Thou Shalt Not Pass: The Alistair Robertson Story

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A 1-1 draw at Bolton’s Burnden Park (Chorley’s own Victory Way deemed too small to host Wolves’ substantial away following), was followed by the same scoreline in a replay at Molineux. There must have been 10 players that shouldn't have been there. There was mice in the dressing room and all sorts, but slowly things started to change. The former Albion player has wished O’Shea well at his new club, and believes this kind of move is a sign of how important the youth academy can be.

Is there something an author can do, besides just being a better writer, that would make your job easier? We knew what each other were going to do the minute we walked out on the park, we never had to talk to each other." I said to the Albion people 'I hope we pass each other, I hope you come down and we go the other way'." This is how simple it was, he said if you were a midfielder you'd be a midfielder, you're not, you're a defender. So you're job is to win the ball and give it to someone who can play."

We didn’t play well and I remember chatting to Ally Robertson during the game about where the replay might be held. Williams, Tony Brown and Kaye get just as attentive an audience today as they did when they were lifting trophies in the sixties.

I knew what that meant – I was in the side, but I simply had to perform. He didn’t need to spell it out to me – I’d played twice, I’d played badly, and this was going to be my third strike. I lost my footing as I threw myself into a challenge and I connected with Brian Talbot’s head. The sad thing about that and the other semi-finals is that we didn’t play well in any of the games. I think that was the biggest reason why I never got a Scottish cap," he said. "You're left out for a year and a half and nobody knows you, you've got to start again.Together they appeared in 573 games in Albion colours, with Robertson establishing himself as one of the greatest players to wear the No.6 shirt.

Run, Diego, run!” One can only speculate on the exact wording of Diego Chará’s internal monologue after the Portland Timbers’ feisty midfielder found himself in the line of a goalbound header during an MLS game against Real Salt Lake. With the Timbers 2-0 down, he instinctively leant his body to the right where a combination of knee and hand stopped the ball dead. It bounced, his goalkeeper collected it, and appealing Salt Lake arms went up. And Chará legged it. Joining the likes of Carl Ikeme, Kenny Hibbitt and David Kelly as inductees into Old Gold Club, sponsored by Wolverhampton Building Supplies, Robertson will speak about captaining the successful Wolves side of the late 80s while on the podcast. They weren't a patch on the players I played with at Albion but the camaraderie and the laughs was ever so good. I wish I'd been two years younger to get into the First Division, that would have been heaven." RetirementThere was another stint under Giles, before Ron Saunders took the club down to Division Two after a disastrous few months with Nobby Stiles. Ron Saunders and the end of Albion Willie Johnston may have lost a yard of pace but he’s not lost his sparkling wit or his ability to astound.

I guess the biggest disappointments were to lose three semi-finals – two in the FA Cup, one in the League Cup. That was also the season Albion replaced Manchester United-bound Ron Atkinson with the wrong manager. West Brom interviewed Ronnie Allen and Alan Mullery. There wasn’t a single centre-half who liked playing against him. It remains ridiculous that he only won five England caps, even though there were quite a few decent forwards around at the time.” I would say knowing up front your expectations. I like for the authors I work with to tell me if there is something specific they want me to watch for and to have realistic expectations of the time frame. Also, realistic expectations that I’m not going to suddenly make you into a bestselling author. I can offer guidance and help you polish your manuscript, but I can’t guarantee any success. So, I just think managing their expectations and each party knowing what they can expect from each other.Robertson, with 626 Albion appearances second on the all-time list to his close friend Tony Brown, is confident the Baggies can record the points required to make the cut – but only with a positive start this weekend. I went home, came to training next morning, the physio made me exercise on it and I completely broke my leg." The reality is that unlike their stories these ambassadors won’t be around for ever more. To survive the Association will need fresh blood from Tony Pulis’ dressing room.