John Robertson RIP

[Prez]

What a player he was, nothing better as a football fan watching a winger tearing the full back a new one.

Loved Cloughies pre match interview before the European game when he said we’ve got a a fat lad who will turn him inside out.

No nonsense, no cliches, just told it how it is.

[GazLaz]

Met him at a sportsman’s dinner once. Superb bloke.

[scawsby steve]

RIP John.

Wonderful winger in a wonderful team.

[In the box]

Not many Scott’s won the European Cup twice  . Legend of player !!

[selby]

  Undervalued by many because of his physical stature not being particularly athletic, but a top top player at the time positionally one of the best in the world.
  Not many players effect a games result regularly at the top level, he did on many occasions with just a shimmy and putting the ball on a plate for others to score, that little bit of magic few have,   the ability to do it to top defenders on a world stage.
  A great player, RIP.

[Mr Brightside]

A quote by Brian Clough about him was the inspiration for the Sultan's of Ping song  'Give him a ball and a yard of grass '

[Chris Black come back]

Not many Scott’s won the European Cup twice  . Legend of player !!

There were two other Scots who appeared alongside Robertson in 1979 and 1980 - Kenny Burns and John McGovern, while John O'Hare was an unused sub in 1979 but came off the bench in 1980.

Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Alan Hansen all won two European Cups with Liverpool. Not too many more though I imagine.

[i_ateallthepies]

Have you not read the thread before commenting, Usher?  I think that's Stuart Robertson you're remembering.

[Usher wide.]

Have you not read the thread before commenting, Usher?  I think that's Stuart Robertson you're remembering.

I blame it on that fizzy stuff ‘they’ keep pouring me!

Have deleted post out of respect for all.

John Robertson’s cross to Trevor Francis coming in on the far post to win a second European Cup was a peach. He made a habit of it!

Cloughie was his ‘salvation’ & made a world class player out of a good footballer.

RIP John.

Condolences to his family & friends.