Mark Robins | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Mark Gordon Robins | |
Date of birth | 22 December 1969 | |
Place of birth | Ashton Under Lyne, England | |
Playing position | Striker (retired) | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Barnsley (manager) | |
Senior career1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1986–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1996 1997 1998 1998–1999 1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 |
Manchester United Norwich City Leicester → Copenhagen (loan) → Reading (loan) C.D. Ourense Panionios → Manchester City (loan) Walsall Rotherham United → Bristol City (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Burton Albion Total |
68 (20) 56 (12) 6 (4) 5 (0) 0 (0) 13 (1) 2 (0) 40 (6) 107 (44) 6 (4) 15 (3) 9 (1) 375 (106) |
48 (11)
National team | ||
1990 | England U21 | 6 (7) |
Teams managed | ||
2007–2009 2009– |
Rotherham United Barnsley |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969 in Ashton Under Lyne) is an English football manager currently at Barnsley.
As a player, he was most notable for his exploits with Manchester United, Norwich City and Leicester City.
Robins is often noted as the player who scored the goal which "saved Alex Ferguson's job" in 1990[1][2].
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Playing career
Manchester United
Robins played a very important part in winning the FA Cup for Manchester United in 1990, which was the first trophy of manager Alex Ferguson's reign at the club, scoring the winning goal in the semi-final replay against Oldham Athletic.
However, it was an earlier goal that secured Robins a vital part in the history of the club. United were playing away from home against cup specialists Nottingham Forest in a 7 January 1990 third round FA Cup tie and were expected to lose the match. It was widely speculated in the media (but perennially denied by then-Chairman Martin Edwards) that under-pressure United manager Sir Alex Ferguson would have been sacked had United lost and gone out of the Cup. Instead, Robins came off the bench late into the game and scored the winning headed goal from a Mark Hughes cross. Robins' goal was a turning point in the history of the football club - Ferguson would survive and go on to lead United to one of the top sides in European football and The Treble just 9 years later, winning numerous top-tier trophies including United's first league title for 26 years in the process[3].
Norwich City
He left Old Trafford for Norwich City for a fee of £800,000 where he played an important role in some of the club's greatest successes, including the remarkable win in the Olympic Stadium against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup. In his first game his two goals helped Norwich defeat Arsenal at Highbury on the opening day of the first ever Premier League season. He helped them qualify for the UEFA Cup at the end of the 1992-93 season, in which Norwich finished third in the Premier League. His 1993-94 season was interrupted by a serious injury, and coincided with a slump in form for Norwich, who finished 12th after spending most of the first half of the season in the top five.
Leicester City
In 1994-95, after falling out with Norwich manager John Deehan, he was sold to Leicester City, but was unable to prevent them from being relegated to Division One (ironically along with Norwich). He did, however, help them win promotion back to the Premier League via the play-offs in 1995-96, and win the Coca-Cola Cup in 1996-97, when they finished ninth in the Premier League.
Later career
Robins later played for FC Copenhagen, Reading, CD Ourense, Panionios, Manchester City, Walsall, Rotherham United, Bristol City,[4] Sheffield Wednesday and Burton Albion.
Honours
- FA Cup: 1990
- FA Charity Shield: 1990
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991
- UEFA Super Cup: 1991
- Football League Cup: 1997
Managerial career
Rotherham United
Robins joined Rotherham United in June 2000 as a player and subsequently as assistant manager,[5] under manager Alan Knill. However, by the end of February 2007, the Millers sat 13 points adrift of safety, making the threat of relegation almost inevitable. This resulted in Knill being sacked on 1 March, with Robins becoming caretaker manager.[6] After a spell of three wins in six games while in charge as caretaker manager, and moving the club off the bottom of League One,[7] Robins' position was made permanent on 6 April 2007.[8] Robins gained much praise for his first 2 seasons with the millers. The first saw Rotherham consistently in the automatic promotion places until a late dip in form, and the second almost brought promotion despite a 17 point deduction imposed by the Football League. Robins also attracted many high calibre players to the Don Valley Stadium, including League 2 player of the season Nicky Law and prolific goalscorer Adam le Fondre.
Barnsley
Robins was appointed as the new Barnsley FC manager succeeding Simon Davey on 9 September 2009. His first game in charge was in a 1-0 defeat to Watford.
Managerial stats
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Rotherham United | 1 March 2007 | 9 September 2009 | 128 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 42.97 | |
Barnsley | 9 September 2009 | Present | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | |
Total | 130 | 56 | 44 | 30 | 43.08 |
References
- ^ http://football.fanhouse.co.uk/2009/08/05/remember-when-defeat-could-have-meant-the-sack-for-sir-alex-a/
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1053297/Robins-8217-life-planet-pauper-manager-Rotherham.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6096520.stm
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Teams | Bristol City | Robins keen to make a mark
- ^ Flown From the Nest - Mark Robins
- ^ BBC - South Yorkshire - Sport - Rotherham sack Knill
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Rotherham Utd | Robins sees confidence returning
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Rotherham Utd | Millers name Robins as new boss
External links
- Mark Robins career stats at Soccerbase
- Mark Robins management career stats at Soccerbase
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
- FC Copenhagen statistics
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