John Robertson (footballer born 1964)

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John Robertson
Personal information
Full name John Grant Robertson
Date of birth October 2, 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 43)
Place of birth    Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth clubs
Salvesen Boys Club
Edina Hibs
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1981-1988
1988
1988-1998
1998
1998-2000		 Heart of Midlothian
Newcastle United
Heart of Midlothian
→ Dundee (loan)
Livingston		 202 (106)
012 (0)
310 (108)
004 (1)
041 (14)   
National team
1990-1995 Scotland 016 (3)
Teams managed
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-2005
2006-2007
2007		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Hearts
Ross County
Livingston
Derry City

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

John Robertson (born October 2, 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland), is a former professional football player and formerly a manager with Heart of Midlothian FC and Derry City FC, amongst others.

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[edit] Playing career

Whilst at school in Edinburgh (Portobello High School) Robertson was thought to be a Hibs supporter while his father supported Hearts. Hibs attempted to sign him but he asked for time to think the deal over and, after Hibs refused, he signed for Hearts, along with school friend and fellow future internationalist Dave Bowman. Robertson would eventually earn the moniker "The Hammer of Hibs" as he scored for Hearts in almost every game he played against their city rivals and holds the record of scoring the most goals by any single player against Hibs by notching up an astonishing 27 strikes against the Easter Road team.

Robertson was an instant success at Hearts, becoming a legend in the first few seasons with his prolific goal scoring record. In 1986 Robertson took Hearts to the brink of a league and cup double by scoring goal after goal as the club went on an unbeaten run through that season. Robertson was to taste the cruelness of football at the end of that season as the league title was snatched from Hearts by Celtic on the last day of the season. He left Hearts briefly to play for Newcastle United in April 1988. Robertson failed to match the success he had enjoyed at Tynecastle and returned to Hearts the following season.

The man affectionately known as "Robbo" achieved his greatest success at Hearts and undoubtedly loved the club, where he spent the vast majority of his playing career. Robertson’s loyalty to Hearts was finally rewarded in 1998 when Hearts won the Scottish Cup and he finally received a winner’s medal, albeit as an unused substitute. After an earlier loan spell with Dundee, he left Tynecastle that summer, joining Livingston as a player-coach.

Robertson was also a Scottish international, playing on 16 occasions for Scotland. He made his debut against Romania in 1990, scoring in a 2-1 win. He scored three goals in total in his international career.

[edit] Managerial career

Whilst at Livingston, Robertson became involved in the coaching side of the game, while still playing for the club. He left the club in season 2002-03 to become manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle where he guided the Highland team to the SPL for the first time in their history. In November 2004 he returned to Hearts as head coach and despite two cup semi-finals and a good season in Europe as well as finishing 5th in the league, he was sacked on 9 May 2005. He was appointed manager of Scottish First Division team Ross County on 21 June 2005 but left by mutual consent after four months, after being asked to cut his budget by £100,000.

After an unsuccessful application to re-join Inverness, he was appointed manager of Livingston on 15 February 2006, after the resignation of Paul Lambert but was removed as Livingston manager on 15 April 2007 after a poor season in the First Division.

He was announced as new manager of League of Ireland side Derry City FC on 2nd July 2007. An inability to turn the clubs fortunes around, combined with repeated personal problems, however, saw the Scot released from his contract on 11th December.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Derry sack Robertson. Retrieved on December 11, 2007.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Paul McStay		 Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year
1983		 Succeeded by
Craig Levein
Preceded by
Peter Hutton		 Derry City manager
2007		 Succeeded by
Stephen Kenny
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. – Managers

Baltacha (1994–1995) • Paterson (1995–2002) • Bennett (2002) • Robertson (2002–04) • Park (2004) • Brewster (2004–06) • Docherty (2006) • Christie (2006–07) • Brewster (2007–)
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Heart of Midlothian F.C. – Managers

Fairley (1901–03) • Waugh (1903–08) • McGhee (1908–09) • McCartney (1910–19) • McCartney (1919–35) • Pratt (1935–37) • Moss (1937–40) • McLean (1941–51) • Walker (1951–66) • Harvey (1966–70) • Seith (1970–74) • Hagart (1974–77) • Ormond (1977–80) • Moncur (1980–81) • Ford (1981) • MacDonald (1982–90) • Jardine (1986–88) • Jordan (1990–93) • Clark (1993–94) • McLean (1994–95) • Jefferies (1995–2000) • Houston (2000) • Levein (2000–04) • Houston (2004) • Robertson (2004–05) • Burley (2005) • McGlynn (2005) • Rix (2005–06) • Ivanauskas (2006) • Malofeyev (2006) • Riabovas (2006) • Ivanauskas (2006–07) • Korobochka & Frail (2007–08) • Frail (2008) • Banks (2008–)
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Ross County F.C. – Managers

Wilson (1987–96) • Cooper (1996–02) • Smith (2002–05) • Robertson (2005) • Speirs (2005–06) • Leitch (2006–07) • Campbell (2007) • Adams (2007–-) •
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Livingston F.C. – Managers

Leishman (1995–97) • Stewart (1997–00) • Leishman (2000–03) • Maximo (2003) • Hay (2003–04) • Preston (2004) • Gough (2004–05) • Lambert (2005–06) • Cleland (2006) • Robertson (2006–07) • Proctor (2007–2008) •
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