John Tait Robertson

John Robertson
Personal information
Full name John Tait Robertson[1]
Date of birth (1877-02-25)25 February 1877
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death 24 January 1935(1935-01-24) (aged 57)
Place of death Milton, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
Poinfield
Sinclair Swifts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1895 Morton 33 (0)
1895–1898 Everton 26 (1)
1898–1899 Southampton 19 (0)
1899–1905 Rangers 101 (16)
1905–1906 Chelsea 36 (7)
1907–1909 Glossop 45 (10)
International career
1898–1905 Scotland 16 (3)
1900–1905[3] Scottish Football League XI 6 (1)
Managerial career
1905–1906 Chelsea
1907–1909 Glossop
1911–1913 MTK Budapest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Tait Robertson (25 February 1877 – 24 January 1935)[2] was a Scottish football player and manager who played mainly as a left half. He won 16 caps for his country, scoring three goals.

Having started his career at Morton, Robertson moved to Everton of the English Football League in 1895, and then Southampton in 1898, with whom he won the Southern Football League in his only season. He then returned to his homeland with Rangers, where he won three consecutive league titles in his first three seasons. Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal. He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End.

  1. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (17 October 2019). "Scotland – International Matches 1901-1910". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  3. ^ "[SFL player] John Tait Robertson". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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