I remember coming out of Wembley Arena after seeing Duran Duran in the late 80's when England were playing a friendly at the Stadium the same night. As I came across the car park to get on the coach, who did I see just walking along minding his own but Sir Bobby. I ran up to him and asked him 'did we win? did we win?'
He seemed a bit taken back at first that this teenage girly in a Duran t shirt was pulling at his sleeve but then gave me a huge smile and put his thumbs up. I skipped away happy as larry, didn't even wait for him to say anything.
Thanks for that link it was very moving. I'm getting a few strange looks in the office now!
There's also a nice quote there from Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I was never too big or proud to ask him for advice which he gave freely and unconditionally. And I'm sure I am speaking for a lot of people when I say that.
"In my 23 years working in England there is not a person I would put an inch above Bobby Robson. I mourn the passing of a great friend, a wonderful individual, a tremendous football man and somebody with passion and knowledge of the game that was unsurpassed.
"His character was hewn out of the coal face, developed by the Durham mining background that he came from. His parents instilled in him the discipline and standards which forged the character of a genuinely colossal human being. He added his own qualities to that which then he passed on to his sons.
"The strength and courage he showed over the past couple of years when battling against his fifth bout of cancer was indescribable. Always a smile, always a friendly word with never a mention of his own problems.
"The world, not just the football world, will miss him. Let's hope it won't be long before another like him turns up because we could never get enough of them."
Shame his favoured club and his country both largely shat on a bloke that generally did better for them than any of the many others that preceded or followed him. Price of being in an idiots' business.
[cite]Posted By: McLovin[/cite]Shame his favoured club and his country both largely shat on a bloke that generally did better for them than any of the many others that preceded or followed him. Price of being in an idiots' business.
In both cases, he became much more appreciated after he left than he was while on the job.
I met him once, after a press conference, and commented to him that he seemed to have a cordial relationship with the media after all that he had been put through as England manager. He said that it went with the territory, and that you needed to be professional and have a thick skin. He also said that the only time the criticism really stung when when it went beyond him to family.
A classy gentleman whose place in football history is secure.
RIP top fella, you were above all your peers in the way you led your life and are a legend and an example to all in how to suffer the slings and arrows of life in any profession. You always came across as a diamond and I think Alex fergusons comments sum you up perfectly.
I will never forget being in Naples or Turin and you and your team making sure all the fans were thanked for their loyalty win or lose.
You are an example to all of how a great man should handle himself and I wish I had the pleasure of meeting you.
That previous u tube link summed up the man. An absolute star.
Like someone posted earlier, he got to see all his team from 1990.
How do you celebrate such a fine man?
Geordie derby? May allow certain Sunderland supporters to think again about what they sung.
first time logged on today I am truly gutted you were a gentleman in every sense of the word god bless you SIR BOBBY you make me proud to be a englishman R.I.P
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RIP Sir Bobby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFN5n-MF_dA
Pity there aren't more like him in the world of football.
God bless.
I remember coming out of Wembley Arena after seeing Duran Duran in the late 80's when England were playing a friendly at the Stadium the same night. As I came across the car park to get on the coach, who did I see just walking along minding his own but Sir Bobby. I ran up to him and asked him 'did we win? did we win?'
He seemed a bit taken back at first that this teenage girly in a Duran t shirt was pulling at his sleeve but then gave me a huge smile and put his thumbs up. I skipped away happy as larry, didn't even wait for him to say anything.
What an absolute legend!
RIP
There's also a nice quote there from Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I was never too big or proud to ask him for advice which he gave freely and unconditionally. And I'm sure I am speaking for a lot of people when I say that.
"In my 23 years working in England there is not a person I would put an inch above Bobby Robson. I mourn the passing of a great friend, a wonderful individual, a tremendous football man and somebody with passion and knowledge of the game that was unsurpassed.
"His character was hewn out of the coal face, developed by the Durham mining background that he came from. His parents instilled in him the discipline and standards which forged the character of a genuinely colossal human being. He added his own qualities to that which then he passed on to his sons.
"The strength and courage he showed over the past couple of years when battling against his fifth bout of cancer was indescribable. Always a smile, always a friendly word with never a mention of his own problems.
"The world, not just the football world, will miss him. Let's hope it won't be long before another like him turns up because we could never get enough of them."
Graham Taylor is now the most senior remaining ex-England Manager - that is scary!
To think we were replacing Sir Bobby with Taylor even before the end of Italy '90.
The papers, the Mirror in particular, were disgraceull
RIP and thank you for the memories, you wonderful football man.
I never met the man, but I will miss him.
RIP.
RIP Sir Bobby Robson
He took a load of stick out there from the media and he still came through and was a real gentleman with the right values to the end.
A *genuine* football man.
RIP Sir Bobby.
Spot on, all i wanted to say is here above.
RIP Sir Bobby, i was gutted when i heard of this news.
In both cases, he became much more appreciated after he left than he was while on the job.
I met him once, after a press conference, and commented to him that he seemed to have a cordial relationship with the media after all that he had been put through as England manager. He said that it went with the territory, and that you needed to be professional and have a thick skin. He also said that the only time the criticism really stung when when it went beyond him to family.
A classy gentleman whose place in football history is secure.
I will never forget being in Naples or Turin and you and your team making sure all the fans were thanked for their loyalty win or lose.
You are an example to all of how a great man should handle himself and I wish I had the pleasure of meeting you.
RIP legend Sir Bobby.
Like someone posted earlier, he got to see all his team from 1990.
How do you celebrate such a fine man?
Geordie derby? May allow certain Sunderland supporters to think again about what they sung.
If it was not for him and that team I may have never found the game I now love.
He was truly one of the few men in history who I reckon didn't make a single enemy in his life, he was loved by all.
There will be one extra star in the sky tonight and that will be Sir Bobby.
RIP
Top bloke and always had good things to say about Charlton.....