Keith Robson (born 15 November 1953 in

Hetton-le-Hole Hetton-le-Hole is a town situated in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is in the historic county of Durham. A182 runs through the town, between Houghton-le-Spring and Easington Lane (the latter borders the County Durham Distr ...

, County Durham) is an English former professional

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. Robson, who was usually used as a winger or Utility player, played for Newcastle United youth teams before signing with the first team in 1971. He played only fourteen games over three seasons before signing for

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for £60,000 in 1974. He made his Hammers debut in a

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game against

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on 18 September 1974. Robson was a member of the team that finished runners-up of the

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in 1976, scoring in the semi-final second leg game against

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and in the final against Anderlecht. He spent time on loan with North American Soccer League team

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for the franchise's single season under the moniker, playing with former Hammer Yılmaz Orhan. He played his last game for the east London club on 5 March 1977 against Sunderland. Robson moved to Cardiff City in August 1977, having scored 19 goals in 87 league games for West Ham. However, his time in South Wales was plagued by disciplinary problems and, in December, he was heavily fined by the club and placed on the transfer list with manager Jimmy Andrews commenting he "had problems with the player since he came here". He went on to play for

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, where he teamed up with ex-West Ham players Alan Taylor,

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and

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. The £25,000 signing scored 13 goals in 65 games for the Carrow Road club before moving to

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. He spent time on

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to Carlisle United where he played with another former Hammer, Pop Robson. After a short spell in

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playing with the

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, Robson worked at Impress Metal Packing Co. and played for Norwich Busmen, Corinthian-Casuals and

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, where he became assistant manager in 1993–94.

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Keith Robson
''Flown From the Nest'', retrieved 20 January 2007

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