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Chelsea FC Profile: Bill Robertson

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Full Name: William Gibb Robertson

Born: Tuesday, 13th November 1928
Place of birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Height: 6'
Died: Tuesday, 26th June 1973 (aged 44)

Involvement with Chelsea:


Player from 1946 to 1960


Playing Career:


Arthurlie
Chelsea (Jul 1946 to Sep 1960) - cost: unknown
Leyton Orient

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Debut: Saturday, 21st April 1951, Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool

Age on debut: 22 years 5 months 8 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 21st November 1953, Bolton Wanderers 2 - 2 Chelsea

200th Appearance: Saturday, 9th March 1957, Chelsea 4 - 2 Manchester City

Last Appearance: Wednesday, 30th March 1960, Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Chelsea

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1950 / 51 400004
1951 / 52 41900050
1952 / 53 27000027
1953 / 54 34000034
1954 / 55 26100027
1955 / 56 34400139
1956 / 57 20000020
1958 / 59 10001011
1959 / 60 300003
Total19914011215

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
Total000000


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Bill Robertson made 215 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
League21st Apr 1951Chelsea10Liverpool30,134 match won
League25th Apr 1951Chelsea21Wolverhampton Wanderers36,410 match won
League28th Apr 1951Fulham12Chelsea24,897 match won
League5th May 1951Chelsea40Bolton Wanderers38,928 match won
League18th Aug 1951Blackpool12Chelsea31,172 match won
League22nd Aug 1951Chelsea13Arsenal59,143 match lost
League25th Aug 1951Chelsea13Liverpool44,055 match lost
League29th Aug 1951Arsenal21Chelsea48,768 match lost
League1st Sep 1951Portsmouth10Chelsea23,901 match lost
League5th Sep 1951Chelsea01Derby County25,191 match lost
League8th Sep 1951Chelsea21Fulham47,582 match won
League15th Sep 1951Chelsea21Huddersfield Town25,165 match won
League22nd Sep 1951Wolverhampton Wanderers53Chelsea35,184 match lost
League29th Sep 1951Chelsea21Sunderland49,762 match won
League6th Oct 1951Middlesbrough00Chelsea30,010 match drawn
League13th Oct 1951Chelsea13West Bromwich Albion34,917 match lost
League20th Oct 1951Newcastle United31Chelsea52,168 match lost
League27th Oct 1951Chelsea13Bolton Wanderers45,287 match lost
League3rd Nov 1951Stoke City12Chelsea26,121 match won
League10th Nov 1951Chelsea42Manchester United48,960 match won
League17th Nov 1951Tottenham Hotspur32Chelsea48,985 match lost
League24th Nov 1951Chelsea00Preston North End43,873 match drawn
League1st Dec 1951Burnley11Chelsea21,773 match drawn
League8th Dec 1951Chelsea10Charlton Athletic38,343 match won
League15th Dec 1951Chelsea21Blackpool38,912 match won
League22nd Dec 1951Liverpool11Chelsea26,459 match drawn
League25th Dec 1951Chelsea03Manchester City34,850 match lost
League26th Dec 1951Manchester City31Chelsea49,791 match lost
League29th Dec 1951Chelsea11Portsmouth43,389 match drawn
League5th Jan 1952Fulham12Chelsea43,880 match won
F.A. Cup12th Jan 1952Chelsea22Chester City42,954 match drawn
F.A. Cup16th Jan 1952Chester City23Chelsea20,500 match won
League19th Jan 1952Huddersfield Town10Chelsea19,315 match lost
League26th Jan 1952Chelsea01Wolverhampton Wanderers40,586 match lost
F.A. Cup2nd Feb 1952Chelsea40Tranmere Rovers59,101 match won
League9th Feb 1952Sunderland41Chelsea37,928 match lost
League16th Feb 1952Chelsea50Middlesbrough37,805 match won
F.A. Cup23rd Feb 1952Leeds United11Chelsea52,328 match drawn
F.A. Cup27th Feb 1952Chelsea11Leeds United60,840 match drawn
F.A. Cup3rd Mar 1952Leeds United15Chelsea30,504 match won
F.A. Cup8th Mar 1952Sheffield United01Chelsea43,677 match won
League12th Mar 1952Chelsea10Newcastle United42,948 match won
League15th Mar 1952Bolton Wanderers30Chelsea31,448 match lost
League22nd Mar 1952Chelsea10Stoke City36,880 match won
F.A. Cup5th Apr 1952Arsenal11Chelsea68,084 match drawn
F.A. Cup7th Apr 1952Arsenal30Chelsea57,450 match lost
League12th Apr 1952Preston North End10Chelsea28,081 match lost
League14th Apr 1952Chelsea22Aston Villa28,005 match drawn
League15th Apr 1952Aston Villa71Chelsea29,882 match lost
League19th Apr 1952Chelsea41Burnley26,349 match won
League21st Apr 1952Manchester United30Chelsea37,434 match lost
League26th Apr 1952Charlton Athletic11Chelsea20,851 match drawn
League30th Apr 1952Chelsea02Tottenham Hotspur46,574 match lost
League3rd May 1952Derby County11Chelsea8,582 match drawn
League23rd Aug 1952Manchester United20Chelsea43,629 match lost
League27th Aug 1952Chelsea11Derby County34,467 match drawn
League30th Aug 1952Chelsea20Portsmouth53,470 match won
League3rd Sep 1952Derby County32Chelsea15,227 match lost
League6th Sep 1952Bolton Wanderers11Chelsea29,877 match drawn
League10th Sep 1952Chelsea40Blackpool47,632 match won
League13th Sep 1952Chelsea40Aston Villa56,653 match won
League15th Sep 1952Blackpool31Chelsea28,892 match lost
League20th Sep 1952Sunderland21Chelsea40,388 match lost
League27th Sep 1952Chelsea12Wolverhampton Wanderers63,781 match lost
League4th Oct 1952Charlton Athletic22Chelsea36,653 match drawn
League11th Oct 1952Chelsea53Preston North End51,426 match won
League18th Oct 1952Burnley11Chelsea27,692 match drawn
League25th Oct 1952Chelsea21Tottenham Hotspur62,688 match won
League1st Nov 1952Sheffield Wednesday10Chelsea48,186 match lost
League8th Nov 1952Chelsea02Cardiff City52,139 match lost
League15th Nov 1952Newcastle United21Chelsea37,178 match lost
League22nd Nov 1952Chelsea02West Bromwich Albion33,304 match lost
League29th Nov 1952Middlesbrough40Chelsea19,683 match lost
League13th Dec 1952Manchester City40Chelsea20,733 match lost
League20th Dec 1952Chelsea23Manchester United23,261 match lost
League18th Feb 1953Wolverhampton Wanderers22Chelsea13,957 match drawn
League21st Feb 1953Chelsea01Charlton Athletic53,176 match lost
League11th Apr 1953West Bromwich Albion01Chelsea32,703 match won
League18th Apr 1953Chelsea11Middlesbrough40,042 match drawn
League25th Apr 1953Liverpool20Chelsea47,699 match lost
League29th Apr 1953Chelsea31Manchester City48,594 match won
League19th Aug 1953Manchester United11Chelsea29,936 match drawn
League22nd Aug 1953Blackpool21Chelsea28,440 match lost
League25th Aug 1953Chelsea43Portsmouth40,090 match won
League29th Aug 1953Chelsea31Charlton Athletic49,245 match won
League2nd Sep 1953Portsmouth32Chelsea29,571 match lost
League5th Sep 1953Chelsea12Sheffield United49,824 match lost
League8th Sep 1953Arsenal12Chelsea54,946 match won
League12th Sep 1953Huddersfield Town31Chelsea29,613 match lost
League15th Sep 1953Chelsea02Arsenal60,652 match lost
League19th Sep 1953Chelsea12Aston Villa47,487 match lost
League26th Sep 1953Wolverhampton Wanderers81Chelsea36,134 match lost
League3rd Oct 1953Chelsea22Sunderland56,685 match drawn
League10th Oct 1953Sheffield Wednesday20Chelsea32,217 match lost
League17th Oct 1953Chelsea11Middlesbrough23,513 match drawn
League24th Oct 1953West Bromwich Albion52Chelsea32,254 match lost
League31st Oct 1953Chelsea52Liverpool32,867 match won
League7th Nov 1953Tottenham Hotspur21Chelsea44,795 match lost
League14th Nov 1953Chelsea21Burnley39,731 match won
League21st Nov 1953Bolton Wanderers22Chelsea30,635 match drawn
League28th Nov 1953Chelsea10Preston North End40,922 match won
League5th Dec 1953Newcastle United11Chelsea41,728 match drawn
League12th Dec 1953Chelsea31Manchester United37,153 match won
League19th Dec 1953Chelsea51Blackpool34,865 match won
League26th Dec 1953Chelsea20Cardiff City61,336 match won
League28th Dec 1953Cardiff City00Chelsea36,958 match drawn
League17th Mar 1954Chelsea50West Bromwich Albion46,089 match won
League20th Mar 1954Liverpool11Chelsea35,947 match drawn
League27th Mar 1954Chelsea10Tottenham Hotspur49,315 match won
League3rd Apr 1954Burnley12Chelsea20,312 match won
League10th Apr 1954Chelsea20Bolton Wanderers49,433 match won
League16th Apr 1954Chelsea01Manchester City59,794 match lost
League17th Apr 1954Preston North End10Chelsea27,172 match lost
League19th Apr 1954Manchester City11Chelsea30,620 match drawn
League24th Apr 1954Chelsea12Newcastle United46,991 match lost
League21st Aug 1954Leicester City11Chelsea38,541 match drawn
League23rd Aug 1954Chelsea10Burnley30,239 match won
League28th Aug 1954Chelsea32Bolton Wanderers52,756 match won
League31st Aug 1954Burnley11Chelsea52,756 match drawn
League4th Sep 1954Chelsea11Cardiff City42,688 match drawn
League6th Sep 1954Chelsea01Preston North End36,947 match lost
League11th Sep 1954Manchester City11Chelsea36,230 match drawn
League15th Sep 1954Preston North End12Chelsea27,549 match won
League18th Sep 1954Chelsea02Everton59,199 match lost
League20th Sep 1954Sheffield United12Chelsea14,137 match won
League25th Sep 1954Newcastle United13Chelsea45,659 match won
League2nd Oct 1954Chelsea33West Bromwich Albion67,440 match drawn
League9th Oct 1954Huddersfield Town10Chelsea29,556 match lost
League16th Oct 1954Chelsea56Manchester United55,966 match lost
League23rd Oct 1954Blackpool10Chelsea19,694 match lost
League30th Oct 1954Chelsea12Charlton Athletic54,113 match lost
League6th Nov 1954Sunderland33Chelsea42,416 match drawn
League13th Nov 1954Chelsea21Tottenham Hotspur52,960 match won
League20th Nov 1954Sheffield Wednesday11Chelsea25,913 match drawn
League27th Nov 1954Chelsea41Portsmouth40,358 match won
League4th Dec 1954Wolverhampton Wanderers34Chelsea32,095 match won
League11th Dec 1954Chelsea40Aston Villa36,162 match won
League18th Dec 1954Chelsea31Leicester City33,215 match won
League25th Dec 1954Arsenal10Chelsea47,178 match lost
League27th Dec 1954Chelsea11Arsenal65,922 match drawn
League1st Jan 1955Bolton Wanderers25Chelsea30,988 match won
F.A. Cup8th Jan 1955Chelsea20Walsall40,020 match won
League5th Sep 1955Blackpool21Chelsea30,563 match lost
League10th Sep 1955Sunderland43Chelsea45,241 match lost
F.A. Charity Shield14th Sep 1955Chelsea30Newcastle United12,802 match won
League17th Sep 1955Chelsea00Aston Villa35,221 match drawn
League24th Sep 1955Wolverhampton Wanderers21Chelsea43,017 match lost
League1st Oct 1955Chelsea21Manchester City44,583 match won
League8th Oct 1955Charlton Athletic12Chelsea40,949 match won
League15th Oct 1955Chelsea20Tottenham Hotspur48,195 match won
League22nd Oct 1955Preston North End23Chelsea17,799 match won
League29th Oct 1955Chelsea00Burnley39,069 match drawn
League5th Nov 1955Birmingham City30Chelsea30,499 match lost
League12th Nov 1955Chelsea20West Bromwich Albion41,898 match won
League19th Nov 1955Manchester United30Chelsea22,192 match lost
League26th Nov 1955Chelsea10Sheffield United30,032 match won
League3rd Dec 1955Everton33Chelsea33,473 match drawn
League10th Dec 1955Chelsea21Newcastle United37,327 match won
League17th Dec 1955Bolton Wanderers40Chelsea24,129 match lost
League24th Dec 1955Chelsea20Arsenal43,022 match won
League26th Dec 1955Cardiff City11Chelsea26,794 match drawn
League27th Dec 1955Chelsea21Cardiff City36,740 match won
League31st Dec 1955Portsmouth44Chelsea28,995 match drawn
F.A. Cup7th Jan 1956Hartlepools United01Chelsea16,700 match won
League14th Jan 1956Chelsea23Sunderland43,999 match lost
League21st Jan 1956Aston Villa14Chelsea24,732 match won
F.A. Cup28th Jan 1956Burnley11Chelsea44,897 match drawn
F.A. Cup1st Feb 1956Chelsea11Burnley26,661 match drawn
League4th Feb 1956Chelsea23Wolverhampton Wanderers37,740 match lost
F.A. Cup6th Feb 1956Burnley22Chelsea21,921 match drawn
League3rd Mar 1956Chelsea24Manchester United32,050 match lost
League10th Mar 1956Burnley50Chelsea18,670 match lost
League21st Mar 1956Chelsea12Birmingham City12,637 match lost
League24th Mar 1956West Bromwich Albion30Chelsea20,219 match lost
League30th Mar 1956Luton Town22Chelsea24,276 match drawn
League31st Mar 1956Chelsea01Preston North End31,450 match lost
League2nd Apr 1956Chelsea00Luton Town26,364 match drawn
League7th Apr 1956Sheffield United21Chelsea23,398 match lost
League14th Apr 1956Chelsea61Everton13,825 match won
League21st Apr 1956Newcastle United11Chelsea24,280 match drawn
League28th Apr 1956Chelsea21Blackpool35,427 match won
League18th Aug 1956Burnley20Chelsea21,960 match lost
League22nd Aug 1956Sheffield Wednesday40Chelsea36,543 match lost
League25th Aug 1956Chelsea10Preston North End21,832 match won
League1st Sep 1956Leeds United00Chelsea38,679 match drawn
League5th Sep 1956Chelsea12Manchester United29,082 match lost
League8th Sep 1956Cardiff City11Chelsea30,000 match drawn
League15th Sep 1956Chelsea10Birmingham City40,530 match won
League19th Sep 1956Chelsea00Sheffield Wednesday21,971 match drawn
League22nd Sep 1956West Bromwich Albion21Chelsea24,290 match lost
League29th Sep 1956Chelsea33Portsmouth31,620 match drawn
League6th Oct 1956Chelsea24Tottenham Hotspur55,788 match lost
League13th Oct 1956Everton03Chelsea34,897 match won
League20th Oct 1956Chelsea33Wolverhampton Wanderers43,558 match drawn
League27th Oct 1956Bolton Wanderers22Chelsea21,299 match drawn
League3rd Nov 1956Chelsea13Charlton Athletic28,722 match lost
League10th Nov 1956Sunderland13Chelsea27,182 match won
League9th Feb 1957Portsmouth22Chelsea22,964 match drawn
League20th Feb 1957Tottenham Hotspur34Chelsea20,849 match won
League9th Mar 1957Chelsea42Manchester City35,664 match won
League30th Mar 1957Luton Town04Chelsea15,065 match won
League30th Aug 1958Chelsea62Wolverhampton Wanderers62,118 match won
League3rd Sep 1958Tottenham Hotspur40Chelsea50,299 match lost
League6th Sep 1958Portsmouth22Chelsea31,795 match drawn
League10th Sep 1958Chelsea65Newcastle United46,601 match won
League13th Sep 1958Chelsea21Aston Villa44,023 match won
League17th Sep 1958Newcastle United12Chelsea50,283 match won
League20th Sep 1958West Ham United42Chelsea31,127 match lost
League15th Apr 1959Nottingham Forest13Chelsea18,339 match won
League18th Apr 1959Chelsea31Everton24,366 match won
League22nd Apr 1959Chelsea02West Bromwich Albion31,948 match lost
Europe13th May 1959Ville De Belgrade41Chelsea10,000 match lost
League13th Feb 1960Chelsea42Fulham38,687 match won
League24th Feb 1960Chelsea22West Bromwich Albion26,225 match drawn
League30th Mar 1960Blackburn Rovers10Chelsea15,832 match lost

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Chelsea FC Player Bill Robertson

Games Won: 81
Win Percentage: 37.67%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 215 appearances, Bill Robertson played alongside the following 63 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Les Allen (11)
Jack Allister (4)
Sylvan Anderton (7)
Ken Armstrong (171)
Sidney Bathgate (44)
Wally Bellett (11)
Roy Bentley (170)
Paul Berry (1)
Micky Block (5)
Frank Blunstone (102)
Andy Bowman (1)
Peter Brabrook (49)
Johnny Brooks (3)
Bobby Campbell (54)
Len Casey (10)
John Compton (1)
Stan Crowther (7)
Jimmy D'Arcy (31)
Alan Dicks (19)
Bill Dickson (73)
Bob Edwards (4)
Derek Gibbs (1)
Billy Gray (75)
Jimmy Greaves (13)
Ron Greenwood (54)
John Harris (109)
Mike Harrison (6)
Harry Hughes (1)
Benny Jones (6)
Len Kell (3)
Bobby Laverick (2)
Jimmy Leadbetter (3)
Fred Lewis (1)
Jim Lewis (56)
Bill Livingstone (2)
Ian MacFarlane (18)
Phil McKnight (20)
John McNichol (113)
Frank Mitchell (8)
John Mortimore (15)
Brian Nicholas (8)
Tony Nicholas (19)
Seamus O'Connell (6)
Ralph Oelofse (7)
Eric Parsons (122)
Ernie Randall (3)
Derek Saunders (112)
Jack Saunders (34)
Mel Scott (7)
Ken Shellito (2)
John Sillett (9)
Peter Sillett (75)
Bobby Smith (66)
James Smith (22)
Miles Spector (2)
Les Stubbs (75)
Sid Tickridge (60)
Ron Tindall (34)
Peter Tuck (3)
Dick Whittaker (9)
Stan Wicks (53)
Stan Willemse (134)
Reg Williams (4)