Phil Robinson (footballer, born 1967)

Philip John Robinson (born 6 January 1967) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Notts County, Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Northampton Town, Chesterfield, Stoke City, Hereford United and Stafford Rangers. He is Manchester City's international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Phil Robinson

Personal information
Full name	Philip John Robinson[1]
Date of birth	6 January 1967[1]
Place of birth	Stafford,[1] England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1987	Aston Villa	3	(1)
1987–1989	Wolverhampton Wanderers	71	(8)
1989–1992	Notts County	66	(5)
1991	→ Birmingham City (loan)	9	(0)
1992–1994	Huddersfield Town	75	(5)
1994	→ Northampton Town (loan)	14	(0)
1994–1996	Chesterfield	61	(17)
1996–1998	Notts County	77	(5)
1998–2000	Stoke City	62	(2)
2000–2002	Hereford United	62	(5)
2000–2007	Stafford Rangers	67	(4)
Total		567	(52)
Teams managed
2002–2007	Stafford Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Robinson was born in Stafford and began his career with Aston Villa in 1985. He then played for Wolverhampton Wanderers for two seasons which ended with back to back promotions and then achieved the same feat with Notts County. After a short loan spell with Birmingham City, during which he was part of the side that won the 1990–91 Associate Members' Cup,[3] Robinson played two years at Huddersfield Town and played on loan for Northampton Town before joining Chesterfield helping the side gain promotion 1994–95 and then made a return to Notts County where he enjoyed his fifth promotion in 1997–98. Robinson joined Stoke City in June 1998 and played 44 times in 1998–99 and was made captain by Gary Megson for the 1999–2000 campaign. He then went on to play for Hereford United to later become player-coach under manager Graham Turner.

Robinson spent six years as manager of home-town club Stafford Rangers. Appointed in summer 2002 after a spell with Hereford United, he guided the team to four high-finishing positions in the league, promotion back to the Conference, three Staffordshire Senior Cup finals, FA Cup First Round three times and FA Trophy quarter finals. He resigned on 2 December 2007.[4]

Later career

He graduated from the University of Salford in 1999 with a degree in Physiotherapy.[5]

In June 2008, he took up a temporary coaching role with Cheltenham Town to cover for the absence through injury of Bob Bloomer.[6] In October 2008, he joined Birmingham City to oversee recruitment to their Academy.[7] Robinson was then appointed as head of talent identification at Aston Villa before joining Manchester City as international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Career statistics

Source:[8]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	1986–87	First Division	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1987–88	Fourth Division	41	5	2	1	4	0	7	0	54	6
	1988–89	Third Division	30	3	1	0	2	0	3	0	36	3
	Total		71	8	3	1	6	0	10	0	90	9
Notts County	1989–90	Third Division	46	2	1	0	2	1	9	0	58	3
	1990–91	Second Division	19	3	1	0	4	1	1	0	25	4
	1991–92	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		66	5	2	0	6	2	10	0	84	6
Birmingham City (loan)	1990–91	Third Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
Huddersfield Town	1992–93	Second Division	36	4	6	1	1	0	2	0	45	5
	1993–94	Second Division	39	1	2	0	3	0	6	0	50	1
	Total		75	5	8	0	4	0	8	0	95	6
Northampton Town (loan)	1994–95	Third Division	14	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	18	0
Chesterfield	1994–95	Third Division	22	8	0	0	0	0	3	2	25	10
	1995–96	Third Division	39	9	2	0	1	0	5	2	47	11
	Total		61	17	2	0	1	0	8	4	72	21
Notts County	1996–97	Second Division	37	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	44	3
	1997–98	Third Division	40	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	46	3
	Total		77	5	7	1	4	0	1	0	90	6
Stoke City	1998–99	Second Division	40	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	44	1
	1999–2000	Second Division	22	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	27	1
	Total		62	2	3	0	4	0	2	0	71	2
Hereford United	2000–01	Football Conference	40	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	46	2
	2001–02	Football Conference	22	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	4
	Total		62	6	1	0	0	0	6	0	69	6
Career total			500	49	26	3	26	2	44	4	603	58

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Football League Fourth Division champions: 1987–88
• Football League Third Division champions: 1988–89

Notts County

• Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 1989–90
• Football League Second Division play-off winner: 1991
• Football League Third Division champions: 1997–98

Birmingham City

• Associate Members' Cup winners: 1991[3]

Chesterfield

• Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 1994–95

References

1. "Phil Robinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
3. Duck, Brian (28 May 2015). "Birmingham City nostalgia: John Gayle blows Tranmere away with Wembley double". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
4. "Robinson stands down at Stafford". BBC Sport. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
5. Graduation Booklet 1999", pg 15/16 published by University of Salford, July 1999
6. "Robinson answers Cheltenham's SOS". BBC Sport. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
7. Tattum, Colin (30 October 2008). "Birmingham City appoint Phil Robinson to the Academy". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
8. Phil Robinson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Phil Robinson at Soccerbase