Mark Robinson (born November 21, 1968) is a footballer born in Rochdale, Lancashire. He is a former West Bromwich Albion F.C., Barnsley F.C., Newcastle United, Swindon Town and Chippenham Town F.C. full back.
Robinson started his career with Midlands based outfit West Bromwich Albion F.C. where he made only 2 league outings before a move to Barnsley F.C.. Robinson played over 150 games for the Tykes before Kevin Keegan paid £450,000 to take the defender to Newcastle United in March 1993. Robinson helped the Magpies secure promotion to the Premier League later that season.
In 1994 Mark Robinson was the unlucky player who suffered a broken leg in a horror tackle by a Hartlepool player, and Keegan said "we came to Hartlepool to help the club out financially, and we've ended up with a player fighting to save his career". Kevin Keegan also once said he would never return to Hartlepool's Victoria Park after a pre-season friendly went sadly wrong.
He signed for a substantial amount by Keegan to bolster the defence, but was never the same player after the game at Hartlepool. He lost a lot of pace, which was his major strength.
Robinson made only 16 appearances during Newcastle's return to the top flight and in the summer of 1994 Swindon Town paid £600,000 for his services.
Robinson spent the rest of his career at the Wiltshire outfit playing 316 matches - scoring 4 times.
After injuries plagued him during the 2001/2002 season Robinson retired from professional football and joined nearby Chippenham Town F.C..
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