Previous Clubs - Player:
Burnley (Trialist, 1971),  Coventry City (Trialist, 1971), Newcastle United (Trialist, 1971), West Bromwich Albion (Apprentice April 1972, Professional August 1974), Manchester United (October 1981), Middlesbrough (Player-Manager, May 1994, retiring as a player in May 1997).

Previous Clubs - Managerial:
Middlesbrough (May 1994 - June 2001), Bradford City (November 2003 - May 2004), West Bromwich Albion (November 2004 - Present)

Honours:
West Bromwich Albion (Player): Promotion - English Second Division, 1975/76

Manchester United (Player): FA Cup: 1983, 1985, 1990, European Cup Winners' Cup: 1991, League Cup Runners Up: 1991, FA Premier League: 1992/93, 1993/94

Middlesbrough (Manager): Division One Champions: 1994/95, Division One Runners-Up: 1997/98, FA Cup Runners-Up: 1997, League Cup Runners-Up: 1997, 1998

International Honours:
England Full: 90 Caps, 26 Goals, Captained 65 times, England B: 2 Caps, England U-21: 7 Caps, England Youth

West Bromwich Albion - 1972-1981

England (Senior Level) - 1980-1991

Bryan made his senior debut for England on February 6th, 1980 in a qualifying match for the European Championships against the Republic of Ireland; a game in which England ran out 2-0 winners.

On June 16th, 1982 Robson set a record by scoring the fastest goal in World Cup history; scoring after only 27 seconds in England's 3-1 victory over France in Spain. Bryan was made captain of his Country after this tournament when (unrelated) Bobby Robson was appointed manager.

Robson's last appearance for England came on October 16th, 1991 in a 1-0 victory over Turkey. He made a total of 90 appearances for England, captaining his Country in 65 of those games, finding the net on 26 occasions.

Only four players have won more caps than Bryan Robson, those being Peter Shilton, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton and Billy Wright.

Manchester United - 1981-1994

In October 1981 former Albion manager Ron Atkinson broke the British record transfer fee by signing Bryan Robson for £1.5 million.

Robson made his United debut in a 1-0 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup on Wednesday October 7th, 1981. He made his league debut three days later in a 0-0 draw against Manchester City, aged 24.

In May 1983 Bryan captained Manchester United to FA Cup glory by beating Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 at Wembley; a game in which Robson bagged a brace. It wasn't long until Robson would again lead his team to FA Cup glory, this time in a 1-0 victory over Everton. In 1990 Bryan became the first player to captain three FA Cup winning teams as Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the FA Cup Final replay at Wembley Stadium.

In 1991 Robson helped United win the European Cup Winners' Cup after beating Barcelona 2-1 in the final. United also reached the League Cup Final that season where they met and lost to Sheffield Wednesday, 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.

In 1993 Manchester United won their first League title for 26 year's, it was the first year of the newly-formed FA Premier League and as Bryan was club captain, he accepted the trophy at Old Trafford alongside team skipper Steve Bruce.

In 1994 Bryan left Manchester United after being at the club for 13 years, he made a total of 435 appearances with a further 23 as substitute, scoring 97 goals in all competitions.

Middlesbrough - 1994-2001 (Player-Manager 1994-1997)

Bryan Robson joined Middlesbrough as a player-manager on May 1st 1994 after completing a free transfer from Manchester United.

Robson made his Middlesbrough debut on August 13th, 1994 in a 2-0 home victory over Lancashire outfit Burnley. In his first season in charge Robson guided Middlesbrough to promotion after finishing 1st in Division One.

The following season would see Middlesbrough finish in a respectable 12th position but only a season later Boro were relegated from the Premiership after finishing in 19th position; a season in which they reached both the domestic Cup Finals only to lose in both; 2-0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup and 1-0 to Leicester City after extra time in the League Cup.

On January 1st 1997 Robson would make his last appearance as a professional footballer, playing in Middlesbrough's 2-0 away defeat against Arsenal. In May 1997 Bryan hung up his boots with an overall total of 832 competitive appearances for Club and Country, scoring 172 goals along the way.

Bryan got Middlesbrough promoted back into the Premier League the following season after finishing runners-up to Nottingham Forest in the First Division. The following two season's would see Middlesbrough finish in respectable league positions, 9th and 12th respectively.

December 2000 saw the arrival of Terry Venables who joined Robson as head coach in an attempt to save Middlesbrough from relegation, and ultimately Robson from his job. The move paid off as Middlesbrough finished the season in 14th position and signalled the end of Bryan Robson's reign as both he and Viv Anderson left the club by mutual consent.

2002-2003

Bryan spent some of his two-and-a-half years out of the profession back at his former club Manchester United where he helped out with training at the invitation of his old boss Sir Alex Ferguson. Robson also worked as a TV pundit during the 2002 World Cup in particular.

In 2003 Bryan was close to becoming the national coach of Nigeria but the appointment never materialised, reportedly for financial reasons.

Bradford City - 2002-2003

On November 24th 2003 Bryan was appointed manager of Bradford City with Colin Todd joining as his assistant. Robson had to settle with a deal until the end of the season after wanting a two and a half year contract with the Yorkshire outfit.

Robson joined the Bantams at the foot of the Division One table with only 14 points from 19 games. Bryan's reign got off to a winning start as Bradford came from 2-0 down to beat Millwall 3-2 at Valley Parade, a game in which ended Bradford's 12 match winless run.

January 2004 saw Gordon Gibb quit as Bradford City Chairman and towards the end of February Bradford were put back into Administration. Due to Football League rules a transfer embargo was imposed on the club; meaning Robson was unable to bring in many players as he attempted to stave off relegation; a fate that he was unable to prevent as the Bantams were relegated from the First Division on April 17th, 2004.

In June 2004 Robson departed as Bradford manager having said that he would only want to continue if the club were out of Administration.

West Bromwich Albion - 2004 - Present

Despite guiding Albion to “The Great Escape” in 2004/05, Bryan Robson was unable to prevent his side from being relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship the following season.

But the Baggies boss’ credentials make him the ideal man to lead Albion back into the Premiership, having achieved the feat with Middlesbrough in 1998.

Robson sealed an emotional return to The Hawthorns by being installed as the club’s new manager on November 9th 2004, succeeding Gary Megson as manager.

The Baggies boss penned a 12-month rolling contract - 6 months before re-writing history by staying up having been bottom of the league on Christmas day.

This all seemed a distant dream on Boxing Day when the Baggies were thumped 5-0 against Liverpool on the back of a 4-0 mauling against Birmingham city.

But an incredible run of 24 points from 19 games helped guide Robson’s men to Premiership safety and achieve the lowest ever points tally for a Premiership club to survive with 34.

Robson brought in Kieran Richardson and Kevin Campbell during the January transfer window, both of whom made big contributions to “The Great Escape” with Campbell scoring several important goals and Richardson scoring the second goal of a 2-0 victory against Portsmouth on the last day of the campaign.

Robson finally gained his first 3 points as Albion manager against Manchester City, with Kevin Campbell scoring 5 minutes into his Hawthorns debut.

Despite going into the last game of the 2005/06 season in 20th position, Robson’s men managed to stay in the Premiership with a 2-0 victory over Portsmouth on “Survival Sunday”, coupled with Norwich, Southampton and Crystal Palace’s failure to win.

Robson later described “The Great Escape” as his greatest achievement in football.

Robson’s heroic displays for club and country earned him the nickname “Captain Marvel” but in May, he was rightly rechristened “Manager Marvel”.

Despite all this success, the following season wasn’t to be as good as the last with Robson making the signings of Chris Kirkland (on loan), Nathan Ellington and Darren Carter, all of whom had fairly poor seasons and Ellington and Carter were even targeted by the Albion “boo boys“. But there were some positives to come out of the signings that Robson made, Curtis Davies and Steve Watson both had good campaigns with Nigel Quashie and Diomansy Kamara both having fairly average campaigns even though Quashie was suspended for 4 matches during March.

Some fans were calling for Robson’s head on the last home game of the season and there was also a “white flag” protest but not many participated in either and most sang their hearts out for the final 20 minutes of the West Ham match and the entire Everton game.

All time Albion Managerial Record (All Competitions)
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