"John Robertson, who has died aged 72, was once described by legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough as "the Picasso of our game". Robertson was languishing at the City Ground until Clough arrived in January 1975, releasing the brains and talent that had been hidden behind the Scot's often unkempt appearance to magnificent effect in Forest's great team of the late 1970s and early 1980s."
"This, incredibly, was only the start. Forest followed this up with the even more remarkable feat of not only winning the European Cup in 1979 against Malmo, when Robertson provided the perfect left-wing cross for Trevor Francis' decisive header, but retained it the next year when his goal beat SV Hamburg at the Bernabeu in Madrid. Robertson was also at the centre of the bitter split between Clough and his long-time managerial partner Peter Taylor in 1983."
John Robertson developed from a modest start at Nottingham Forest into a match-changing left winger under Brian Clough, known for two-footed touchline runs, precise crosses and crucial goals. He helped Forest win promotion and then the First Division title and League Cup in 1977-78, supplied the assist for Trevor Francis in the 1979 European Cup final, and scored the winning goal against SV Hamburg to retain the European Cup in 1980. His transfer later triggered a bitter rift between Clough and Peter Taylor in 1983. Robertson had represented Scotland at schoolboy and youth level before joining Forest in 1970.
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