Jimmy Robertson (footballer, born 1944)

Jimmy Robertson (born 17 December 1944) is a former Scottish international professional footballer who played for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Ipswich Town, Stoke City, Seattle Sounders (United States), Walsall and Crewe Alexandra.

Career

Robertson was born in Cardonald and began his career at English club Middlesbrough. He failed to be offered a professional contract at Middlesbrough and joined Cowdenbeath. He then went on to St. Mirren in 1962 where he featured in 54 matches and scoring 12 goals for the "Buddies". Robertson was bought by Tottenham Hotspur in 1964 for £25,000. A right winger, he made a total 181 appearances in all competitions including four as substitute for the club and scored 31 goals, including the first goal in the 1967 FA Cup Final victory against Chelsea. There he also won his one and only cap for Scotland against Wales in October 1964.

He joined Arsenal in October 1968, in a straight swap for David Jenkins, making him one of the few players to play for both Arsenal and Tottenham and was the first of only two players to score for both sides in the North London derby (the other is Emmanuel Adebayor). Robertson featured often for Arsenal in his 18 months there, playing 19 league matches in 1968–69 and 27 in 1969–70, but Arsenal manager Bertie Mee made it clear he preferred George Armstrong to play on the wing and accepted a bid for Robertson from Ipswich Town in March 1970. In total Robertson played 59 games for Arsenal, scoring eight goals.