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Peter Robinson has passed away
« on: January 19, 2022, 12:29:20 pm »
George Sephton has stated that former CEO Peter Robinson,  has sadly passed away

https://twitter.com/VoiceOfAnfield/status/1483775642063802376

such a long serving exec joining in 1965

RIP Peter





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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2022, 12:42:32 pm »
Never realised he was at Liverpool for 35 years.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2022, 12:43:59 pm »
He'll forever be remembered for efficiently and quietly running the club. One of the, relatively, unsung heroes.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2022, 12:52:44 pm »
Sad news certainly and definitely an unsung hero. Brought the club into the 'modern' era with the 'new' main stand and the academy at Kirkby....hugely respected man.

RIP Peter.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2022, 12:56:37 pm »
Very sad news. You always felt that the club was in safe hands with Peter Robinson. We rarely talked about the owners or the 'men in suits' back then. What a stalwart he was.

RIP Peter.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2022, 01:40:58 pm »
Sad to hear this, a very large part of our first golden era.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2022, 01:43:45 pm »
Very sad news. Another giant foundation in building what our club is now.  What a fantastic servant.  RIP Peter.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2022, 01:47:56 pm »
Wow - a real pillar of the whole story eh? I didn't realise he had lived that long. RIP!
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2022, 01:52:20 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2022, 01:53:29 pm »
Sad to hear.

He sent my old feller tickets for all three of us for years on account of doing business with Guinness Exports. My Dad supplied the Foreign Extra Stout for the Boot Room back in the day.

Safe to say Peter Robinson was an undoubted part of our success in the years he was here.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2022, 01:55:34 pm »
What an amazing period to have presided over.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2022, 01:55:36 pm »
A true club legend in every sense of the word. Probably difficult to quantify how big an impact he had. RIP Peter.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2022, 01:56:16 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again

thats a great story
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2022, 02:04:54 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again

That's fantastic!
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2022, 02:06:22 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again


Gary Gillespie hat trick! That was my third ever game!

RIP Peter. One of those names from your youth that just felt reassuring.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2022, 02:06:46 pm »
My grandparents lived on Walton Breck. When the they did work on the Kop, building work started early to the late hours, making a terrible racket. I think they found a well or something awkward under the kop, which needed to dug out, hefty work. My bitter blue nan, complained, and before you know it, Peter Robinson was in our living room. Liverpool offered some local residents the opportunity to stay at the same fancy hotel they put up the players, all expenses paid. My nan turned it down because they didn't want to put the dog in kennels... Liverpool stopped working early and late hours.  ;D

From all accounts, he seemed like a top bloke and fantastic football administrator. RIP Peter.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2022, 02:08:25 pm »
Off-field legend.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2022, 02:09:15 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again

That's brilliant.

I believe that Peter was the one who persuaded Bob - after much reluctance - to take over from Bill.   If he did nothing else for the club, he'd be assured of our eternal gratitude.  But he did so much more.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2022, 02:24:46 pm »
A shame no-one listened to his pre-Heysel concerns.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2022, 02:41:19 pm »
Very sad to hear.  Hugely important part of the history of the club.

Condolences to friends and family. RIP.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2022, 02:45:09 pm »
He was one of the people that built this club, a club made by some very special people and which reflects the style and class of those people still today
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2022, 02:46:34 pm »
Huge figure in the history of the club. One who deserves the respect and thanks from every Liverpool fan.



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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2022, 02:48:50 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again

Brilliant that
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2022, 02:49:23 pm »
Sad news, rest in peace
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2022, 02:54:02 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again

Fantastic story.

He was one of those people who always seemed to have ultimate respect from everyone in football. The club always seemed to be in safe hands when he was around. RIP Peter.
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2022, 02:54:59 pm »
Absolutely top-class gentleman from an era when football was more than just a business. And what a club we were when he was around. RIP Peter.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2022, 02:55:33 pm »
i had heard of him sounds like he played an important role at the club for many years sad news  RIP Peter
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2022, 02:56:30 pm »
Sad news to start the year. RIP Peter Robinson

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2022, 02:57:18 pm »
Absolutely top-class gentleman from an era when football was more than just a business. And what a club we were when he was around. RIP Peter.

And he was also excellent at the running the business, us being the first club to have shirt sponsors. :)

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2022, 02:57:50 pm »
Absolute Legend

I got a letter from him when I was 9 after I wrote to the club asking for a video of 6-0 Oxford for me and dad to watch

He wrote back saying they dont keep the videos but maybe you and dad would like to watch our upcoming game with Birmingham City, enclosed within the letter was 4 tickets

My first ever game. We won 5-0!

I’m Choking up just thinking back on it. I was on top of the world

RIP Peter. Thank you again


Great story.

I wrote a ranty two page letter to him in '81 after not qualifying for a league cup final tkt ..by return post he sent me a ticket ......and an invoice ;D

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2022, 03:05:57 pm »
Some nice PBR stories here. Another person who made a key contribution in building the club, I've always said that we suffered badly without his steady hand at the tiller and that it took a long time to regain that off field competence.
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« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2022, 03:15:26 pm »
An immeasurable contribution to the golden era.

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2022, 03:19:24 pm »
RIP

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« Reply #33 on: January 19, 2022, 03:27:16 pm »
R.I.P.
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« Reply #34 on: January 19, 2022, 03:33:06 pm »
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #35 on: January 19, 2022, 04:14:09 pm »
Great story.

I wrote a ranty two page letter to him in '81 after not qualifying for a league cup final tkt ..by return post he sent me a ticket ......and an invoice ;D

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #36 on: January 19, 2022, 04:30:19 pm »
Sounds like he was a class act as a person and as an executive. RIP

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #37 on: January 19, 2022, 04:31:03 pm »
RIP

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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #38 on: January 19, 2022, 04:38:59 pm »
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/19/peter-robinson-liverpool-former-club-secretary-dies-aged-86

Sad news. He played a pretty big role in developing us into such a European force. RIP
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Re: Peter Robinson has passed away
« Reply #39 on: January 19, 2022, 04:43:30 pm »
Sad to see another legend pass away as it seems like one is leaving us every couple of months lately. What a period of time to be at the club as saw some of our best nights as numerous trophies were coming in the door every year. RIP Sir as I am sure the auld boot room have a drink waiting for you above.
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