While Robertson’s parents arrived at the game in style, the defender didn’t. “I got the number 75 bus to where we were having our pre-match meal,” the Express & Star columnist continued. “Can you imagine that now? I had my steak and beans and then travelled to the stadium with the team.” But after a misunderstanding on a telephone call in pre-season, during which Robertson unwittingly swore at Saunders, the Baggies boss paid up his contract. It was Saunders' arrival in February 1986 that signalled the end of Robertson's tenure at The Hawthorns. It was like the whole of West Bromwich had gone on holiday – yellow and green, blue and white, it was a great sight.

Astle told me later that was him getting me involved because he thought I was going to be a good youngster. That Everton game established me in the team. West Brom was a dressing room of big players. The West Brom team showed me a different level of professionalism. The players were staying after training, working on their fitness and generally doing a bit extra to improve as individuals. But, to be fair, from where we were earlier in the season to still have a shot on the final day is good work from the head coach and the team.You returned as a chief executive when the club was in a bad place. How satisfying was it being part of its first promotion? They weren't a patch on the players I played with at Albion but the camaraderie and the laughs was ever so good. I wish I'd been two years younger to get into the First Division, that would have been heaven." Retirement Turner’s men travelled north for the third meeting on Monday, November 24, barely 48 hours after a 3-0 home defeat to Wrexham which left them 11th in the Fourth Division table. After going through the interview process they decided that Mullery was going to be the next manager but somewhere along the line somebody made a mistake and informed Allen that he’d got the job instead, rather than Alan.

Your bloodstained face and shirt are one of the most iconic FA Cup images. Do you remember anything from that game? There must have been 10 players that shouldn't have been there. There was mice in the dressing room and all sorts, but slowly things started to change. Raven and Daryl Burgess, linchpins of the defence throughout the 1990s, are as good a servants to the association as they were to the team. Keep writing. A lot of authors write one manuscript, and they put all their eggs in that basket, and they think this is going to be my key to success. They put too much into that first manuscript. Be productive and prolific and continue to write. Not only do you hone your craft and get better, but it’s hard to be successful with one manuscript out there. You have to have a bigger body of works. So, I just say mainly keep writing, but also just be willing to learn and hone your craft. I’ve been doing this for decades, but I still learn something every day. Final Thoughts Bull said: “I was the big player at Wolves but Cyrille is one of those players I always looked up to - a true legend of the game.The three of them led by example,” said Atkinson. “The way Cyrille conducted himself, he never let anything get to him. Robertson had won nothing in 18 years at Albion, and yet two seasons into his Wolves career he was lifting a trophy at Wembley. The irony was not lost on him. Still, he’d rather not think about Chorley. Tomorrow night, Robertson is hoping the current Wolves team can exorcise the demon.

Alistair Peter Robertson (born 9 September 1952 in Philpstoun) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a central defender. Under Atkinson the Baggies reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, finished third in the league, and got to the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup, where they were undone by a late goal from Red Star Belgrade. Together they appeared in 573 games in Albion colours, with Robertson establishing himself as one of the greatest players to wear the No.6 shirt. Run, Diego, run!” One can only speculate on the exact wording of Diego Chará’s internal monologue after the Portland Timbers’ feisty midfielder found himself in the line of a goalbound header during an MLS game against Real Salt Lake. With the Timbers 2-0 down, he instinctively leant his body to the right where a combination of knee and hand stopped the ball dead. It bounced, his goalkeeper collected it, and appealing Salt Lake arms went up. And Chará legged it.

He was a competitive person and so was he. We used to test each other, have little competitions, trying to outdo each other whether it be the number of push-ups we could. If he'd win he'd give me a tenner, which was what I used to get paid for a whole week. I remember thinking what on earth!" Ally Robertson in his Albion days He always assumed he would finish his career at Albion, but after 18 eventful years playing in some of the best Baggies teams in living memory, the no-nonsense Scotsman joined Wolves around his 34th birthday. I said to Saunders 'If I ever bump into you outside I'm going to belt you, because what you've done is an absolute disgrace. I'm going to prove you wrong, wherever I go, I'm going to prove you wrong'." The reality is that unlike their stories these ambassadors won’t be around for ever more. To survive the Association will need fresh blood from Tony Pulis’ dressing room.