Top player, top football manager, top bloke. And as brave as a lion. I was lucky enough to see all the Robson years. After Sir Alf, how lucky were we to have Sir Bobby Robson at the height of his powers. To be fair, he was lucky to be at ITFC working for a board like ours too. It was a perfect fit. No wonder only the England job could tear him away. One of the abiding memories for me was the day we played Newcastle in the Premier League in 2001. It was Robson’s first return as an opposing club manager. GB hung back and walked out on his own. The ovation he got from every single person in the ground was truly amazing.