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Currently Robson is regarded as the grandfather of English managers - but a sprightly one. He has a coaching CV as impressive as any in world football.

Robson was born in Sacriston, County Durham and signed for Fulham F.C. in May 1950, playing as a winger. He moved to West Bromwich Albion F.C. in March 1956 where he was to play 257 games, scoring 61 goals and winning 20 England caps as a midfielder. In August 1962, he moved back to Fulham before a short spell as player/ coach at Vancouver Royals in Canada from 1967 to 1968, their inaugural season in the North American Soccer League.

He began managerial life proper in the dug-out at Fulham before entering a blissful union with Ipswich Town F.C.Ipswich Town FC are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and also as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys. Ipswich won the League in the 1961 in 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i. After 13 years, including 2 seasons as league championship runners-up, an FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup commonly known as the FA Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its presti, and a UEFA CupThe UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. It was founded in May 1955 as the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup. It is the second most important competition for European club teams, the first being the UEFA Champions League. Qualification for th later, he answered the call of his country by succeeding Ron Greenwood as national coach.

A mixed eight-year reign ended in glorious failure at both the Football World Cup 1986The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico. It was won by Argentina, who beat West Germany 3-2 in the final in Mexico City. The tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted by Colombia, but after the Colombian authorities declared in 1983 that the (where England lost in the semi-finals to Argentina in the infamous 'hand of God' incident) the 1990 World Cup finalsThe 1990 Football World Cup was held in Italy. It was won by West Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the final. With its third title (and three second place finishes) Germany became the most successful World Cup nation for 4 years, until Brazil won their (when England reached the semi-finals), since then he has coached PSV EindhovenPSV (" Philips Sport Vereniging" or Philips Sports Union is a professional football club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It is one of the three 'big' clubs of the Netherlands, the other two being Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam. The club won the E in the NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium (twice), Sporting Lisbon and FC Porto of Portugal and Spain's FC Barcelona to great success. But it was only in September 1999 the affable Geordie with the charming penchant for forgetting his players' names landed his dream job--that of reviving the club he worshipped as a child. He held the Newcastle post until August 30, 2004, when he was dismissed following a poor start to the Premier League season and alleged discontent in the dressing room .

Robson was knighted in 2002 for services to football.