Ger Robinson

Ger Robinson (born 9 June 1982 in Dunboyne) is an Irish football striker, who last played for Kildare County in the League of Ireland. He is also involved in Gaelic football and has managed the Meath under-20 county team.

Ger Robinson
Personal information
Full name Gerald Robinson
Date of birth (1982-06-09) 9 June 1982
Place of birth Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2000–2001 Scarborough 6 (1)
2001–2002 Dundalk 17 (4)
2001–2002 Kilkenny City 9 (2)
2002–2003 Longford Town 6 (1)
2003 Monaghan United ? (0)
2006–2008 Kildare County 46 (11)
National team
1999 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Robinson trained with the likes of Fabrizio Ravanelli, Juninho and Paul Gascoigne as a youngster with Middlesbrough . While playing with the Middlesbrough reserves he has put the ball in the famous Anfield net. He never quite made the senior squad at Middlesbrough and returned to Ireland on loan at Dundalk F.C..[1]

He scored on his League of Ireland debut at home to Shels on 27 August 2001[2] and at the end of the season he picked up an FAI Cup winner's medal. He then had spells with Kilkenny City, Monaghan United and Longford Town before changing codes to play GAA. For Longford he scored one goal in 7 total appearances[3]

He picked up a Meath Senior Football Championship winner's medal for St Peters Dunboyne in the following years, where he was man of the match in the final .

Robinson returned to soccer when his uncle John Ryan gave him a chance to line out for Kildare County while maintaining his GAA commitments at the same time. In the 2006 seasons and the 2007 seasons he played for Kildare County only in the latter end of the season due to GAA commitments. In this spell he scored 10 goals in 15 games. In 2008, he committed solely to soccer and played the entire season but only scored 1 goal in 31 appearances. He did not play for The Thoroughbreds after that.

Following his retirement, he became manager of St Peters Dunboyne.[4] He managed the Meath under-20 football team from 2019 until 2020.[5][6] On 10 December 2020, it was announced that he would become manager of Clogherinkoe.[7]

Honours

Soccer

GAA

Meath Senior Football Championship: 1

References
  4. From Dunboyne to mixing it with Gazza at Boro and back again: The Meathman who has lived more than one sporting life
  5. "Robinson appointed u-20 boss". Meath Chronicle. 13 December 2019.
  6. "Flynn confirmed as Meath U20 manager with Geraghty as selector". Hogan Stand. 11 January 2021. Flynn previously managed Mullingar Shamrocks and succeeds Dunboyne clubman Ger Robinson in the position
  7. Robinson Appointmented Manager Of Clogherinhoe Senior Footballers.
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