Jack Robson

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Jack Robson

Personal information
Full name	John Robson
Date of birth	(1860-05-24)24 May 1860
Place of birth	Durham, England
Date of death
Place of death	Manchester, England
Managerial career
Years	Team
1899–1905	Middlesbrough (secretary)
1905–1907	Crystal Palace (secretary)
1908–1914	Brighton & Hove Albion (secretary)
1914–1921	Manchester United

John "Jack" Robson (24 May 1860 in Durham – 11 January 1922 in Manchester) was an Englishman who was the full-time secretary manager of Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as manager of Manchester United. Robson started his managerial career with Middlesbrough, where he was paid £3 a week and declined to travel to away games as an economic measure. Despite his tight-fistedness he took the club from being an amateur outfit in the Northern League to a professional club in the First Division. He was also the first manager of Crystal Palace and coached the club to one of the greatest FA Cup shocks of all time when they defeated Newcastle United at St James' Park in 1907. He later managed Brighton & Hove Albion and started the concept of being a manager and not a secretary at Manchester United. He stepped down as United manager due to ill health in October 1921 and died of pneumonia on 11 January 1922.

Honours

As a manager

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Southern League Division One (1): 1909–10
• Charity Shield (1): 1910

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Middlesbrough		May 1899	May 1905	215	82	86	47	38.14
Crystal Palace		August 1905	April 1907	10	3	2	5	30.00
Brighton & Hove Albion		August 1908	May 1914	14	5	6	3	35.71
Manchester United		December 1914	October 1921	120	36	47	37	30.00
Total				359	126	141	92	35.10

External links

• Jack Robson management career statistics at Soccerbase