achievement in 2001; knighted for services to football in 2002; Football Association Hall of Fame 2002.
Distinction	Took England to the World Cup semi-finals for only the second time and for the only time outside England.
Backroom staff	Robson chose Don Howe as his assistant and coach.  Dr. Vernon Edwards continued to be team doctor.  Fred Street was the physiotherapist with Norman Medhurst his assistant.

 

Matches in Which Bobby Robson Was In Charge of England
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
570	22-Sep-1982	Denmark	Idrætsparken, København	ECP	2	2	AD	[1-0]
571	13-Oct-1982	West Germany	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	2	HL	[0-0]
572	17-Nov-1982	Greece	Kaftantzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki	ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
573	15-Dec-1982	Luxembourg	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	9	0	HW	[4-0]
574	23-Feb-1983	Wales	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[1-1]
575	30-Mar-1983	Greece	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	0	0	HD	[0-0]
576	27-Apr-1983	Hungary	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
577	28-May-1983	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	0	0	AD	[0-0]
578	01-Jun-1983	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	0	HW	[1-0]
579	12-Jun-1983	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
580	15-Jun-1983	Australia	Lang Park, Milton, Brisbane	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
581	19-Jun-1983	Australia	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne	F	1	1	AD	[1-1]
582	21-Sep-1983	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	0	1	HL	[0-1]
583	12-Oct-1983	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	ECP	3	0	AW	[3-0]
584	16-Nov-1983	Luxembourg	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City	ECP	4	0	AW	[2-0]
585	29-Feb-1984	France	Parc des Princes, Paris	F	0	2	AL	[0-0]
586	04-Apr-1984	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	0	HW	[1-0]
587	02-May-1984	Wales	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	BC	0	1	AL	[0-1]
588	26-May-1984	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	1	1	AD	[1-1]
589	02-Jun-1984	U.S.S.R.	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	2	HL	[0-0]
590	10-Jun-1984	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
591	13-Jun-1984	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	F	0	2	AL	[0-1]
592	17-Jun-1984	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ñuñoa, Santiago	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
593	12-Sep-1984	German Democratic Republic	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[0-0]
594	17-Oct-1984	Finland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	0	HW	[2-0]
595	14-Nov-1984	Turkey	Inönü Stadyumu, İstanbul	WCP	8	0	AW	[3-0]
596	27-Feb-1985	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	WCP	1	0	AW	[0-0]
597	26-Mar-1985	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[1-0]
598	01-May-1985	Romania	Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti	WCP	0	0	AD	[0-1]
599	22-May-1985	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	WCP	1	1	AD	[0-1]
600	25-May-1985	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	T/C	0	1	AL	[0-0]
601	06-Jun-1985	Italy	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	T/C	1	2	NL	[0-0]
602	09-Jun-1985	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	T/C	0	1	AL	[0-1]
603	12-Jun-1985	West Germany	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	T/C	3	0	NW	[1-0]
604	16-Jun-1985	U.S.A.	The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles	F	5	0	AW	[2-0]
605	11-Sep-1985	Romania	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	1	1	HD	[1-0]
606	16-Oct-1985	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	0	HW	[4-0]
607	13-Nov-1985	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	0	0	HD	[0-0]
608	29-Jan-1986	Egypt	Nasser Stadium, Cairo	F	4	0	AW	[2-0]
609	26-Feb-1986	Israel	Ramat-Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv	F	2	1	AW	[0-1]
610	26-Mar-1986	U.S.S.R.	Dinamo Stadion, Tbilisi, Georgia	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
611	23-Apr-1986	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	2	1	HW	[2-0]
612	17-May-1986	Mexico	The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, U.S.A.	F	3	0	NW	[3-0]
613	24-May-1986	Canada	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
614	03-Jun-1986	Portugal	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
615	06-Jun-1986	Morocco	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
616	11-Jun-1986	Poland	Estadio Universitário de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	3	0	NW	[3-0]
617	18-Jun-1986	Paraguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	WCF	3	0	NW	[1-0]
618	22-Jun-1986	Argentina	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	WCF	1	2	NL	[0-0]
619	10-Sep-1986	Sweden	Söderstadion, Stockholm	F	0	1	AL	[0-0]
620	15-Oct-1986	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	3	0	HW	[1-0]
621	12-Nov-1986	Yugoslavia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
622	18-Feb-1987	Spain	El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	F	4	2	AW	[2-1]
623	01-Apr-1987	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	ECP	2	0	AW	[2-0]
624	29-Apr-1987	Turkey	Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir	ECP	0	0	AD	[0-0]
625	19-May-1987	Brazil	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	1	HD	[1-1]
626	23-May-1987	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	T/C	0	0	AD	[0-0]
627	09-Sep-1987	West Germany	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf	F	1	3	AL	[1-2]
628	14-Oct-1987	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	8	0	HW	[4-0]
629	11-Nov-1987	Yugoslavia	Stadion JNA, Beograd	ECP	4	1	AW	[4-0]
630	17-Feb-1988	Israel	Ramat-Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
631	23-Mar-1988	Netherlands	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-2]
632	27-Apr-1988	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
633	21-May-1988	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	0	HW	[1-0]
634	24-May-1988	Colombia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	1	HD	[1-0]
635	28-May-1988	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
636	12-Jun-1988	Republic of Ireland	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany	ECF	0	1	NL	[0-1]
637	15-Jun-1988	Netherlands	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany	ECF	1	3	NL	[0-1]
638	18-Jun-1988	U.S.S.R.	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany	ECF	1	3	NL	[1-2]
639	14-Sep-1988	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
640	19-Oct-1988	Sweden	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	0	0	HD	[0-0]
641	16-Nov-1988	Saudi Arabia	King Fahd II International Stadium, Riyadh	F	1	1	AD	[0-1]
642	08-Feb-1989	Greece	Olympiako Stadio Athinas Spyros Louis, Athína	F	2	1	AW	[1-1]
643	08-Mar-1989	Albania	Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë	WCP	2	0	AW	[1-0]
644	26-Apr-1989	Albania	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	0	HW	[2-0]
645	23-May-1989	Chile	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	0	0	HD	[0-0]
646	27-May-1989	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	T/C	2	0	AW	[1-0]
647	03-Jun-1989	Poland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	3	0	HW	[1-0]
648	07-Jun-1989	Denmark	Idrætsparken, København	F	1	1	AD	[1-0]
649	06-Sep-1989	Sweden	Råsunda Stadion, Solna	WCP	0	0	AD	[0-0]
650	11-Oct-1989	Poland	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów	WCP	0	0	AD	[0-0]
651	15-Nov-1989	Italy	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
652	13-Dec-1989	Yugoslavia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[1-1]
653	28-Mar-1990	Brazil	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
654	25-Apr-1990	Czechoslovakia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	4	2	HW	[2-1]
655	15-May-1990	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[0-0]
656	22-May-1990	Uruguay	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	2	HL	[0-1]
657	02-Jun-1990	Tunisia	Stade Olympique El Menzah, Tunis	F	1	1	AD	[0-1]
658	11-Jun-1990	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	1	1	ND	[1-0]
659	16-Jun-1990	Netherlands	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
660	21-Jun-1990	Egypt	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
661	26-Jun-1990	Belgium	Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Bologna, Italy	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
0-0 full-time, 0-0 half extra time, 1-0 after extra time