Bobby Robson: the gentle master who remains a giant of English football

[Sumudica by Night]

Bobby Robson: the gentle master who remains a giant of English football

Last man to take the country to a semi-final leaves a sprawling legacy as a leader, life-saver – and mentor to Gareth Southgate

 

When Sir Bobby Robson led Gary Lineker, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and co to the semi-finals of Italia 90 he cannot have imagined it would be 28 years before another England manager repeated the feat.

 

Robson died nine years ago this month but his legacy extends far beyond the bronze statues standing proudly outside Portman Road and St James’ Park. Its enduring reach is not even confined to the presence of his two great protégés, José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, in opposing Manchester dugouts but stretches to the real and continuing success of what he termed his “last and greatest team”.

 

Established 16 months before his death, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation has raised more than £12m for cancer treatment and research via the NHS. The charity’s pioneering impact has helped turn Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Freeman hospital into an internationally renowned specialist cancer centre.

 

Fundraising for the foundation represented a big part of the reason why, a couple of Fridays ago, the magnificent Pitmen’s Parliament chamber at Redhills, otherwise the headquarters of the Durham Miners’ Association, staged a special screening of a wonderful film followed by a panel-led debate.

 

Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager charts the life of a miner’s son who, England apart, enjoyed considerable success managing Ipswich, PSV Eindhoven, Porto, Sporting, Barcelona and Newcastle. Along the way this beautifully shot documentary – co-directed by ITV’s Gabriel Clarke – offers a very rare instance of Mourinho and Guardiola agreeing about something.

 

Guardiola, Robson’s captain at Barcelona, recalls “one of the nicest people I’ve met in my life” and details his disappointment after telling Robson he wanted to sign for Newcastle only to be politely turned down. Mourinho says Robson’s spirit lives on because “a person only dies when the last person that loved him dies.”

 

Those words were absorbed by Gareth Southgate’s players as England’s squad watched the film on the eve of this World Cup. At Redhills Mourinho’s message prompted the recounting of some entertaining anecdotes from a panel composed of three of Robson’s former players and staff – David Geddis, Olivier Bernard and Charlie Woods – in addition to his son, Andrew, and this writer.

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/09/bobby-robson-england-gareth-southgate

 

Abri o tópico mais como pretexto de meter o documentário dele, que saiu há pouco tempo.

 

Bobby Robson - More than a manager.

Editado 10 Julho 2018 por Sumudica by Night

[Sumudica by Night]

 

Queria deixar só isto aqui.

[Visitante]

Que descuidado, aquele Zé do meio.

[Fajo]

Robson :heart:

[UnReal]

 

 

 

Sir Bobby e AVB a passarem os olhos numa FourFourTwo.

Editado 10 Julho 2018 por UnReal

[Quintero]

Um dos grandes da história do futebol!! :prayer:

[JohnyM]

Vi o documentário. Muito fixe

[Spikey]

Sir Bobby e AVB a passarem os olhos numa FourFourTwo.

O AVB só tinha uns 16 ou 17 anos nesta foto. Nem sabia que ele já estava na equipa técnica com essa idade.

[UnReal]

O AVB só tinha uns 16 ou 17 anos nesta foto. Nem sabia que ele já estava na equipa técnica com essa idade.

 

The late great Robson has been credited with influencing the careers of many successful managers and Villas-Boas was added to that list after responding to a letter from a pushy 16-year-old in 1994.

 

Villas-Boas, who was living in the same apartment block as Robson, then manager of Porto, sent him some tactical advice as well as comprehensive evidence to back up his claims.

 

Robson was so impressed, he handed the teenager a trainee position with the youth team's coaching staff. From there, Villas-Boas learned his trade from the Englishman before becoming assistant to Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4272368/Andre-Villas-Boas-posts-rare-photo-Sir-Bobby-Robson.html

 

:)

 

Até é uma pena que o Mourinho e o AVB se tenham desentendido. Todo este triângulo Bobby Robson - Mourinho - AVB é das coisas mais engraçadas em termos de "episódios do mundo do futebol" e todos com sucesso no FCP. :)