Sean Robertson

Career
Robertson had worked his way through the Crystal Palace youth set up where he earned his pro contract in the 17/18 season. He was sent out on loan to Fylde in the 19/20 season where he performed well, 7 goals and 1 assist from 24 games. Palace then saw this and played him 4 games where he got 3 assists in the 20/21 season. Unfortunately he was released at the end of the next season after not playing and Gateshead signed him to become the highest paid player at the club. In his first season it was obvious he was a great player and he scored 4 and assisted 6 from 39 games on the right wing. In the 23/24 season, he was used alot less due to the signing of Alex Mighten. Although he was a bench player, he still managed 8 assists and 2 goals from the 28 games he stared in.In the 24/25 season he managed to get into the team more, he scored 2 and assisted 5 in 35 games. The 25/26 was a great year for Sean. Not only did he score 6 and assist 5 with Gateshead but he gained his first cap for Ireland in an international friendly. In his 5th season at the club, he had fallen down the pecking order slightly, but will managed 4 goals and 5 assists, mostly from the bench. He contributed to the League One championship and Leasing.com trophy win. Sean's first year in the Championship for Gateshead went decently for the Irish international. He still managed 1 goal and 4 assists in only 25 games, mostly from the bench. Robertson fell out of favour in the 28/29 season, only playing 16 games and most of these being off the bench. He still managed one goal but was looking to try move away from Gateshead in the summer but Luke Ireland is keen to keep hold of the now club veteran. The next season saw the club gain the Championship title, with Robertson contributing his best so far from right back providing 10 assists and one goal. Once in the Premier League, he took abit of a back seat to some youngsters but still played 27 games and gained 4 assists. It was the first year of his Gateshead career where he didn't manage to score. This season also saw him become the most appeared player at the club with 273 appearances to his belt. Offers came in from other sides all around Europe who would offer more game time, but Sean wanted to stay and prove his worth. The 31/32 season saw him play all over the field, he appeared at left back, right back, both wings and just behind the striker. He netted 3 and assisted 1, which in turn helped the team to the European Trophy against Liverpool in extra time. This took Sean to 10 seasons at the club and he earnt his testimonial game where new and old faces came back to play in an all star game on the 26/06/32. Players such as Galantes, Lacey, Carvalho, Mighten and many more came to the Angel of the North Arena to have a 11v11 game of fun. The now 31 year old was going down the pecking order, but he still stuck it out and made 24 appearances (scoring and assisting 2) in the eventual Premier League winning season of 32/33. At the start of the 33/34 season, Robertson announced he would be retiring at the end of the season. The clubs goal that year was to lift the Champions League trophy, which after some hard work, the dream became reality. A 2-0 win against FC Porto saw Gateshead, champions of Europe. Robertson came on for the last 30 minutes of the game, to see off an amazing career with 7 trophies to his name. Exactly 350 appearances saw him be the most appeared player in the Ireland era, along with 26 goals and 54 assists. He also managed 6 goals in 45 games for the Irish National side of these years. Absolute legend......