LEGENDS: 'My greatest ever team, people loved us' - Sir Bobby Robson
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- Sir Bobby Robson in conversation with filmmaker John Gubba about his legendary Boys of 81.
It's 40 years since Sir Bobby guided Ipswich Town to UEFA Cup glory in 1981. And he was in no doubt this was his greatest ever team when we filmed this classic interview on 1st August 1994 during the making of the official Boys of 81 documentary.
Robson went on to manage England, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Barcelona and Newcastle United
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A great man
A great Englishman
My Father was Jamaican he loved this man, I was Born in the UK I loved This man Bobby Robson was Loved universally Probably the Greatest manger England has ever produced his humbleness his passion the ability to bring people together....god they don't make managers like this again
I could listen to Sir Bobby for ever. Bless him he made my childhood have happy memories. Come on you Blues!
I was there at Portman Road for some of those matches during those glory days watching the wonderful team that Sir Bobby had built & sadly it'll take a very long time before we again see such a wonderful team of such pedigree at the club!
Hard to imagine a world where Itfc can emulate Bobby’s boys. But it will always be possible while we have a football pyramid.
Wish I was only watch on TV highlights in London I been going since 1990s 🚜🚜🚜🚜
So true mate same here mate I feel privileged to have seen people like mariner. Beatie wark etc at least those memories can never be taken away from us
We will never see those days again, ever.
@@MarlboroughBlenheim1 say you don't know, we now have young manager in KM might just happen twice in my life time but Bobby Robson was the best
One of the greatest managers of all time, in my view. Great days at Ipswich. I am a Blue forever. God bless his memory.
His affection for that team shines his eyes are full of love what a great man 💙
Sir Bobby, how i miss you. Wasn't there for any of our glory years, but you and the Cobbolds made our club. Proud to support ITFC in your honour, one day we'll get close to it. Hopefully in the next few years our biggest issue will be running out of champagne again. God bless to Sir Bobby and the Cobbolds.
Should anyone want to know about the great times, read John Cobbolds biography by Mel Henderson. Great read, he and Sir Bobby made our club. We may be in the preverbial right now, but I think we can get back to the prem in the next 3 years.
That's so true and such a nice tribute from you mate I know what you mean
What a man. What a team.
wonderful memories
As a Norwich supporter and the main Ipswich opposers . Hands up 🙌 the tractor boys were awesome and.a great incentive for the canary’s to get their club sorted .
A great manager . Robson .
Great comment. And healthy respect. The Canaries are in a good place now and Sir Bobby would be sad to see how low Ipswich have fallen.
He was Ipswich best ever manager and the best England manager since alf Ramsay wherever he went he won things all over Europe 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
Respect to you.
Respect
Absolutely loved the man. Straight talking, but humble and approachable. There are not many like him.
I live in Birmingham and became an Ipswich fan in 74/75 at the age of 10.To me Sir Bobby Robson was God. I remember going to watch the Town play at the local clubs and being in awe at the class Bobby had put together.The likes of Whymark, Mills, Mariner, The Beat, Wark through to the 2 Dutch masters Muhren and Thijssen.I still consider myself so fortunate to have been around to witness this amazing man and his teams.Thank you Sir Bobby for the memories that will last with me forever.
They were all brilliant Carl. And Sir Bobby built that remarkable team with modest spending.
Bobby Robson and the lads were instrumental in helping my recovery from major spinal surgery in 1978 (after we'd won the Cup). I was in Addenbrookes, in Cambridgeshire. My uncle used to do the engraving for cup and such for visting foriegn teams. So Bobby was kind enough to let my uncle interview him and some of the lads. I played that cassette tape so many times in the months I was there, even thinking about it brings me to tears. I've supported my team through the good times and the bad, and always will. But to me Robson is the GOAT manager and Beattie the GOAT player.
He really was a hero to us Ipswich fans, and a true legend of the game. I loved him as a personality and he was the best motivator the English game has ever produced. Even a young Alex Ferguson watched Ipswich training sessions which was frowned upon normally, but Bobby allowed it. Years later of course it was Sir Alex who presented Sir Bobby with a lifetime achievement award. Loved and admired by so many, and truly one of a kind.
Never to be forgotten - never will be replaced
Brilliant comments. Thanks for posting them. JG
I was lucky enough to go to Wembley in 1978 and saw Ipswich from the mid seventies and early 80s and the uefa Cup home games.Football at Portman Road in those days were magical and Bobby Robson was the magician. Football has changed and moved on and I would love to see us back in the top flight again. However what Bobby achieved and all the players achieved was unique and holds a special place in my heart. Rest Easy Bobby x
I'm jealous,I was four. I was at Wembley when we got promoted. The best game I've ever been to was the semi final second leg!💙
What a wonderful man he was and as an Ipswich fan through his glory days it was such a privilege to watch his great teams.
Sir Bobby was a wonderful human being and a great football manager. Loved meeting and being inspired by him at Ipswich. JG
Best manager ever period
You know what Ipswich meant to this man when he can remember how much his GK cost.
One of the biggest personalities to grace the game. Totally charasmatic. A true legend.
They had a tremendous team that were a joy to watch. They really should have won the league but fatigue did for them. As a Liverpool supporter I salute their and their managers brilliance in that era and they deserved to win more trophies.
I could listen to this man for eternity.
Great memories 78 Wembley - 81 Amsterdam, I will never forget it
It was amazing growing up and watching this team develop. Norwich city now hold sway in East Anglia but will they ever achieve what we did?
100% right mate
Never.... ITID.....
Sir Bobby was an absolute gentleman a real genuine man with old school values. He will never ever be forgotten ❤️
Thank you for this fantastic tribute. Lovely man and superb manager who gave me the most incredible memories from my teenage years. Rest easy Sir Bobby. And thank you. 💙🤍
What a day that was in Amsterdam absolutely heaving with blue and white
What a fantastic man . He did an incalcuble amount for I.T.F.C. R.I.P. Sir Bobby.
A lovely man, what more can you say?!
It was a great team. Respect ❤
What i loved about him as a maanger is he managed England and unlike most English managers he chose to manage abroard with the likes of PSV, Sporting, Porto & Barcelona...that hasnt happened since and wont again.
As someone who is English but likes foreign football i was so impressed with him as a kid managing top clubs abroard just as much as i am now.
Sir Bobby was a real gentleman and a great manager who had an incredible career. Legend.
I start watching football with this legend coaching my team, fc Porto. Always a gentlemen, never forgotten! Nice jacket, by the way!
I wish I could’ve seen your magic!!! your legend lives on bob you will never be forgotten!!! Itfcccccc we the the blue armyyyyyyyyyy 💙💙💙
Amazing achievement. Incredible what Sir Bobby achieved, especially at Ipswich. INCREDIBLE! He built incredible teams and club spirit. Just incredible ❤
Still cherish the memories of that era and the day at Wembley. What a privilege it was to be a Town supporter.
There have been many changes to the game since then, such as more substitutes. It's incredible that Robson signed just 13 players when he was Ipswich manager. These days many Premiership and Championship clubs sign that number of players in a season.
At the tender age of 11, I saw Town beat Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley in the FA Cup final. Made me a fan for life, and the following years were incredible. What a team! Cooper, Burley, Mills, Butcher, Osman, Wark, Muhren, Thijssen, Mariner, Brazil, Gates. Holy h..l, what a lineup. The heartbreak of losing the title two years in a row, winning the UEFA cup final, playing football that won everyone’s hearts. Robson was instrumental in making this team tick, fabolous years that will never be equalled again. As Robson said, «great love for those players, part of history». So true.
Don't forget the Carlisle boys, Beattie and Geddis!
It was our Ipswich GREATEST ever team one for one they were fantastic even the reserves away fans I speak to who were alive from that era all say we had a great team always loved coming to our ground and us visiting them 🚜🚜🚜🚜
sad to see how far Ipswich town have fallen
There was only one Sir Bobby Robson ❤️
Met him on. A few occasions in newmarket. Always had time too talk. A. Legend and gentleman. Rip. Coyb
They don’t make them like sir Bobby anymore.
Sir Bobby! we all love you very much! A Gentleman and a Legend! From Portugal, we will never ever forget you! may god bless your imortal soul!
Fantastic memories of this season. Two things annoy me thinking back. 1. Not going to the away game against AZ and 2. Thinking it would go on and on not realising it was the end of an era never to be repeated in my lifetime.
Nothing stays the same forever. Whatever club we support. But the memories we have are precious. JG
Like many of those posting comments I was privileged to watch Ipswich in the Robson years. In this interview he remembered every detail of every match and displayed great humility as to why they were successful - respect for players and supporters - a great coach and a true gentleman. Look his eyes at the end of this interview - he truly loved the club and the players. ❤
"We had 2 sets of supports that game, 1 on the pitch & 1 in the stands." Just watching Bobby's face, his expressions & joy of all of it. He was reliving every memory & so was I. It was just a classic year where Britain had some great teams in Forest, Villa & Liverpool winning to.
I met Bobby quite a few times as a younger man in my 20's & he was a genuine force for good. He was a good Midfield inside right & played for England 1957 - 1963 & in WC 1962. Magic!
Thanks for your great comments, especially about Sir Bobby. Absolute pleasure to have known him and always an honour to talk to him. Remember this interview like it was yesterday and was in awe at the detail of his memory. JG
SBR - The greatest football manager there has ever been.
It would be easy to say you loved this man...well so many dif
love sir Bobby Robson and had so much respect for him and could listen to his stories about football and every thing done in football and who still one of the best managers in world and we never for get him God bless you sir Bobby ❤❤❤❤
What a great interview, loved that man, what passion, my brother and I went to nearly all the games that season home and away - What a team💙🤍💙
Thanks for watching and commenting. I remember that day interviewing Sir Bobby and how amazing his memory was. Unbelievable. And such a lovely human being. JG
Its n absolute travesty that Uncle Bobby only won two trophies at Ipswich. We didn't have cash to throw around. We didn't have the best facilities, the largest squad, the location isnt exactly a prize with some long ole hauls for away days almost every other week and had out backs to the wall a lot of the time. But by heck did we have a fighting spirit to raise a middle finger with one hand with a pint in the other hand and a cig hanging out the corner of out mouths and the Gaul to say "yeah... and wot?"
Hopefully this is something that our current squad are currently learning, this is the way we do things here in Suffolk
Not sure what you’re really on about! We attracted the best players in Europe and had a team full of internationals. We also dominated most games.
Gone but never forgotten. Great man.
i'm a barrow supporter and this season we knocked ipswich out of the fa cup at holker st, i'm old enough to remember bobby robson's great ipswich side of the 70's/early 80's, we were in non league oblivion back then and if somebody had said we'd be back in the league and beating a side of ipswich heritage i'd have thought they'd gone mad, great video, what a brilliant manager he was and what a fabulous side ipswich had, good luck to a great club. i'm sure they'll rise again but perhaps not to the level of sir bobby's time
Great post. Thank you. Sir Bobby was quality. Hard to imagine Ipswich will ever rise to those heights again. But the dream is one of the things that keeps fans of all clubs hooked. JG
was there for all the games, home and away, what a side, in debt to them all, lovely football
Wonderful memories
Equally loved by the Newcastle fans!
Don't hijack the post mate. Its not about Newcastle..
True legend and a gentleman
There are times when you need to rest certain players and trust others
I went to Inter Milan and Barcelona away In 2002 under Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle United...Thank you for the good times...
Bobby was a legend wherever he went. Top guy on every level. And much loved.
Came from County Durham...Just a short drive from me...RIP Sir Bobby Robson...
Had a season ticket with my dad 80/81 and 81/82 on Portman Terrace, 3 rows from the pitch . Went to all the home Uefa Cup games. We went to Villa Park to see the FA Cup Semi-Final against Man City and I remember after losing we then beat Aston Villa 2-1 away on the Tuesday. So close to winning a treble - we beat Villa home and away that year when Villa won the League.
Great memories and absolutely you had a brilliant team. The best in England at that moment. Deserved more than just the UEFA cup. But that was still a great achievement. JG
I Loved Bobby Robson he was a great man and an absolute gentleman. He crafted a fantastic side in Ipswich Town, and he was a fantastic manager.But I have to disagree with him here at this time Aston Villa were the best team in the country that's why we won the league . Im well aware of the fact they beat us three times that year but the season is not over three games its over the season overall.History states we won the league that year and were the best team that season. UTV
We had a bit of a dishy team. I love ya Bobby 😁
sir Bobby had a way with words all of his own. Legend of a man.
If Ipswich had two or three more first team players they would have won everything that season. Everything. They were a truly exceptional side, full of ability, flair, skill, hard work and passion. But they ran out of steam and hit injuries. Crazy the amount of games they played - 65 - with just 12 first team players ! Ipswich beat Villa three times that season but Villa only played 40 odd games.
Tough.
Itfccccccc we the blue armyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Legend, best manager in world,
Never be a team like that again at Ipswich the only reminder we have of that era is the stadium and a couple of bronze statues. RIP Sir Bobby, Paul Mariner and Kevin Beattie. Afraid big money has bought the game for select few, only Leicester City FC have broken the mould in recent times.
His memory of the 2nd leg of the final was obviously a tad fuzzy. We were never 4-1 down, in fact we were 1-0 and 2-1 up in the 1st half. Also Thijssen never chested the ball before volleying the first goal.
Wow the opposite manager doing a bet with the other manager before the game 🤣 how illegal that would be now. Lose your licence over something like that