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12 Wonderful Photos Of Sir Bobby Robson In His Pomp

By Chris Wright

Yesterday marked the birthday of the late, great Sir Bobby Robson so to mark the occasion we’ve trawled through the Pies archives and cobbled together a selection of his finest stills (click through for the full-sized images)…

: Bobby Robson of Fulham poses before the Cottagers’ Division Two fixture against Luton Town, 1952

: Fulham’s Bobby Robson relaxes (despite looking awfully uncomfortable!) at home with his lovely wife Elsie, 1955

: West Brom’s Bobby Robson poses for a pre-season photocall, 1960

: England trio Bobby Robson (L), Ron Flowers and Dennis Viollet (R) go ‘skins’ for a training session at Roehampton Sports Ground ahead of a friendly against Yugoslavia, 1960

: Bobby Robson brings the ball down on his chest during an England training session, 1962

: Several years before he became a Knight of the Realm, Ipswich manager Bobby Robson gives us a glorious glimpse into how tracking down, identifiying and running the rule over your transfer targets used to work in ye olden times – i.e, with an awful lot of Blu-tack and drawing pins, 1969

: Ipswich manager Bobby Robson gets his affairs in order, 1970

: England manager Bobby Robson gets kitted out in a top West End store in London’s Oxford Street, where the whole team were given a new wardrobe of clothes to ensure that they make a good impression when they take part in the European Championships, 1980

: England manager Bobby Robson, pictured with his new autobiography ‘Time On The Grass’, 1982

: Bobby Robson and Paul Gascoigne embrace on the pitch after England beat Cameroon to reach the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup.

: Barcelona coach Bobby Robson sits on the bench with ‘The Interpreter’, Jose Mourinho, 1997

: Barcelona coach runs through a few things with his protege, Ronaldo, at the Camp Nou in 1997. Wonder what ever became of him?

(Photos: PA)

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