Tom Robertson

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Tom Robertson (Born 1875, died circa 1939) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a Football League Championship.

[edit] Life and playing career

Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Robertson played for East Benhar, Heatherbell, Motherwell, Fauldhouse and Hearts before being signed with John Walker for £350 by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in March 1898. Making his debut in a Football League Division One against Sheffield Wednesday on the 11th April 1898 scoring his first goal in the same match. The winger had a very successful time at Anfield missing just a single game in his first 2 seasons at the club, he even bagged a very respectable 19 goals, not bad for someone playing out on the flank. Robertson was an ever present in the 1900/01 season as the Reds went on to win their first League Championship. Robertson left Liverpool at the end of the following season after making a further 25 games, he returned to Edinburgh and Hearts. He also went on to play for Dundee, Man United, one of the very few players to have played for both bitter rivals at each end of the East Lancs Road, and Bathgate. Tommy received 1 international cap for Scotland playing against Northern Ireland in a British Championship match on the 26th March 1898 at Solitude, Belfast, Robertson also managed to find the net in the 3-0 victory.