Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBEis an English football manager and a former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972 before moving to Manchester United in 1981 where he became the longest serving captain in the club's history...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 January 1957
people outstanding
We've got to be outstanding when we start and let other people chase against us.
drinking player not-good-enough
All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.
country media way
In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.
technology minorities crowds
In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.
kids boys past
The first time I saw Giggsy, he was playing for Salford Boys against United's apprentices. He was thin and wiry but he just glided past four of our apprentices as if they weren't even there, then he put the ball in the back of the net. I just thought 'This kid's an absolute natural'
soccer done ends
And at the end of the season you can only do as well as what you have done
soccer funny-soccer bigger
This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that
lying games focus
As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where our focus lies.
goal capable
Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored.
football soccer-player week
If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.
coming games happy moment month national next papers time
What was in the national papers was nonsense, ... At this moment in time we have big games coming up over the next month and I'm happy with my squad.
accepted english-athlete terry walked
Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job.
english-athlete felt isolated threatened worked
I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out.
england english-athlete happens high man nobody profile
Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U.