Bryan Robson

So the team was Woods, 4-4-1-1 if you like.

Woods, Gary Stephens, Dave Watson, Tony Adams, Kelly Sansom, Trevor Stephens, Steve McMahon, Brian Robson, John Barnes, Glenn Hoddle, Gary Lineker.

Lineker nearly didn't play.

And there's a lot of talk about him having some kind of mysterious illness, which we know now is hepatitis B.

My dog's never going to shut up.

Sorry.

The players wanted Brian Robson to play in defence against the Netherlands.

But anyway, the day before the game, Bobby Robson said it's a diabolical lie.

Shilton, Stephens, Wright, Adam Sansom, Stephen Hoddle, Robson Barnes, Beardsley, Lydica.

One thing that's interesting, according to the Mirror, the players the day before the game had a meeting and voted for Brian Robson to go into the defence because the defence had been so vulnerable without Terry Butcher, who broke his leg.

I mean, he had played...

It doesn't say whether they wanted him as a sweeper or just as a centre-back.

But anyway...

England equalise after about 10 minutes in the second half.

And it's just the most typical Brian Robson goal ever, basically.

Beardsley gives him the ball about 20 yards out.

In fact, it rarely happens.

Brian Robson got close, but didn't quite make it.

Roy Keane got close, didn't quite make it.

Didn't quite make it? Yeah, I think...

Three captains on it.

Brian Robson, Rory Keane and Eric Cantona.

Different characters, all winners, all mine.

None of them perfect,

But also just how highly he was regarded.

He was seen as, along with Brian Robson, as England's jewel in a way that, and we know he was a fantastic

player,

but I thought more might have been made at the time, given what they've done for Liverpool, of Barnes and Beardsley.

George Graham had already started to buy players to move him on.

He bought Winterburn and Dixon.

the previous year windsor was playing right back at that time i think but it was kind of basically he's getting on a bit but what i would say and this is slightly before my time but growing up i was always kind of aware of stats and being seen as like more sophisticated left back very good footballer he also struck i mean he was in the pfa team of the year all the bloody time in the 80s more than pretty much anyone even brian robson i think so you have pierce emerging but pierce was injured uh tony derigo was in the squad as backup I suspect Sansa would have played anyway, but his career was definitely starting to wind down.

I think Graham sold it.

Imagine if

Roy Keane, Brian Robson, Eric Cantor were in that changing room and they saw Bruno Fernandes make those comments in his post-match interview.

Roy Keane would have had him up against the wall by his earlobes and be, you're no doing that again.

But there's no one in that...

Yeah.

Brian Robson.

Pop Robson from Newcastle, absolute legend.

Ronnie Boyce, who was a great player.