Bobby '90: Sir Bobby Robson on managing England, Barcelona, Gazza and Bryan Robson

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The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Sir Bobby Robson would have turned 90 today, so it's fitting that St James' Park will be rocking later when Newcastle host Liverpool. To mark the occasion The Athletic, with the kind permission of his family, have released Bobby '90 - a special podcast series featuring previous unheard interview tapes with one of football's greatest characters in the months and years before he died. This is the second episode from the four-part series which features Sir Bobby in conversation with The Athletic's George Caulkin about his managerial stints with England, Barcelona, Ipswich and what it was like trying to tame Paul Gascoigne. To listen to the rest of the series simply search for 'Pod on the Tyne' wherever you get your podcasts, or follow this link: https://podfollow.com/pod-on-the-tyne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners George Colkin here. Today would have been Sir Bobby Robson's 90th birthday and it's fitting that St James's part will be rocking tonight when Newcastle United host Liverpool.
0:10.0	You're about to hear one episode from our exclusive four-part series titled Bobby 90, featuring previously unheard interviews between the great man and myself in the months and years leading up to his death.
0:21.0	In this episode, Sir Bobby takes us through his managerial stints at England, PSV, Barcelona
0:26.8	and Ipswich with anecdotes about Gaza, Brian Robson and many more.
0:31.5	It's Bobby at his charismatic and emotional best. To listen to the rest of the Bobby
0:36.4	90 series search for Polon the Time on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your
0:41.6	podcasts.
0:48.8	My father was always a Newcastle fan. And I was proud.
0:49.8	I was at Ray-Manusso.
0:51.8	I became Bessodagh with football. And I was a real manor so. I became a facade with football. I was a bit of a style of
0:55.5	little prodigy in my little village. So many failed. You think managing is easy.
1:01.0	I was even money for eight years, eight years.
1:03.4	George, I don't think there's been a managing game like me.
1:05.8	I love the administration.
1:08.2	You're being nice with Porto, Mr. Bonn Lisbon, PSB,
1:12.0	enough to be Barcelona. I came home and I was home and I think
1:15.0	George I think I did a hell of a job.
1:18.0	You know the Northeast means a lot to me.
1:22.0	Maybe the legacy which is just important to me is that I'm going to try and
1:25.7	help people fight cancer. So you know I'm happy been lucky.
1:49.0	This is Bobby 90, a four-part podcast series brought to you by the Athletic to mark what would have been Sir Bobby Robson's 90th birthday. My name is George Culkin, and towards the end of his life I worked with Sir Bobby on his final book.
1:56.5	We looked at photographs, stirred memories, turned pages.
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