John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)
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Robertson in 1980 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Neilson Robertson | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Viewpark, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 December 2025 (aged 72) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1983 | Nottingham Forest | 386 | (61) |
| 1983–1985 | Derby County | 72 | (3) |
| 1985–1986 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 469 | (64) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1983 | Scotland | 28 | (8) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Neilson Robertson (20 January 1953 – 25 December 2025) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left winger for Nottingham Forest, Derby County and the Scotland national team. He provided the assisting cross for Trevor Francis to score the only goal when Nottingham Forest won the 1979 European Cup final. A year later he scored in the final when Forest retained the European Cup, this time against Hamburger SV. At Forest he also won promotion from the 1976–77 Football League Second Division, the 1977–78 Football League First Division, the UEFA Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the 1978 FA Charity Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup.
Robertson also played for Scotland, scoring the winning goal against England in 1981 and against New Zealand in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
He then moved into coaching, acting as an assistant to his former Nottingham Forest teammate Martin O'Neill at Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Grantham Town.