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Andy Robinson (footballer, Born 1979)
Andrew Mark Robinson (born 3 November 1979) is an English footballer who plays for Rock Ferry Social. Robinson's professional career began in 2002 at Tranmere Rovers and concluded in 2015 after a short stint at Shrewsbury Town. In this time, he made 332 league appearances in representing four clubs, scoring 64 goals. During his five years with Swansea City, he won the Football League Trophy in 2006 and the League One title in 2008. Football career Early career Robinson began his football career playing for non-League Merseyside team Cammell Laird before being recruited by Tranmere Rovers on 1 December 2002. Rovers overlooked his potential however and soon released him, allowing Swansea City to snap him up; initially on a three-month trial then on a permanent basis. Swansea City Robinson had a very successful career at Swansea, losing a playoff final, winning promotion on two occasions and winning The Football League Trophy along the way. He played mostly as a winger. His Swan ...
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Birkenhead
Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 109,835. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established in the 12th century. In the 19th century, Birkenhead expanded greatly as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, leading to a shipbuilding firm which became Cammell Laird. A Great Float, seaport was established. As the town grew, Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square were laid out. The first street tramway in Britain was built, followed by the Mersey Railway which connected Birkenhead and Liverpool through the world's first railway tunnel beneath a tidal estuary. In the sec ...
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Chester City F
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the List of Cheshire settlements by population, second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "Castra, castrum" or Roman Empire, Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, Æthelred of Mercia, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles (tribe), Angles extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes (Germanic tribe), Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to Norman conquest of Eng ...
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Carlisle United F
Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its proximity to Scotland (being located south of the current Anglo-Scottish border), Carlisle Castle and the city became an important military stronghold in the Middle Ages. The castle served as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568 and currently hosts the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the Border Regiment Museum. A priory was built in the early 12th century, which subsequently became Carlisle Cathedral in 1133 on the creation of the Diocese of Carlisle. As the seat of a diocese, Carlisle therefore gained city status. Carlisle also served as the county town of the historic county of Cumberland from the county's creation in the 12th century. In the 19th century, the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revol ...
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Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson (born 16 December 1969) is an English professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player who is head coach of National League (division), National League club Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United. As a player, he was a right back, but he was also utilised in Midfielder, midfield in a career that lasted from 1988 until 2006. Having started his career with Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, he played in the Premier League for Leicester City F.C., Leicester City, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers, before moving into the Football League with Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport County F.C., Stockport County, Notts County F.C., Notts County, Bradford City and Blackpool F.C., Blackpool. He won promotion twice with Leicester City, both via the playoffs, in 1993–94 and 1995–96, and followed it up with a League Cup win in 1996–97. His next piece o ...
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BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'' and ''Today at Wimbledon''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the #BBC Sport Online, BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand (TV programme), Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four c ...
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Brighton & Hove Albion F
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent much time in the town and constructed the Royal Pavilio ...
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Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is located on a Dubai Creek, creek on the south-eastern coast of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf. As of 2025, the city population stands at 4 million, 92% of whom are Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, expatriates. The wider urban area includes Sharjah and has a population of 5 million people as of 2023,https://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf while the Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman metropolitan area counts 6 million inhabitants. Founded in the early 18th century as a Cultured pearl, pearling and fishing settlement, Dubai became a regional trade hub in the 20th century after declaring itself a f ...
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Jonny Howson
Jonathan Mark Howson (born 21 May 1988) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for and captain (association football), captains club Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough. Following a long career which has involved many appearances for, firstly, Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, secondly, Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, and since 2017 for Middlesbrough. He formerly represented England national under-21 football team, England U21s. Club career Leeds United 2006–07 season Howson was born in Morley, West Yorkshire and attended Bruntcliffe School. Howson came through the Leeds United F.C., Leeds United Academy along with James Milner, Danny Rose (footballer, born 1990), Danny Rose and Aaron Lennon and was a regular in the Leeds United F.C. Reserves and Youth Team, Leeds reserve team pre-2006, scoring a number of goals at that level. On 22 August 2006, Howson was given a squad number (33) and pl ...
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Bradley Johnson
Bradley Paul Johnson (born 28 April 1987) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a central midfielder. Johnson in a 20-year senior career played for Waltham Forest F.C., Waltham Forest, Cambridge United F.C., Cambridge United, Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town, Gravesend and Northfleet F.C., Gravesend & Northfleet, Stevenage F.C., Stevenage Borough, Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Derby County F.C., Derby County, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons. He ended his career as player-coach for Derby County F.C. Reserves and Academy, Derby County's under-21 team. Early life Born in London Borough of Hackney, Hackney, Greater London, Johnson was a keen motorcyclist as a child. Johnson's grandfather was originally from the United States. He started his career at his boyhood team Arsenal F.C., Arsenal but was released by the club when he was 15 years old. ...
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Robert Snodgrass
Robert Snodgrass (born 7 September 1987) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Snodgrass started his senior career with Livingston F.C., Livingston. He also had a loan spell at Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion before moving to England in 2008, joining Leeds United F.C., Leeds United. He helped Leeds win promotion to the Football League Championship, Championship in 2010. In February 2012, Snodgrass was appointed Captain (association football), captain of Leeds, but he rejected a new contract offer and moved to Norwich City F.C., Norwich City later that year. He left Norwich after they were relegated in 2014 and moved to Hull City A.F.C., Hull City. On his league debut for Hull, Snodgrass suffered a serious knee injury that sidelined him for over a year. Hull were relegated in his absence, but Snodgrass helped them gain promotion via the playoffs in 2016. Snodgrass moved to West Ham United F.C., West Ha ...
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Hogan Ephraim
Hogan Phillip Ephraim (born 31 March 1988) is an English former footballer. He is a graduate of the West Ham United academy, a former England Under-19 international, and made over 100 appearances for Queen's Park Rangers. His primary position is winger, but he can also play forward. Background Ephraim was born on 31 March 1988 in Archway, London. He attended Highbury Grove School from 1999 to 2004 and lives in Highbury, North London. Club career West Ham United Ephraim joined West Ham as a trainee in July 2004 making one substitute appearance for the Hammers first team during the 2005–06 season in the League Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday in September 2005 and was an unused substitute in the club's 0–3 loss to Italian side Palermo in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Cup 1st round a year later. He joined Championship side Colchester United on a one-month loan in November 2006, saying, ''"I've played youth football for three years now and I'm looking forward to getting stuck int ...
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Max Gradel
Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger. Gradel received his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national team in November 2010. He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011. On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds. In June 2018, he joined French club Toulouse FC, Toulouse. Club career After moving to the UK from Paris, France, in 2004, Gradel attended Lewisham College Football Academy under the tutelage of then Head Coach Aaron Jacob, who was one of his early mentors. He attended the Bon Giourno Cup in the Netherlands, and the team went on to win the trophy, conceding no goals, with Gradel scoring 11 of 17. He was due to attend the Dallas Cup with the team but was offered a Pro contract and made the decision not to go. "Everything started at Lewisham College," says Gradel. "We were all good ...
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