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Full name
  
Robert Roberts

1963-1970
  
Leicester City

Name
  
Bobby Roberts


Years
  
Team

Role
  
Footballer

1959-1963
  
Motherwell

Playing position
  
Midfielder

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Date of birth
  
(1940-09-02) 2 September 1940 (age 75)

Place of birth
  
Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert Roberts (born 2 September 1940) is a Scottish former football player and manager, who played as a Midfielder.

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Career

He joined Motherwell from the Edinburgh Norton junior club, and went on to make almost 100 league appearances for them. He was made player of the year by the supporter's association for 1962. Bobby moved to play in the Football League with Leicester City for the 1963-64 season. He went on to play 230 league matches for the club, and also appeared for Leicester in the 1969 FA Cup Final and the second leg of the 1965 Football League Cup Final. He subsequently transferred to Mansfield Town.

He moved into coaching with a brief stint as player-coach with Coventry City, and then in June 1975 he was appointed as manager of Colchester United. He remained at the club for seven years, and led them to promotion to the Football League Third Division in the 1976-77 season.

He also managed Wrexham from 1982 to 1985 and Grimsby Town from 1987 to 1988, relinquishing the role to Alan Buckley.

Since then, Roberts has moved into scouting, working for Derby County, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Oxford City.

Club

Leicester City
  • FA Cup Runner-up (1): 1968–69
  • League Cup Runner-up (1): 1964–65
  • References

    Bobby Roberts (footballer) Wikipedia