Terence James Robinson is an English football chairman and director who last worked for

English Championship The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest divis ...

club

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

. He has previously been president of Hungarian

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club

Ferencváros Ferencváros (, ) is the 9th district of Budapest (), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. History The developmen ...

and previously been a director of

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history ...

and

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

and Terry Robinson parted company by mutual consent in December 2014. Since 2024 he has been Chief Executive at

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

Career

Robinson, formerly chairman of Bury between 1979 and 1999, joined the board of

in 2002, and succeeded outgoing chairman Derek Dooley in May 2006. He represented

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

on the Football Association (FA) Council, and less than two months after Sheffield United's

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to the

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

, was named as one of the four Premier League representatives on the FA Council. One of his tasks as a member of the panel was to ensure a smooth implementation of the recommendations of the Burns Report, a structural review of the FA. In August 2008 he was appointed chairman of the

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committee. In February 2008, Sheffield United plc chairman Kevin McCabe bought into the Hungarian club

. Robinson stepped down as chairman of Sheffield United, while remaining as a director, to assume a new role as Ferencváros' president. He 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 ...

in June 2011 taking the position of Academy Director. He left Stoke in June 2013. On 5 July 2013, Robinson became the new Director of Football at

Robinson was sacked by Leicester on 14 December 2014. As of December 2015, he is working at

as the club look to review their operations prior to a potential takeover. On 22 March 2016, he left Bolton with the club having been taken over by Sports Shield Consultancy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Terry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English football chairmen and investors Bury F.C. non-playing staff Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff Sheffield United F.C. directors and chairmen Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff