Mark Robins

Position: forward

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	34	20	7	7	59	26	+33	58.82
A	32	11	9	12	36	44	-8	34.38
N	4	1	3	0	9	8	+1	25.00
TOTALS	70	32	19	19	104	78	+26	45.71

Name: Mark Gordon Robins

Birthdate: 22-12-1969

Age: 56

Birthplace: Ashton Under Lyne, England

Height: 5' 8" (1.73m)

Weight: 10st 10lbs (68.4kg)

Years at Club: 1988-1993

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 23/07/1986. Signed Professional: 22/12/1986

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 12/10/1988 v Rotherham United (H) 5-0 (League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg)

Farewell: Transferred to Norwich City, 14/08/1992, £800,000

Passed Away:

Biography

Early Life and Youth Career
Mark Robins was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and joined Manchester United's youth system as a teenager. He progressed through the ranks and was considered a promising young striker during the late 1980s.

Club Career
Manchester United (1986-1992)
Robins made his first-team debut for Manchester United in 1988. Although not a regular starter, he played a crucial role during the 1989–90 FA Cup campaign, famously scoring in the third-round match against Nottingham Forest. Many believe this goal saved Sir Alex Ferguson from being sacked, as the FA Cup victory that season was Ferguson's first major trophy at the club.

During his time at United, Robins made 70 appearances and scored 17 goals.

Norwich City (1992–1994)
Seeking more regular playing time, Robins moved to Norwich City in 1992. He played a key role in Norwich's memorable 1992–93 Premier League season, where the club finished third and competed in the UEFA Cup. Robins scored twice against Bayern Munich in one of Norwich's most historic European victories.

Leicester City (1994–1995)
Robins joined Leicester City in 1994, helping the team gain promotion to the Premier League via the 1994 Championship Play-offs. However, he struggled to cement a place in the team.

Later Career
Robins played for several other clubs, including Copenhagen (Denmark), Reading, Manchester City, Walsall, Rotherham United, and Burton Albion, before retiring in 2005.

International Career
Though he never played for England's senior team, Robins was part of the England U21 squad.

Managerial Career
After retiring, Robins transitioned into management, with stints at:

Rotherham United (2007–2009)
Barnsley (2009–2011)
Coventry City (2012–2013, 2017–present)
Huddersfield Town (2013–2014)
Scunthorpe United (2014–2016)
At Coventry City, he led the club to promotion from League Two (2017–18) and later to the Championship.

Legacy
Mark Robins is widely regarded for his FA Cup-winning contribution at Manchester United, with many considering his goal against Nottingham Forest as one that changed the club's history. His coaching career has also been marked by success in lower-league English football.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1988-1989	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
2.	1989-1990	7	17	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	23
3.	1990-1991	4	19	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	27
4.	1991-1992	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	8
TOTALS		11	48	2	7	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	17	70

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Luton Town	3	3
2.	Queens Park Rangers	3	6
3.	Portsmouth	2	1
4.	Aston Villa	2	3
5.	Coventry City	1	2
6.	Oldham Athletic	1	2
7.	Wrexham	1	2
8.	Newcastle United	1	3
9.	Nottingham Forest	1	3
10.	Wimbledon	1	4
11.	Southampton	1	4

No	Opponent

1.	Queens Park Rangers	6	3
2.	Wimbledon	4	1
3.	Southampton	4	1
4.	Newcastle United	3	1
5.	Liverpool	3	0
6.	Norwich City	3	0
7.	Aston Villa	3	2
8.	Nottingham Forest	3	1
9.	Luton Town	3	3
10.	Sheffield United	3	0
11.	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0
12.	Middlesbrough	2	0
13.	Derby County	2	0
14.	Coventry City	2	1
15.	Everton	2	0
16.	Oldham Athletic	2	1
17.	Crystal Palace	2	0
18.	Sunderland	2	0
19.	Halifax Town	2	0
20.	Arsenal	2	0
21.	Wrexham	2	1
22.	Athinaikos	2	0
23.	Rotherham United	1	0
24.	Charlton Athletic	1	0
25.	Manchester City	1	0
26.	Millwall	1	0
27.	Pecsi Munkas	1	0
28.	Bolton Wanderers	1	0
29.	Cambridge United	1	0
30.	Portsmouth	1	2
31.	Atletico Madrid	1	0
32.	Notts County	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Howe, Don	4
2.	Nicholl, Chris	4
3.	Gould, Bobby	3
4.	Dalglish, Kenny	3
5.	Smith, Jim	3
6.	Stringer, Dave	3
7.	Clough, Brian	3
8.	Ryan, Jim	3
9.	Bassett, Dave	3
10.	Venables, Terry	3
11.	Francis, Trevor	2
12.	Cox, Arthur	2
13.	Lawrence, Lennie	2
14.	Sillett, John	2
15.	Harvey, Colin	2
16.	Taylor, Graham	2
17.	Royle, Joe	2
18.	Coppell, Steve	2
19.	Smith, Denis	2
20.	McCalliog, Jim	2
21.	Graham, George	2
22.	Flynn, Brian	2
23.	Prokop, Gerd	2
24.	McEwan, Billy	1
25.	Suggett, Colin	1
26.	Rioch, Bruce	1
27.	Kendall, Howard	1
28.	Docherty, John	1
29.	Garami, Jozsef	1
30.	Neal, Phil	1
31.	Harford, Ray	1
32.	Venglos, Jozef	1
33.	Beck, John	1
34.	Aragones, Luis	1
35.	Warnock, Neil	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Ferguson, Alex

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Queens Park Rangers	6
2.	Wimbledon	4
3.	Southampton	4
4.	Newcastle United	3
5.	Liverpool	3
6.	Norwich City	3
7.	Aston Villa	3
8.	Nottingham Forest	3
9.	Luton Town	3
10.	Sheffield United	3
11.	Tottenham Hotspur	3
12.	Middlesbrough	2
13.	Derby County	2
14.	Coventry City	2
15.	Everton	2
16.	Oldham Athletic	2
17.	Crystal Palace	2
18.	Sunderland	2
19.	Halifax Town	2
20.	Arsenal	2
21.	Wrexham	2
22.	Athinaikos	2
23.	Rotherham United	1
24.	Charlton Athletic	1
25.	Manchester City	1
26.	Millwall	1
27.	Pecsi Munkas	1
28.	Bolton Wanderers	1
29.	Cambridge United	1
30.	Portsmouth	1
31.	Atletico Madrid	1
32.	Notts County	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	64
2.	Wales	2
3.	Greece	2
4.	Hungary	1
5.	Spain	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	48
2.	FA Cup	8
3.	League Cup	7
4.	Cup Winners Cup	6
5.	Charity Shield	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	34
2.	Loftus Road	3
3.	Bramall Lane	2
4.	Carrow Road	2
5.	City Ground, Nottingham	2
6.	Maine Road	2
7.	Plough Lane	2
8.	Selhurst Park	2
9.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
10.	The Dell	2
11.	Villa Park	2
12.	Wembley	2
13.	White Hart Lane	2
14.	Abbey Stadium	1
15.	Anfield	1
16.	Apostolos Nikolaidis	1
17.	Ayresome Park	1
18.	Highbury	1
19.	Kenilworth Road	1
20.	Meadow Lane	1
21.	Racecourse Ground	1
22.	Roker Park	1
23.	The Den	1
24.	The Shay	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	12-05-1990	Crystal Palace	D	3-3	FA Cup
2.	18-08-1990	Liverpool	D	1-1	Charity Shield

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	12-10-1988	Rotherham United	5-0	H	0	Brian McClair 27', 29', 69', Bryan Robson 35', Steve Bruce 48'
2.	22-10-1988	Wimbledon	1-1	A	0	Mark Hughes 23'	Dennis Wise 76'
3.	27-11-1988	Newcastle United	0-0	A	0
4.	01-01-1989	Liverpool	3-1	H	0	Brian McClair 71', Mark Hughes 75', Russell Beardsmore 77'	John Barnes 70'
5.	02-01-1989	Middlesbrough	0-1	A	0		*Peter Davenport 70'
6.	07-01-1989	QPR	0-0	H	0
7.	15-04-1989	Derby County	0-2	H	0		Gary Micklewhite 15', Paul Goddard 79'
8.	22-04-1989	Charlton Athletic	0-1	A	0		Mark Reid 7' (pen)
9.	29-04-1989	Coventry City	0-1	H	0		Gary Bannister 72'
10.	08-05-1989	QPR	2-3	A	0	Steve Bruce 15', Clayton Blackmore 22'	Andy Sinton 21', Andy Gray 60', 90'
11.	10-05-1989	Everton	1-2	H	0	Mark Hughes 32'	Graeme Sharp 10', 61'
12.	13-05-1989	Newcastle United	2-0	H	0	Brian McClair 75', Bryan Robson 82'
13.	30-08-1989	Norwich City	0-2	H	0		Dale Gordon 43', Robert Fleck 75' (pen)
14.	26-12-1989	Aston Villa	0-3	A	0		Ian Olney 57', David Platt 63', Kevin Gage 78'
15.	30-12-1989	Wimbledon	2-2	A	1	Mark Hughes 74', Mark Robins 75'	Eric Young 21', Alan Cork 89'
16.	01-01-1990	QPR	0-0	H	0
17.	07-01-1990	Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	1	Mark Robins 56'
18.	13-01-1990	Derby County	1-2	H	0	Gary Pallister 48'	Mark Wright 23', Nick Pickering 75'
19.	21-01-1990	Norwich City	0-2	A	0		Robert Fleck 70', 86'
20.	03-02-1990	Manchester City	1-1	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 70'	Ian Brightwell 73'
21.	10-02-1990	Millwall	2-1	A	0	Danny Wallace 65', Mark Hughes 84'	Darren Morgan 27'
22.	18-02-1990	Newcastle United	3-2	A	1	Mark Robins 19', Danny Wallace 60', Brian McClair 77'	Mark McGhee 50' (pen), Kevin Scott 65'
23.	03-03-1990	Luton Town	4-1	H	1	Brian McClair 25', Mark Hughes 33', Danny Wallace 44', Mark Robins 66'	Kingsley Black 80'
24.	11-03-1990	Sheffield United	1-0	A	0	Brian McClair 29'
25.	14-03-1990	Everton	0-0	H	0
26.	24-03-1990	Southampton	2-0	A	1	Colin Gibson 66', Mark Robins 88'
27.	31-03-1990	Coventry City	3-0	H	1	Mark Hughes 27', 36', Mark Robins 87'
28.	08-04-1990	Oldham Athletic	3-3	N	0	Bryan Robson 29', Neil Webb 72', Danny Wallace 92'	Earl Barrett 5', Ian Marshall 81', Roger Palmer 107'
29.	11-04-1990	Oldham Athletic	2-1	N	1	Brian McClair 50', Mark Robins 114'	*Andy Ritchie 81'
30.	14-04-1990	QPR	2-1	A	1	Mark Robins 68', Neil Webb 74'	Justin Channing 33'
31.	17-04-1990	Aston Villa	2-0	H	2	Mark Robins 24', 45'
32.	21-04-1990	Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	0	Steve Bruce 68' (pen)	Paul Gascoigne 21', Gary Lineker 26'
33.	30-04-1990	Wimbledon	0-0	H	0
34.	02-05-1990	Nottingham Forest	0-4	A	0		Garry Parker 3', Stuart Pearce 19', Nigel Clough 21', Steve Chettle 25'
35.	12-05-1990	Crystal Palace	3-3	N	0	Bryan Robson 35', Mark Hughes 62, 113'	Gary O'Reilly 18', Ian Wright 72', 92'
36.	18-08-1990	Liverpool	1-1	N	0	Clayton Blackmore 44'	John Barnes 51' (pen)
37.	01-09-1990	Sunderland	1-2	A	0	Brian McClair 70'	Gary Owers 23', Gary Bennett 90'
38.	04-09-1990	Luton Town	1-0	A	1	Mark Robins 24'
39.	08-09-1990	QPR	3-1	H	2	Brian McClair 3, Mark Robins 62', 81'	Roy Wegerle 90' (pen)
40.	16-09-1990	Liverpool	0-4	A	0		*Peter Beardsley 11', 31', 82', John Barnes 44'
41.	19-09-1990	Pecsi Munkas	2-0	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 9', Neil Webb 17'
42.	22-09-1990	Southampton	3-2	H	0	Brian McClair 20', Clayton Blackmore 61', Mark Hughes 62'	Paul Rideout 31', Rod Wallace 70'
43.	26-09-1990	Halifax Town	3-1	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 25', Brian McClair 87', Neil Webb 88'	Dave Evans 31'
44.	29-09-1990	Nottingham Forest	0-1	H	0		Stuart Pearce 7'
45.	10-10-1990	Halifax Town	2-1	H	0	Steve Bruce 42' (pen), Viv Anderson 58'	Tony Gregory 70'
46.	20-10-1990	Arsenal	0-1	H	0		Anders Limpar 42'
47.	23-10-1990	Wrexham	3-0	H	0	Brian McClair 40', Steve Bruce 42' (pen), Gary Pallister 59'
48.	07-11-1990	Wrexham	2-0	A	1	Mark Robins 31', Steve Bruce 35'
49.	01-01-1991	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	0	Steve Bruce 37' (pen), Brian McClair 90'	Gary Lineker 13' (pen)
50.	12-01-1991	Sunderland	3-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 8', 41', Brian McClair 15'
51.	19-01-1991	QPR	1-1	A	0	Mike Phelan 83'	Mark Falco 30'
52.	23-01-1991	Southampton	3-2	H	0	Mark Hughes 51', 61', 79'	Alan Shearer 53', 87' (pen)
53.	26-01-1991	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 79'
54.	26-02-1991	Sheffield United	1-2	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 52' (pen)	Brian Deane 50', Carl Bradshaw 72'
55.	13-03-1991	Southampton	1-1	A	0	Paul Ince 57'	Neil Ruddock 14'
56.	23-03-1991	Luton Town	4-1	H	1	Steve Bruce 7', 47', Mark Robins 70', Brian McClair 83'	David Preece 34'
57.	30-03-1991	Norwich City	3-0	A	0	Steve Bruce 18', 74' (pen), Paul Ince 30'
58.	02-04-1991	Wimbledon	2-1	H	0	Steve Bruce 54', Brian McClair 88'	Andy Clarke 28'
59.	06-04-1991	Aston Villa	1-1	A	0	Lee Sharpe 63'	Tony Cascarino 56'
60.	06-05-1991	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Steve Bruce 90' (pen)	Alan Smith 19', 41', 58' (pen)
61.	11-05-1991	Crystal Palace	0-3	A	0		Ian Wright 3', John Salako 58', 71'
62.	20-05-1991	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	H	0	Paul Ince 7'	John Hendry 51'
63.	18-09-1991	Athinaikos	0-0	A	0
64.	02-10-1991	Athinaikos	2-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 109', Brian McClair 111'
65.	09-10-1991	Cambridge United	1-1	A	0	Brian McClair 2'	*Dion Dublin 88'
66.	30-10-1991	Portsmouth	3-1	H	2	Mark Robins 59', 89', Bryan Robson 74'	John Beresford 61'
67.	02-11-1991	Sheffield United	2-0	H	0	Jamie Hoyland 35' (o.g.), Andrei Kanchelskis 78'
68.	06-11-1991	Atletico Madrid	1-1	H	0	Mark Hughes 4'	Bernd Schuster 68'
69.	18-01-1992	Notts County	1-1	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 70' (pen)	Tommy Johnson 10' (pen)
70.	11-03-1992	Middlesbrough	2-1	H	0	Lee Sharpe 29', Ryan Giggs 106'	Bernie Slaven 50'

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