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He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End.
He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End.
Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal. Club Robertson began his career at Morton, and moved to Everton in 1895. He spent a single season at in 1898-1899, winning the Southern League.
In April 1905, Robertson was the first player to be signed by the newly formed Chelsea Football Club, but continued to play as well.
In his first season, he led the club to a third-place finish in the Second Division, one place off promotion. Robertson then surprisingly resigned from the club (third in the table at the time) on 27 November 1906.
Chelsea were promoted to the top flight at the end of that season under caretaker secretary-manager William Lewis. Soon afterwards Robertson became player-manager of Glossop, where he remained until summer 1909, when he became reserve-team manager at Manchester United.
International Robertson made his debut for Scotland on 2 April 1898 while at Everton, in a 3–1 home defeat to England in the Home Nations Championship.
His second cap came on 8 April of the following year, while at. All of his 14 remaining caps came during his spell at. He captained the Scots in his fourth match, as they beat England 4–1 at home on 7 April 1900.
His first goal came in his sixth match, on 2 March 1901, in a 1–1 draw with Wales, again as captain.
Robertson was Scotland"s captain in five matches, and scored two more goals, both against Wales. The last was in his last international on 6 March 1905, in a 3–1 away defeat in Wrexham.
He died in Wiltshire in January 1935.