"I played until days short of my 40th birthday, Robson tells FourFourTwo. I played one game for Middlesbrough away at Arsenal and put myself at centre-half, where I had to mark Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright. They finished me off. I couldn't walk for three days afterwards couldn't walk at all. I realised then there was no way I could play in the Premier League at 40."
"I didn't feel sad, more of a blessing that I wouldn't have to put my body through that again. You must accept that there comes a stage where you can't do what you used to be able to do."
"Prior to that, Robson had been one of the best midfielders in the world, captaining his country on 65 occasions - and making a further 25 as a regular player - as well as Manchester United and West Brom."
"I was a Chester-le-Street lad who was obsessed by football, he reflects. Newcastle United fan. Went to games there on the bus."
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