Graham Roberts

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Graham Paul Roberts (born 3 July 1959) is an English retired footballer and boss who appeared with many clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur (where he won the FA Cup and Scottish League Cup), Rangers (where he won the Scottish League and Scottish Championship Cup), Chelsea (where he won the Second Division and Scottish League Cup), and West Bromwich Albion.

He was also capped six times by England.

He has since been the head coach of the Pakistan national team and Nepal's national team.

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Playing career

Roberts was born in Southampton and joined Southampton F.C. as an associate schoolboy in October 1973, but he was suspended in March 1977 when moving to Portsmouth. He was sold to Dorchester Town, where he impressed before joining local rivals Weymouth. He was sold to Tottenham Hotspur in May 1980 for £35,000.

Roberts was a member of the wildly popular Tottenham Hotspur team of the 1980s, winning the FA Cup in 1981 and 1982. Roberts captained the team as Tottenham won the 1984 UEFA Cup, scoring in the second leg of the final against Anderlecht, with Steve Perryman suspended.

In 1986, he joined Rangers for £450,000 and won the Scottish Premier Division in his first full season and the Scottish League Cup a year later. When he was at Rangers, he was involved in a tumultuous Old Firm derby at Ibrox Park on October 17, 1987. During a tense match three players were dismissed, and Roberts, his colleagues Terry Butcher and Chris Woods, and Celtic player Frank McAvennie were all charged with misconduct that might have caused a breach of the peace. McAvennie was not guilty, while Roberts was not proven, but Butcher and Woods were both found not guilty and fined. During the game, Roberts, who had taken over as goalkeeper after Woods was dismissed, was involved in a second controversy when he "conducted" Rangers supporters in a new version of "The Sash," although Roberts would later claim that he didn't know they were singing the song, a traditional Ulster anthem, as he did.

He joined Chelsea in August 1988 for £475,000 and helped the team eke out the Second Division championship in 1988-89.

He later moved to West Bromwich Albion, where he spent the remainder of his professional career.

Roberts earned six caps for England.

Coaching career

Roberts served as Enfield's boss from 1992 to 1994 and then went on to lead Yeovil Town from 1995 to 1998. During the 1998–99 season, he became the manager of Chesham United. He was appointed manager of Hertford Town in 2000 but he was fired in February 2001 when he became the boss of Isthmian League club Boreham Wood. Despite leading the club to a Division One title, he resigned from office in July. He was then named manager of Carshalton Athletic, who coached them to the Isthmian League Division One South title in 2002-03 before leaving the club. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Roberts briefly ruled Braintree Town.

Roberts was appointed manager of Clyde in June 2005. He only had three players under control, and held open trials in the hopes of attracting new ones. When Roberts' Clyde team defeated Celtic in the Scottish Cup in January 2006, his followers had their best day in years. Clyde took Rangers to extra time at Ibrox Stadium in the Scottish League Cup earlier this season. Roberts was fired by Clyde in August 2006 after allegations that he made racist remarks. The allegations were "either highly exaggerated or possibly not true," according to an employment tribunal, who also gave Roberts £32,000 in damages for unfair dismissal.

In September 2010, he was recruited as an advisor to the Pakistan national football team to support the coaching staff. In the upcoming month, Roberts was named head coach.

In January 2011, he joined the Nepal national football team. After losing 3–0 to Turkmenistan in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup, he stepped down as coach in March 2012.

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