Paul Robson (footballer)

Paul Robson

Personal information
Full name	Paul Robson
Date of birth	(1983-08-04) 4 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hull, England
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	North Ferriby United (assistant)
Youth career
1999–2001	Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Charlton Athletic	0	(0)
2004–2005	Bridlington Town	3	(1)
2005–2007	Long Island Rough Riders	46	(1)
2008–2011	Crystal Palace Baltimore	63	(1)
2011	Newport County	7	(0)
2012–2013	Lincoln City	33	(0)
2013–2014	North Ferriby United	51	(1)
2014–2017	Scarborough Athletic	71	(1)
2017	Barton Town	5	(0)
2017–2018	Bridlington Town	11	(1)
2018	North Ferriby United
2019	Hall Road Rangers
Managerial career
2016–2017	Brigg Town (assistant)
2017	Barton Town (player-assistant)
2018-2019	North Ferriby United (player-assistant)
2019–	North Ferriby (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Robson (born 4 August 1983 in Hull) is an English retired professional footballer who currently is the assistant manager of North Ferriby United.

He has previously played for North Ferriby United F.C., Doncaster Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Bridlington Town, Long Island Rough Riders, Crystal Palace Baltimore, Newport County and Lincoln City.

Career

England

Robson was on the books of Doncaster Rovers as a youth team player until 2001, ^[1] when he joined Charlton Athletic, and became an integral part of the reserve team system. His contract was extended in 2002, ^[2] but with injury disrupting his 2002–03 season, he failed to break through to the first team, and in June 2003, 20-year-old Robson was released. ^{[3] [4]} Robson then went on to sign for Northern Premier League team Bridlington Town for 1 month before heading to America. ^[5]

United States

Robson relocated to the United States in 2005. He signed with the Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Second Division, and stayed with the club through the end of 2007.

After two seasons in Uniondale, Robson left to join Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2008. He enjoyed a trial spell at Baltimore's parent club, Crystal Palace, in January 2009, but was not offered a contract by the team. ^[6] On 16 March 2010 Baltimore were pleased to announce the re-signing of Robson to a new contract for the 2010 season.

Return to British football

On 28 July 2011 Robson signed a professional contract with Conference National side Newport County but left Newport in October 2011. In January 2012 Robson signed with Lincoln City of the Conference National. After helping keep Lincoln City in the Conference National with some impressive performances, Robson signed a new contract which would keep him at the club until May 2013. On 29 January 2013, however, Robson left the club by mutual consent. ^[7] He swiftly linked up with North Ferriby United. ^[8] North Ferriby finished the 2012–13 season winning the Doodson Cup, the East Riding FA Senior Cup and the Northern Premier League title. Robson resigned with North Ferriby for the 2013–14 season, finishing in 2nd place and missing out on promotion through the playoffs.

For the 2014–15 season Robson signed with Scarborough Athletic F.C. of the EvoStik Northern Premier League. After an impressive debut season Robson resigned with Scarborough Athletic F.C. for the 2015–16 season. Robson again resigned with Scarborough Athletic F.C. for the 2016–17 season but a torn cruciate ligament in the pre-season friendly with Harrogate Town curtailed his season. Whilst undergoing his recovery, Robson agreed to join the coach set-up at Brigg Town under the management of his erstwhile North Ferriby United and Scarborough Athletic team-mate Nathan Peat. ^[9] He remained with the club until June 2017 when the entire management team departed. ^[10]

In July 2017 he joined Barton Town as player/coach. ^[11] In October 2017, Robson signed for Bridlington Town. ^[12] Robson agreed a deal with North Ferriby United in January 2018 that would mark a return to his former club as assistant manager/player. This return would also see Robson linking back up with old teammate Chris Bolder.

On 14 May 2019 it was announced, that Robson once again would link up with Chris Bolder as his assistant manager at North Ferriby. ^[13]

References

1. "Archive News April 2001". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
2. Higham, Paul (15 May 2002). "Three stay – Four go at Charlton". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
3. Wright, Matt (3 June 2003). "Roberts Released". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Archive News August 2003". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
5. "Brid Strengthen on And Off-The-Field". NonLeague Daily. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
6. "Baltimore's Robson off to London". United Soccer Leagues. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
7. "Lincoln City release Robson, Turner, Coupland and Green". BBC Sport. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
8. "Robson to land debut as Ferriby start cup defence". Hull Daily Mail. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. "Boro's Robson recovering with Brigg stint". The Scarborough News. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
10. "Management Team Depart". Brigg Town F.C. Official Website. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
11. "New Signing - Paul Robson!". Barton Town F.C. Official Website. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
12. Robson: "It was a no-brainer to join Brid"‚ bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk, 11 October 2017
13. Chris Bolder named first manager of North Ferriby FC, nonleaguedaily.com, 14 May 2019

External links

• Paul Robson at Soccerbase