{"id":20170,"date":"2025-12-25T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/football-icons-john-robertson-who-won-back-to-back-european-titles\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:13:50","slug":"football-icons-john-robertson-who-won-back-to-back-european-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/football-icons-john-robertson-who-won-back-to-back-european-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Icons: John Robertson, Who Won Back-to-Back European Titles."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_22e51b47f841cbb7\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Martin O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Testimony for John Robertson: An Exceptional Player and Influential Mentor<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">A Nottingham Forest man and manager, Martin O&#8217;Neill, was a teammate of John Robertson at the club, providing a testimony for his former player regarding his prowess as a player and his coaching career.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">O&#8217;Neill describes Robertson as a beautiful footballer who could play with both feet and possessed exceptional abilities.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">O&#8217;Neill says: &#8220;To go back to that term, which is pivotal. Very rarely did he miss football matches, and we needed John (John Robertson) in every single one of those games. He played a part in football history, I think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">&#8220;When we think about the things Robertson won in the world of football, he is a completely iconic figure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Returning to Scotland to see his family was a very big deal for John Robertson. He moved home very rarely, then heard of this opportunity to return home in the capacity of assistant manager [at Celtic].<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Robertson embraced his role intensely. He was certainly a distinguished partner.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">People, to put it best, took to John; they really did. There was something about him.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Players respected John as a player, and the players playing in his position would come to get his opinion. I have heard from players now, high-quality players in the English Premier League, who said that John&#8217;s advice was influential for them.<\/p>\n<p>United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/p>\n<p>An independent media platform providing reliable news and objective analysis, seeking to promote peace and cultural dialogue around the world, to convey the truth and build bridges of understanding between peoples.<\/p>\n<p>For more news, you can visit our homepage:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RF3DMuz9WU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; \u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u2013 UNN \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\" src=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/embed\/#?secret=b4ISLxRZKd#?secret=RF3DMuz9WU\" data-secret=\"RF3DMuz9WU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Testimony for John Robertson: An Exceptional Player and Influential Mentor A Nottingham Forest man and manager, Martin O&#8217;Neill, was a teammate of John Robertson at the club, providing a testimony for his former player regarding his prowess as a player and his coaching career. 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