Arthur Robins (1888 – 12 March 1924) was an English

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who played as an

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for Sheffield United in the

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Career

Born in

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Robins begun his career at Raunds St Peters before transferring to The Blades in 1910. He was a regular for the reserves whilst at

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but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team, making only a handful of appearances. After being released by United he moved to Castleford Town, becoming

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from 1911. With the outset of

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and with Castleford dissolved for the duration he made a number of wartime guest appearances back at Sheffield United as well as appearing for Goole Town and

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. Following the war he returned to the re-formed Castleford Town in 1919 where he played a further season as player manager before retiring from playing in 1920 to remain as manager until his death in 1924.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robins, Arthur 1888 births 1924 deaths Footballers from Northampton English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football forwards Sheffield United F.C. players Castleford Town F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Goole Town F.C. players