Marvin Leon St.Clair Robinson (born 11 April 1980) is an English former professional

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who is the CEO of

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...

Career

Robinson was born in

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...

, and went to school at

Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational private school in Wolverhampton, England. History Initially a grammar school for boys, WGS was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who was ...

from 1991 to 1998. While there, he represented England U18 schoolboys. He signed professional terms with

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side

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

in June 1998 and made his debut against

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in April 1999. Later that year, he made his full league debut against

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in a 2–1 defeat. In September 2000, Robinson joined

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

on loan for the 2000–01 season. He scored on his debut in a 4–0 win over

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

, and played the full match in a 1–1 draw with

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in the

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. However, in his third match, against

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, he collided with Rotherham goalkeeper Ian Gray and suffered a broken leg. In 2002 Robinson returned from injury to score against

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in the 2001–02 season. After spending time out on loan at

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

, scoring once against QPR, Robinson began to forge a career typical of 'journeyman' players, moving from club to club regularly. He had short spells with Chesterfield,

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ket ...

(where he scored on his debut in the

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against

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

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Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

, Lincoln City and

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short ...

before signing for

in September 2006. At Oxford, Robinson was given many opportunities to prove himself, but suffered a loss of form and failed to make a positive impression at the club. In September 2007, he went out on loan to

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

. On 14 October 2007, while on loan to Cambridge United, Robinson suffered a broken leg and bruised lungs in a

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. As a result of this, Oxford United terminated his loan with Cambridge so he could recover at Oxford. To aid his recovery, Robinson began training with

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Latimer Park. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in 1976, and have ...

and appeared for the club in a 5–1 Northants Hillier Senior Cup defeat at Daventry Town on 11 November 2008, the Kettering goal coming courtesy of their chairman Imraan Ladak. After a second, and final, appearance for the club in a 3–2 Conference League Cup defeat to A.F.C. Telford United on 20 January 2009, he joined

Redditch United Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the and play their home games at the Valley Stadium. They are managed by Matt Clarke. History They were originally called Re ...

. After making his debut for the club in a 4–0 home defeat to

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on 24 January 2009, he scored his first goal for the club in the following Saturday's game, a 2–1 victory at Hyde United. Robinson started the 2009–2010 season with

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, netting 13 goals in the Midland Combination Premier Division before signing for Northern Premier League side Nantwich Town in December 2009 on a free transfer. He scored 9 goals in his first 9 league and cup games for Nantwich, finishing the season with a total of 11 goals. In October 2010, he joined

, making his debut for the Pitmen in the 2–1

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defeat against Whitby Town at

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on 16 October 2010. On his second appearance for the club, he scored four goals in the club's record 9–0 win over Weymouth. Robinson moved to

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in the summer of 2012, and scored 4 goals in 35 appearances for the club in a year-long stint which also included a loan at Leamington early in 2013, before joining Oxford City in 2013. His time at Oxford City was short; Robinson scored 1 goal in 7 appearances, before returning to

late in 2013. In November 2015 he moved on to join

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, debuting as a substitute in the club's

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2–0 victory at

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on 21 November 2015. In January 2016 he joined Stafford Town on loan, scoring both on his debut in the club's 2–1 home

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League One victory against Atherstone Town on 23 January 2016 and in his second, and final, match for the club: a 1–1 draw at home to Pilkington XXX one week later. He moved on to join Sporting Khalsa on loan, making his first appearance for the club in their 1–3 home loss to Heanor Town on 13 February 2016. He returned to

on a permanent basis from

in March 2016, making his latest debut for the club as a late substitute in the 2–2 draw at Gloucester City on 5 March 2016. He joined A.F.C. Wulfrunians for the 2016–17 season, scoring twice on his debut in the 2-0

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Premier Division victory at home to Boldmere St. Michaels on 13 August 2016. He played 16 times for the club scoring five times, 11 times in the league with four goals, before returning to

as First Team Coach in February 2017. In March, the club appointed Gary Birch to the manager role on a permanent basis, with Robinson appointed his assistant.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile

Unofficial Marvin Robinson Profile
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The Forgotten Imp
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