Stewart Ian Robson was born on 6 November 1964 and is an English former football player and TV and radio football pundit.
16 Facts About Stewart Robson
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Stewart Robson played for Arsenal, West Ham United where he was their player of the season in 1988, and Coventry City.
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Stewart Robson made his debut soon after his 17th birthday, on 5 December 1981 against West Ham United, and became a regular player in the Arsenal side under manager Terry Neill and his eventual successor Don Howe.
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Stewart Robson was the Arsenal's 1985 Player of the Year, and made the England senior squad.
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Stewart Robson was out for over two months with groin trouble, and missed his England call up, and that probably cost him a place in the World Cup, and was on the stand by-list.
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Manager John Lyall later revealed that Stewart Robson had been on the treatment table at Highbury when he had signed him and he was rarely fully fit for the Hammers.
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Stewart Robson remained a regular in the Hammers' first team for two and a half years, and Player of the Year for 1988.
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Stewart Robson later joined Wimbledon as a youth coach, eventually moving up the ranks to become reserve team manager and then first-team coach until leaving in December 2001.
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Stewart Robson has teamed up with Martin Tyler as the commentary duo for the non-UK international feed of the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
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Stewart Robson commentated for BT Sport for the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
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Stewart Robson has appeared on Absolute Radio's Rock'n'Roll Football alongside Jim Proudfoot.
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Stewart Robson is a regular contributor on the football podcast released by The Times in conjunction with their weekly football supplement The Game.
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Stewart Robson now serves as the lead color commentator for FA Cup and EFL matches on ESPN alongside Champion and Tyler.
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Stewart Robson has been consistently critical of former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
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Stewart Robson regularly appears on ESPN FC, which airs on ESPN in the US and on BT Sport in the UK.
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In 2021, Stewart Robson became the primary co-commentator of the EA Sports video games, FIFA 22, FIFA 23 and EA FC 24.