James Robertson (born 3 December 1955) is a Scottish

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who played as a left winger from 1977 until 1993. Roberston played for

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

, Queen of the South,

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and

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Career

Robertson grew up in Glasgow and played amateur football with Newton Mearns Rovers and Muirend Amateurs before signing for junior outfit East Kilbride Thistle.Jimmy Robertson career profile on "Queens Legends" on the Queen of the South website
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then signed Robertson at the start of the 1976–77 season. Robertson never made the first team at Ibrox and played

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football that season. At the start of season 1977–78, Motherwell manager Willie McLean signed Robertson. He went straight into the Motherwell first team in what was the third season of the Premier Division. Robertson played in five league matches for Motherwell without scoring any goals, before Willie McLean left the club and

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was appointed manager in his place. Some of Robertson's teammates that season included

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, Bobby Graham,

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, Peter Millar, Joe Wark,

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and Colin McAdam. Roger Hynd never selected Robertson to play for the first team and he left the club to join Stranraer at the start of the 1978–79 season, playing in 51 league matches and scoring 4 goals in his two seasons at

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. Robertson is probably best known for his time with the

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

football club Queen of the South, where he made 400 appearances and is seventh highest in the club's record appearances list. Robertson had two spells at Palmerston Park. Robertson's first spell was from 1980 until 1987 and his second spell was from 1989 until 1993. Robertson was uncharacteristically tall for a winger and possessed mesmerising ball control. Robertson was looked upon as a wizard by many Queen of the South supporters and regarded as one of the finest left wingers to have played for the club, as well as being a cult hero. Robertson was a match winning Queens player in two successful promotion campaigns. The first of those was in season 1980–81 when they were runners-up to Queen's Park in the Second Division. Robertson was also voted the Second Division's Player of the Year that particular season. The second time around they were runners-up in season 1985–86 to Dunfermline Athletic, also in the Second Division. In his two spells at the club Robertson scored a total of 89 goals and he's tied tenth in the all-time goalscoring charts for the

club alongside Ian Reid. For many Queen of the South supporters, Robertson is best remembered for the number of times he glided past a befuddled right full back before swinging in another pinpoint left foot cross.

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, Ted McMinn, Tommy Bryce, Nobby Clark and

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have all since been interviewed by the Queen of the South official website and named Robertson as one of the best players they played beside at the club. Robertson was remembered by Barry Nicholson as one of his favourite players from his boyhood as a Queen of the South supporter.Barry Nicholson interview on www.qosfc.com
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External links

Jimmy Robertson career profile on "Queens Legends" on the Queen of the South website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Jimmy Scottish Football League players Scottish footballers Motherwell F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Greenock Morton F.C. players Living people 1955 births East Kilbride Thistle F.C. players Association football wingers Footballers from Glasgow Scottish Junior Football Association players