John Tait Robertson

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John Tait Robertson (25 February 1877 in Dunbarton – 24 January 1935) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Robertson was a central defender whose career included brief stints at Everton and Southampton before moving to Glasgow Rangers, where he won three consecutive Championships. He was also a Scotland international, winning 16 caps between 1898 and 1905 and scoring 2 goals, both of which came against Wales.

In April 1905, Robertson became the first ever manager of the newly-formed Chelsea Football Club but continued to play as well. It was Robertson who scored Chelsea's first competitive goal, in a 1-0 win at Blackpool. In his first season, he led the club to a 3rd place finish in the Second Division. He then surprisingly left the club in October 1906 to become player-manager of Glossop, where he remained until summer 1909, when he became reserve-team manager at Manchester United.

He died in Wiltshire in February 1935.

Preceded by N/A

Chelsea F.C. manager 1905-1906

Succeeded by William Lewis (caretaker)