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Gregor Robertson (footballer)

Scottish footballer

Summary

Scottish footballer

Field	Value
name	Gregor Robertson
image	Gregor Robertson 16-08-2014 1.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Robertson playing for Northampton Town in 2014
fullname	Gregor Aedan Robertson{{cite book
editor-first	Barry J.
editor-last	Hugman
title	The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11
year	2010
publisher	Mainstream Publishing
location	Edinburgh
isbn	978-1-84596-601-0
page	356 }}
birth_date
birth_place	Edinburgh, Scotland
height
position	Defender
youthyears1	2000–2001
youthyears2	2001–2002
youthclubs1	Heart of Midlothian
youthclubs2	Nottingham Forest
years1	2002–2005	clubs1 = Nottingham Forest	caps1 = 36	goals1 = 0
years2	2005–2007	clubs2 = Rotherham United	caps2 = 52	goals2 = 1
years3	2007–2012	clubs3 = Chesterfield	caps3 = 116	goals3 = 3
years4	2012–2014	clubs4 = Crewe Alexandra	caps4 = 32	goals4 = 0
years5	2014–2015	clubs5 = Northampton Town	caps5 = 36	goals5 = 0
years6	2015–2016	clubs6 = Grimsby Town	caps6 = 38	goals6 = 0
totalcaps	310	totalgoals = 4
nationalyears1	2004–2005
nationalteam1	Scotland U21
nationalcaps1	15
nationalgoals1	2

| editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | club-update = Gregor Aedan Robertson (born 19 January 1984) is a Scottish sports journalist and former professional footballer who played as a left back from 2002 to 2016.

During his career, Robertson played for Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra and Northampton Town and Grimsby Town. He has also represented Scotland at U21 level.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Born in Edinburgh, Robertson started his career as a junior in Heart of Midlothian's youth system but moved south of the border to join Nottingham Forest when he was 17 in February 2001.

After progressing through the Reds' academy, Robertson made his debut in September 2003 against Tranmere Rovers in the League Cup, which Forest won on penalties after a goalless draw.

He made his Championship league debut against local rivals Derby County four days later as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw at the City Ground. His full league debut came the following week against Preston North End in a 1–0 home defeat. On 28 May 2004, boss Joe Kinnear offered Robertson a new one-year deal. On 10 May 2005, he was released by manager Gary Megson.

Robertson went on to make a total of 44 appearances for Nottingham Forest.

Rotherham United

In June 2005 Robertson signed for League One Rotherham United on a free transfer. He made his debut in a 2–1 home defeat to Walsall in the opening fixture that season.

Robertson spent two years at the club making a total of 56 appearances and scoring one goal in a 2–0 victory away to Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.

Chesterfield

Robertson joined League Two side Chesterfield on a two-year contract in June 2007. He made his debut in the Spireites opening league fixture of the season, a 0–0 draw away to Chester City. He netted his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win away at local rivals Mansfield Town that season, scoring direct from a corner kick.

On 2 July 2009, he signed a new one-year deal, which kept him at the club until July 2011. On 4 October 2009 he scored an equaliser in the 15th minute in the 2–2 stalemate against Morecambe, latching on to Darren Currie's cross and volleying home from close range.

In November 2009, Robertson suffered a double leg break in an innocuous tackle in a Football League Trophy tie at home to Carlisle. After a year on the sidelines he returned to action in November 2010 in a 2–0 FA Cup first round victory away to Harrow.

On 8 June 2010, he signed a new one-year deal. Robertson went on to make a total of 23 appearances that season in Chesterfield's 2010/11 League Two winning campaign, enjoying a successful spell at centre half for much of it. However, he suffered an Achilles tendon rupture away to Hereford United in April, ruling him out for the last few games of the season and much of the next.

Robertson returned to action in League One the next season in a 1–0 Boxing Day defeat away to Huddersfield Town and was part of the Football League Trophy winning squad that season.

Robertson made a total of 133 appearances for Chesterfield, scoring three goals.

Crewe Alexandra

In July 2012, Robertson joined League One side Crewe Alexandra, signing a two-year deal.

On 16 January 2014, Gregor had his contract mutually terminated by the club after making 40 appearances in all competitions for The Alex.

Northampton Town

On 4 February 2014, Robertson agreed to join League Two side Northampton Town on a deal until the end of the season. He played 15 League games in the club's successful battle against relegation, with the Cobblers guaranteeing their League Two status with a 3–1 victory over Oxford United on the final day of the season. Robertson signed a new one-year contract on 23 May 2014. Gregor was released by Northampton Town on 20 January 2015.

Grimsby Town

On 26 January 2015, Robertson signed for Conference Premier side Grimsby until the end of the season.

On 11 April 2015, he injured himself in the first half and had to be substituted at half time, in the 1–0 defeat against Wrexham. Scans revealed he had damage to his medial ligament meaning his campaign was likely to be over. Surprisingly, he made a comeback to the starting lineup, due to a hamstring injury sustained to Josh Gowling, Toto Nsiala reverted to his favored centre-back position having previously played at right-back while Robertson was injured, but during the 2015 Conference Premier play-off final against Bristol Rovers at Wembley on 17 May 2015, he had to be substituted in the 72nd minute, being replaced by Daniel Parslow; following a 1–1 draw after extra time, Grimsby lost 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out.

On 29 May 2015, Robertson agreed a new one-year deal with the club. He played in Grimsby's 3–1 victory over Forest Green Rovers in the 2016 National League play-off final at Wembley, seeing Grimsby promoted to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Robertson was released when his contract expired at the end of the season.

International career

Robertson won a total of 15 caps, scoring two goals for Scotland U21s, including one match against Spain's U21 side featuring FIFA World Cup: 2010 winners Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos and Cesc Fàbregas, which the Scots lost 3–1.

On 16 August 2005, a Shaun Maloney corner was flicked on by club-mate Craig Beattie for Robertson to head the opener in the 3-1 comfortable win against Austria U21s. On 7 October 2005, he scored a header to put Scotland U21s into a 2–0 lead on 44 minutes, eventually losing 3–2 against Belarus U21s.

Media career

Following his release from Grimsby, Robertson announced his retirement on Twitter. Since retiring from football, Robertson had moved into sports journalism and writes for The Times.

Personal life

Robertson studied a three-year degree in professional sports writing and broadcasting, journalism at Staffordshire University, and worked at the Nottingham Post as part of a work placement, writing articles. He now works as a football writer, his work including a regular column in The Times newspaper.

On 21 January 2022, Robertson pleaded guilty to headbutting an Uber driver in London on 10 May 2019. The driver had swerved a drunken Robertson who had staggered into the road and had kicked out at the car. Following a further altercation in a nearby petrol station Robertson had headbutted the man and punched his friend when he tried to intervene. Robertson received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and was also fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation to the victim.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	2003–04	First Division	16	0	2	0	2	0	—	20	0
2004–05	Championship	20	0	2	0	2	0	—	24	0
Rotherham United	2005–06	League One	34	1	0	0	2	0	—	36	1
2006–07	League One	18	0	0	0	2	0	—	20	0
Chesterfield	2007–08	League Two	35	1	1	0	1	0	1Appearance in Football League Trophy	0	38	1
2008–09	League Two	38	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	44	2
2009–10	League Two	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
2010–11	League Two	21	0	2	0	0	0	—	23	0
2011–12	League One	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	0
Crewe Alexandra	2012–13	League One	29	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	36	0
2013–14	League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Northampton Town	2013–14	League Two	15	0	—	—	—	15	0
2014–15	League Two	21	0	1	0	2	0	—	24	0
Grimsby Town	2014–15	Conference Premier	14	0	—	—	Play-Offs]]	0	15	0
33430	2015	name=Gregor Robertson	access-date=27 January 2015}}	National League	24	0	1	0	—	Play-Offs]], six appearances in the FA Trophy	0	33	0

Honours

Club

;Chesterfield

League Two: 2010–11
Football League Trophy: 2011–12

;Crewe Alexandra

Football League Trophy: 2012–13

;Grimsby Town

National League play-offs: 2016
FA Trophy runner-up: 2015–16

References

(7 July 2012). "Robertson determined to be up and running for new campaign". The Sentinel.
(23 September 2003). "Tranmere 0–0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport.
(27 September 2003). "Nottingham Forest 1–1 Derby County". Derby County F.C..
(28 May 2004). "Forest offer Robertson deal". BBC Sport.
(10 May 2005). "Megson begins rebuilding process". BBC Sport.
(27 May 2005). "Millers make move for Robertson". BBC Sport.
(6 August 2005). "Rotherham 1–2 Walsall". BBC Sport.
(17 April 2006). "Swansea 0–2 Rotherham". BBC Sport.
(13 June 2007). "Chesterfield bring in Robertson". BBC Sport.
(11 August 2007). "Chester 0–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
(15 September 2007). "Mansfield 1–3 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
(2 July 2009). "Robertson earns Chesterfield deal". BBC Sport.
(4 October 2008). "Morecambe 2–2 Chesterfield". Sky Sports.
(11 November 2009). "Spireite facing lengthy lay-off". BBC Sport.
(6 November 2010). "Harrow 0–2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
(8 June 2010). "Defender Gregor Robertson pens new Chesterfield deal". BBC Sport.
(11 April 2011). "Surgery ends Robertson's season". Sky Sports.
(26 December 2011). "Huddersfield 1–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
(3 July 2013). "Crewe snap up ex-Chesterfield defender Gregor Robertson". BBC Sport.
(16 January 2014). "Robertson Leaves Club". Crewe Alexandra FC.
(4 February 2014). "Gregor Robertson joins Northampton Town". Northampton Town F.C..
(3 May 2014). "Northampton 3–1 Oxford". BBC Sport.
(23 May 2014). "Gregor Robertson extends contract". BBC Sport.
(20 January 2015). "Gregor Robertson released by Cobblers". BBC Sport.
(26 January 2015). "Grimsby Town snap up Christian Jolley and Gregor Robertson". Grimsby Telegraph.
(26 January 2015). "Christian Jolley and Gregor Robertson join Grimsby Town". BBC Sport.
(11 April 2015). "Grimsby 0–1 Wrexham". BBC Sport.
(17 April 2015). "Massive blow for Grimsby Town as Gregor Robertson's season is over". Grimsby Telegraph.
(17 May 2015). "Bristol Rovers 1–1 Grimsby". BBC Sport.
(29 May 2015). "Grimsby Town have re-signed defender Gregor Robertson". Grimsby Telegraph.
(15 May 2016). "Forest Green 1–3 Grimsby". BBC Sport.
(15 May 2016). "Grimsby secure promotion back to Football League at Wembley". Sky Sports.
(24 May 2016). "Grimsby Town Retained List". Grimsby Telegraph.
(16 August 2005). "Austria U21 1–3 Scotland U21". BBC Sport.
(7 October 2005). "Scotland U21 2–3 Belarus U21". BBC Sport.
"Gregor Robertson | the Times & the Sunday Times".
"Gregor Robertson's profile". LinkedIn.
(14 November 2012). "Former Nottingham Forest defender Gregor Robertson on the trials of being a professional footballer". Nottingham Post.
"Gregor Robertson | The Times & The Sunday Times".
(21 January 2022). "Gregor Robertson pleads guilty to unprovoked drunken attack".
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