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Born in the Viewpark area of North Lanarkshire, Robertson played for Drumchapel Amateurs and Scotland at youth level before joining Forest in May 1970, making his debut later that year.
Having been on the transfer list before Clough’s arrival in 1975, he became a key player under the famous manager, appearing in 243 consecutive matches between December 1976 and December 1980.
Robertson scored the winning goal from the penalty spot in the 1978 League Cup Final replay over Liverpool.
He was sold to Derby in 1983 for a disputed transfer fee, a move that strained the relationship between Clough and his former assistant Peter Taylor.
An early injury hampered Robertson’s progress at County, and although he re-joined Forest in 1985, he never regained the same form again and moved to non-league Corby Town, Stamford and then Grantham Town.
At Forest, he also won two First and Second Division titles, a European Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the 1978 FA Community Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup.
In 2015, Robertson topped a Nottingham Post poll of favorite Forest players of all time.
As O’Neill’s assistant, Robertson helped Wycombe win promotion from the Football Conference and the Third Division, promotion to the Premier Division with Leicester, as well as the League Cup.
A more successful spell with Celtic followed.
In Glasgow, they won the Scottish Premiership three times, the Scottish Cup three times, the League Cup once, and reached the UEFA Cup final.
Then, in Robertson’s final season as manager in 2010, Villa finished as runners-up in the League Cup Final.
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