paulon 8:42 Wed Nov 11
Happy Birthday Bryan POP Robson
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Hat-trick v Millwall in 1978.
One of my favourite ever WHU players.
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SDKFZ 222
2:44 Thu Nov 12
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One of my all-time favourites.
He left us the first time because he said his wife was home sick and couldn't settle, so they went back to her home town of Sunderland. He returned a couple of years later and continued to bang them in for us but left again for Sunderland.
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The Marsh Mongrel
2:20 Thu Nov 12
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Bullet 3:11 Wed Nov 11
This was the man that got me excited as a 12 year old. My hero.
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Steve P
3:29 Wed Nov 11
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His wife was a gymnast, or was it table tennis?
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Northern Sold
3:20 Wed Nov 11
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Some record that...
1962–1971 Newcastle United 206 (82)
1971–1974 West Ham United 120 (47)
1974–1976 Sunderland 90 (34)
1976–1979 West Ham United 107 (47)
1979–1981 Sunderland 52 (23)
1981–1982 Carlisle United 48 (21)
1982–1983 Chelsea 15 (3)
1982–1983 Carlisle United (loan) 11 (4)
1983–1984 Sunderland 12 (3)
1984–1985 Carlisle United 13 (1)
Total APPS 662 Total GOALS 264
Great record that
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Bullet
3:12 Wed Nov 11
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Going back a few years Mick Channon got one of theirs.
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Northern Sold
3:11 Wed Nov 11
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Who did he leave us for (mid 70's) before he came back (78?) ... was that S'land or Newcastle?
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Bullet
3:11 Wed Nov 11
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One of the main reasons I carried on supporting the club when I look back as a 12 year old kid travelling up from South East London standing on an orange box to see over the wall down the front of the west side for my first game at UP, we beat the saints 4-3 and Pop got a hatrick. Fantastic striker! I was hooked after my first game and was back week after week, then home and away.
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Far Cough
3:07 Wed Nov 11
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I remember seeing the Bald Assassin at UP, when him and Wyn Davies was the Mags strike force and thinking to myself, I would love to see him, in our side
I'd like to think God heard my little prayer
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Northern Sold
3:05 Wed Nov 11
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Great picture of Mr and Mrs Pop here...
http://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2014/aug/21/memory-lane-1970s-footballers-at-home-in-pictures
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ted fenton
3:04 Wed Nov 11
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He certainly was !!!!
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Northern Sold
2:57 Wed Nov 11
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ABSOLUTE finisher
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gph
2:45 Wed Nov 11
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https://www.westhamtillidie.com/posts/2013/10/22/remembering-pop-robson
It was his wife who was into table tennis.
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gph
2:42 Wed Nov 11
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Iiri!
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boleyn8420
2:10 Wed Nov 11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiDLmgk30k
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jimbo2.
1:57 Wed Nov 11
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Snap, crackle & Pop!
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Far Cough
1:53 Wed Nov 11
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Sunderland fans called him the Bald Assassin, which I think is rather apt
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Wham1966
1:22 Wed Nov 11
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Great player. Marvellous goal v Wrexham I recall. Important goals that kept us from relegation in 1970's.
Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop Robson,
Score a little goal for me...
Happy birthday Bryan.
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Far Cough
12:37 Wed Nov 11
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Geep, I heard he took ballet lessons to help with balance?
In any case, my favourite WHU striker and the best player England never had
HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP
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Monk~koknee
11:37 Wed Nov 11
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gph
Pop's father-in-law ( Lennie Heppell) was a former dance champion who then became a dance teacher. He did indeed teach Pop dance exercises to improve his game.
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20 benson
11:34 Wed Nov 11
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One of the greats in my time watching WHU
Happy birthday Pop
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gph
10:51 Wed Nov 11
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Iirc correctly, his father-in-law was a table-tennis coach, and gave him training to sharpen his reactions.
It certainly worked
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