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John Neilson Robertson (born 20 January 1953) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He provided the assisting cross for Trevor Francis to score the only goal when Nottingham Forest won the 1979 European Cup Final. A year later he scored when Forest retained the trophy 1-0 this time against Hamburger SV.
27 de may. de 2020 · This week marks 40 years since John Robertson's goal secured back-to-back European Cup wins for Nottingham Forest in the Bernabeu. Having also produced the dribble and cross for the only...
19 de oct. de 2015 · Robertson, now 62, re-emerges as the star player in an outstanding new documentary about Nottingham Forest’s rise under Clough and Peter Taylor as the club soared from the dregs of the old...
25 de jun. de 2017 · 318. 32K views 6 years ago. John Robertson was voted No.1 Nottingham Forest player of all time, forcing Stuart Pearce into second place, in a 2005 poll run by fans. He also retained this...
19 de oct. de 2016 · Robertson made almost 400 appearances for Nottingham Forest in total, over two spells. He also spent two years at rivals Derby County and made 28 international appearances for Scotland. John McGovern, who captained Robertson at Forest, offers this assessment of his team-mate; "John Robertson was like Ryan Giggs but with two good feet, not one.
Robertson left his fingerprints all over two European Cup finals – scoring the winner against Hamburg in 1980 and setting up Francis to head in the only goal against Malmo the previous year. Clough called him “the Picasso of our game” and Forest’s trainer, Jimmy Gordon, once paid him an even higher compliment.
6 de jun. de 2016 · John Robertson, now 63, is widely recognised as the greatest player in Nottingham Forest’s history. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian. Nottingham Forest. This article is more than...
