John Robertson (footballer, born 1953), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Scottish footballer
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1953
Place of Birth: Uddingston, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)
- John Neilson Robertson (born 20 January 1953 in Uddingston) is a Scottish former footballer.
- He provided the assisting cross for Trevor Francis to score the only goal when Nottingham Forest won the 1979 European Cup Final.
- A year later he scored when Forest retained the trophy 1-0 this time against Hamburger SV.
- At Forest he also won promotion from the 1976-77 Football League Second Division, the 1977-78 Football League First Division, the UEFA Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the 1978 FA Charity Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. He also played for the full Scotland national football team, scoring the winning goal against England in 1981 and against New Zealand in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He has since moved into coaching acting as assistant to his former Nottingham Forest teammate Martin O'Neill.
- Robertson's last role was assistant manager at Aston Villa between 2006 and 2010.
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