David Leslie Robson (born 22 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League club Rochdale and the Wales under-21 national team. He also spent time on loan at non-league clubs East Yorkshire Carnegie, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Tadcaster Albion, Gainsborough Trinity (twice), Farsley Celtic and Darlington, as well as at Crawley Town of EFL League Two, for whom he made his Football League debut.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Leslie Robson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 2002[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Northallerton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rochdale | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Oakville SC | ||
| 2015–2017 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2017–2022 | Hull City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2024 | Hull City | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → East Yorkshire Carnegie (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Stocksbridge Park Steels (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Tadcaster Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Farsley Celtic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Darlington (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Rochdale | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Wales U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Wales U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 26 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early life and youth career
editRobson was born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, to Jeremy and Mary Robson.[3] He began playing football as a five-year-old, and became a goalkeeper at six.[3] In 2008, Jeremy's work took the family to Canada, where they settled in Fergus, Ontario.[3] Robson attended Elora Public School and played football for Oakville SC.[3] In late 2014, the twelve-year-old Robson returned to the United Kingdom for trials with professional football clubs, and the family accepted an offer from Scottish club Heart of Midlothian for him to join their academy.[3][4] Robson returned to England to join Hull City's academy in 2017 as an under-15, and took up a scholarship with the club in 2018.[5][2]
Club career
editHull City
editIn the early part of his Hull City career, Robson spent spells on loan at several non-league clubs to gain experience of first-team football. As a 16-year-old, he made 14 appearances for East Yorkshire Carnegie in the Northern Counties East Football League Division One.[6] He played seven matches in the last couple of months of the 2018–19 season to help Stocksbridge Park Steels avoid relegation from the Northern Premier League.[7][8][9] After a brief stay at Tadcaster Albion, during which he started in one FA Cup match in September 2019,[10] Robson joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Gainsborough Trinity, making two appearances before returning to his parent club.[11][12]
In December 2019, Robson signed his first professional contract with Hull City,[5] which was extended to run until 2022.[13] He was an occasional unused substitute for the first team,[5] but his next senior appearance did not come until April 2022, when he played in Farsley Celtic's last eight matches of the 2021–22 season and helped them avoid relegation from the National League North.[14][15] Hull City took up their one-year option on Robson's contract,[16] and gave him his debut on 9 August 2022, in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City in the EFL Cup. According to the Hull Live website's player ratings, he "looked nervous and unconvincing in the key moments, not helped by the collapse in front of him first half."[17]
On 19 August 2022, Robson joined League Two club Crawley Town on loan until January 2023.[18] Another loanee, Ellery Balcombe, began the season as first choice, but was injured in the opening fixture and Corey Addai took over the starting spot.[19] Robson played twice in the EFL Trophy before being given his Football League debut by interim manager Lewis Young on 15 October at home to Newport County.[20][21] Crawley won 2–1, and the Sussex Express website marked him 8 out of 10, "beaten by a superb strike he had no chance of saving. Commanded his box well all afternoon, and came off his line to clear a loose ball on more than occasion. Made some great saves late on."[21] Robson kept his place for two more league matches and a further EFL Trophy outing before Balcombe returned to fitness and the first team,[20][22] and made no further appearances before his loan expired. He told Hull Live that the loan had not turned out how he had hoped, but experiencing "one of the biggest learning curves in dealing with things that you can't control at times" had been a tough but valuable lesson.[23]
Having signed a one-year deal with Hull City in June 2023,[24] Robson joined another National League North club, Darlington, on 29 September on a month's loan,[25] and went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's FA Cup tie against Scarborough Athletic.[26] He made five appearances and kept one clean sheet, against Blyth Spartans, before returning to Hull when his loan expired.[14][27]
On 26 February 2024, Robson joined Gainsborough Trinity on a month's loan.[28] On 19 May 2024, Hull announced he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.[29]
Rochdale
editOn 7 September 2024, Robson signed for National League club Rochdale on a short-term deal.[30]
International career
editWhile a member of Heart of Midlothian's academy, in early 2017, Robson played for Wales at under-15 level,[4] and by the time he played for the under-16s in September, he was on the books of Hull City.[31] He continued through the age groups, but missed out on the under-19s because of COVID-19-related restrictions.[32]
Robson made his Wales under-21 debut in September 2022, playing the first half of the 2–0 friendly match defeat against Austria.[33][34]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 2 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hull City | 2018–19[14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21[14] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[35] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| East Yorkshire Carnegie (loan) | 2018–19[6][36] | Northern Counties East League Division One |
14 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Stocksbridge Park Steels (loan) | 2018–19[9] | Northern Premier League (NPL) Division One East |
7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Tadcaster Albion (loan) | 2019–20[10] | NPL Division One North West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 2019–20[12] | NPL Premier Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Farsley Celtic (loan) | 2021–22[14] | National League North | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Crawley Town (loan) | 2022–23[20] | League Two | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Darlington (loan) | 2023–24[14][27] | National League North | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | 2023–24[37] | NPL Premier Division | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Rochdale | 2024–25[14] | National League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance in East Riding Senior Cup
- ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
edit- ^ "Club list of registered players: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 21. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Under 18s: Player profiles". Hull City Academy. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Myslik, Jaime (17 April 2015). "One teen's cross Atlantic soccer journey". Wellington Advertiser. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Qatar: Wales Under 15 squad". Dragon Soccer. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "David Robson". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ a b "East Yorkshire Carnegie Squad statistics Season 2018/19". Northern Counties East Football League. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Robson joins Stocksbridge Park Steels on work experience". Hull City Academy. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Evo-Stik League: Stocksbridge Park Steels secure survival as Sheffield FC take a massive step towards play-off place". The Star. Sheffield. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Stocksbridge Park Steels – Appearances – David Robson – 2018–2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "David Robson". Tadcaster Albion A.F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Goalkeeper David Robson signs". Gainsborough Trinity F.C. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Gainsborough Trinity – Appearances – David Robson – 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Academy duo pen new deals". Hull City A.F.C. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "D. Robson". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Farsley Celtic grab bragging rights in relegation dog fight against Guiseley". West Leeds Dispatch. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
"Farsley Celtic stage the great escape as relegation scrap goes to final minutes". West Leeds Dispatch. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023. - ^ "Retained list confirmed". Hull City A.F.C. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Barry (10 August 2022). "Hull City player ratings as Tigers fail to shine in Bradford City defeat". Hull Live. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Crawley Town sign Barnsley forward David Bremang and Hull City keeper David Robson". BBC Sport. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Dunford, Mark (19 August 2022). "Crawley Town v AFC Wimbledon: Keeper Addai on 'must-win' game and how powerful the fans can be". Sussex Express. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Games played by David Robson in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b Morton, Sam (15 October 2022). "Crawley Town 2–1 Newport County: Player ratings – James Tilley and Tom Fellows star as Reds return to winning ways". Sussex Express. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Balcombe makes Crawley return". Brentford F.C. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Barry (26 June 2023). "Crawley experience was a tough learning curve admits Hull City youngster". Hull Live. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Robson signs new one-year deal". Hull City A.F.C. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (29 September 2023). "Quakers sign keeper David Robson on loan". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Stoddart, Craig (30 September 2023). "Darlington 1 Scarborough Athletic 2: Calamity costs Quakers in FA Cup". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b For FA Cup third qualifying round: Simpson, Ray (30 September 2023). "Scarborough go through with late penalty". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Robson joins Gainsborough Trinity on loan". Hull City A.F.C. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Greg Docherty to leave as Hull City release seven players". BBC Sport. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "David Robson joins on short-term deal". Rochdale A.F.C. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Wales Under 16: Match 1: Wales 6 Gibraltar 0". Dragon Soccer. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Jones, John (11 November 2022). "Young Guns Blog". Dragon Soccer. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Jones: Ex-international midfielder named Wales Under-21 boss". BBC Sport. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Wales Under 21s versus Austria". Dragon Soccer. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Games played by David Robson in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Match details: East Riding Senior Cup quarter-finals". Northern Counties East Football League. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Gainsborough Trinity – Appearances – David Robson – 2023–2024". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
External links
edit- David Robson at Soccerway