Robert Andrew Haw (born 10 October 1986) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Mill Lane United as a striker. He played for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

from 2004 to 2006 after progressing through the

youth system In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show en ...

Career

Born in

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

, Haw grew up in

Beverley Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located north-west of Hull city centre. At the 2021 census the built-up area of the town had a population of 30,930, and the smaller civil parish had ...

and played in the

as a schoolboy and signed a three-year trainee scholarship in July 2003. He made his debut for the

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towards the end of the 2002–03 season. His first team debut came at the age of 17 as a 59th minute substitute in a 0–0 draw at

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club ( ; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Swansea have played their home matches at ...

on 8 May 2004, which was York's last game in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

before

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to the

Football Conference The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional Association football, football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South ...

. His first appearance of the 2004–05 season came as an 80th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw at

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames Estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office for National Statistics. ...

on 16 October, with

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Chris Brass saying "Young Robbie Haw did exceptionally well though. He's been training with the first team and deserved his chance." He made two appearances for York in the 2004–05 season. He failed to make any first team appearances during the 2005–06 season, instead spending the final year of his trainee scholarship playing in the youth team. He signed for East Riding County League Division One team Mill Lane United in February 2010.

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:A. The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haw, Robbie 1986 births Living people Footballers from York Footballers from Beverley English men's footballers Men's association football forwards York City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen