Sir Bobby Robson Factfile
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1933: Born February 18, in Langley Park, County Durham.
1950: Joins Fulham. Makes 152 appearances, scoring 68 goals. Moves to West Brom, scoring 56 goals in 239 games.
1958: Plays for England in World Cup in Sweden. Wins 20 caps for his country and one under–23 cap.
1962: Rejoins Fulham, making 193 appearances (nine goals).
1967: Leaves Fulham in May to join Vancouver Royals as manager.
1968: Takes over as Fulham manager in January. Sacked in November.
1969: Appointed manager of Ipswich.
1978: Ipswich win FA Cup with 1–0 victory over Arsenal.
1981: Ipswich win UEFA Cup with a 5–4 aggregate victory over AZ Alkmaar.
1982: Appointed England manager.
1986: England reach World Cup quarter–finals, losing to Argentina 2–1 thanks to Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' opening goal.
1990: Football Association reveal Robson's contract as England manager is unlikely to be renewed even if he wins World Cup. Robson announces he will be taking over at PSV Eindhoven after tournament. England beaten on penalties in World Cup semi–final by West Germany.
1991: Wins Dutch league with PSV.
1992: Wins Dutch league before taking over as manager of Sporting Lisbon.
1993: Controversially sacked in December after a UEFA Cup defeat.
1994: Appointed manager of FC Porto, whom he takes to Portuguese Cup.
1995: Guides Porto to Portuguese league title.
1996: Steers Porto to second–successive league titles before resigning to take over at Barcelona.
1997: Presides over Barcelona's Cup Winners' Cup–winning campaign, but eventually surrenders coaching reins to Louis van Gaal and moves upstairs as Barcelona's general manager in charge of scouring Europe for talent.
1998: Rejoins PSV as coach over the summer.
1999: February – Offers to take over as England boss on a temporary basis after the sacking of Glenn Hoddle.
September 3 – Appointed manager of Newcastle.
2000: February 18 – agrees a new 12–month rolling contract with Newcastle on his 67th birthday.
October 21 – Rules himself out of the running to take on the England job for the second time.
2001: March 23 – Reveals the Newcastle job will be his last and backs skipper Alan Shearer to replace him.
2002: Leads Newcastle United to fourth place in the Premiership to put them into the qualifying stages of the Champions League.
June 15 – Knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours.
November– Newcastle stage a stunning late fightback to beat Feyenoord 3–2 and claim a place in the second phase of the Champions League.
December – Returns to Barcelona in the Champions League with Newcastle but his side are well beaten 3–1.
2003: January – Newcastle's hopes of winning the FA Cup are brought to a swift end with a surprise 3–2 defeat to Wolves in the third round.
2003: May – Newcastle finish the season in third place and qualify for the Champions League qualifying rounds.
August 27: Newcastle crash out of the Champions League to Partizan Belgrade on penalties in the 3rd qualifying round.
2004: May – Newcastle finish the season in fifth, missing out on a place in the Champions League.
August 1: Chairman Freddy Shepherd confirms will not extend Robson's contract when it expires at the end of the 2004–2005 season. Later that day Robson admits Shepherd's comments had been a surprise.
August 14: Leaves Kieron Dyer on the bench after the England man refuses to play on the right wing against Middlesbrough.
August 23: After the sale of Jonathan Woodgate to Real Madrid, Newcastle have a £20million bid for Wayne Rooney turned down by Everton.
August 26: Newcastle have a second bid of £23.5million for Rooney rejected.
August 28: Robson chooses to start captain Alan Shearer on the bench as Newcastle lose 4–2 at Aston Villa.
August 30: Newcastle reveal that Robson has been "relieved of his duties" as manager.
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