Terence James "Terry" Robinson is an English football chairman and director who last worked for

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club

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

. He has previously been president of Hungarian

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club Ferencváros and previously been a director of Sheffield United and Leicester City. Leicester City and Terry Robinson parted company by mutual consent in December 2014. As of 18th March 2024 he was Chief Executive at Chorley Town F C

Career

Robinson, formerly chairman of

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between 1979 and 1999, joined the board of Sheffield United in 2002, and succeeded outgoing chairman Derek Dooley in May 2006. He represented

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, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

on the Football Association (FA) Council, and less than two months after Sheffield United's promotion to the

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, was named as one of the four Premier League representatives on the FA Council. One of his tasks as a member of the panel was to ensure a smooth implementation of the recommendations of the Burns Report, a structural review of the FA. In August 2008 he was appointed chairman of the

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committee. In February 2008, Sheffield United plc chairman Kevin McCabe bought into the Hungarian club Ferencváros. Robinson stepped down as chairman of Sheffield United, while remaining as a director, to assume a new role as Ferencváros' president. He joined

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

in June 2011 taking the position of Academy Director. He left Stoke in June 2013. On 5 July 2013, Robinson became the new Director of Football at Leicester City Robinson was sacked by Leicester on 14 December 2014. As of December 2015, he is working at

as the club look to review their operations prior to a potential takeover. On 22 March 2016, he left Bolton with the club having been taken over by Sports Shield Consultancy.As of 18th March 2024 he was Chief Executive at Chorley Town F C.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Terry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English football chairmen and investors Bury F.C. non-playing staff Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff Sheffield United F.C. directors and chairmen Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff