Pop Robson

Pop Robson
Personal information
Full name Bryan Stanley Robson
Date of birth (1945-11-11) 11 November 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Sunderland, County Durham, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Clara Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1971 Newcastle United 206 (82)
1971–1974 West Ham United 120 (47)
1974–1976 Sunderland 90 (34)
1976–1979 West Ham United 107 (47)
1979–1981 Sunderland 52 (23)
1981–1982 Carlisle United 48 (21)
1982–1983 Chelsea 15 (3)
1982–1983Carlisle United (loan) 11 (4)
1983–1984 Sunderland 12 (3)
1984–1985 Carlisle United 13 (1)
1985–1986 Gateshead[2][3] 3 (1)
Total 677 (265)
International career
England U23
Managerial career
1984 Sunderland (caretaker)
1985 Carlisle United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born 11 November 1945)[2] is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward. He played for Newcastle United, West Ham United, Sunderland, Chelsea and Carlisle United, and scored 265 goals in 674 league games.[2] He also earned one cap for England under-23s.[4]

  1. ^ Bryan Robson. Romford: A&BC. p. 65.
  2. ^ a b c Pop Robson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ "Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database: Players A to Z – 77–78 to 89–90". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Bryan 'Pop' Robson". The Sunday Sun. 21 January 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2009.