John Robertson

Hibernian attempted to sign Robertson as a teenager but he asked for time to think the deal over; after Hibs refused, he signed for Heart of Midlothian along with school friend and fellow future internationalist Dave Bowman. Robertson eventually earned the moniker "The Hammer of Hibs" (in addition to his more standard nickname "Robbo") as he scored a record 27 goals in Edinburgh derby matches. In 1986, 20 league goals from Robertson helped Hearts to the brink of a league and cup double. A 27 league game unbeaten run ended with two Albert Kidd goals for Dundee in the last six minutes of the season allowing Celtic to overtake them to win the title. A week later, Hearts lost 3–0 to Aberdeen in the cup final. He scored 106 goals in 202 Hearts league games in this spell at Tynecastle Park. He left Hearts to play for Newcastle United in April 1988. Robertson failed to score in 14 Newcastle competitive first team games and returned to Hearts in December of that year, and remained there for the next decade. In 1998 Hearts won the Scottish Cup with Robertson an unused substitute, earning him his only senior medal as a player. In this second spell at Hearts he scored at a much less prolific rate compared to his first spell, with this time 106 goals in 310 league games. After an earlier loan spell with Dundee scoring once in 4 league games, he left Tynecastle that summer. He joined Livingston as a player-coach, scoring 14 goals in 41 league games. Robertson was also a Scottish…

Inverness Caledonian Thistle (first spell)

Whilst playing for Livingston, Robertson became involved in the coaching side of the game. He left the club in season 2002–03 to become manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle where he guided the Highland team to the SPL for the first time in their history.

Heart of Midlothian manager

In November 2004 he returned to Hearts as head coach and despite two cup semi-finals and a good season in Europe as well as finishing fifth in the league, he was sacked in May 2005.

Ross County and Livingston

Robertson was appointed manager of Scottish First Division team Ross County in June 2005, but left by mutual consent after four months. He was then appointed manager of Livingston in February 2006, but was sacked in April 2007 after finishing sixth in the First Division.

Derry City

Robertson was appointed by League of Ireland side Derry City in July 2007. He took club out of the relegation battle to a safe mid table position and also won the FAI League Cup and qualified for the Setanta Cup before being dismissed by the new chairman and board of directors at Derry, and replaced by former Derry boss Stephen Kenny. In 2009, Robertson coached strikers at Scottish Premier League clubs Dundee United and Kilmarnock. In March 2010, Robertson helped coach the strikers at Hearts on a non-contract basis.

East Fife

Robertson was appointed manager of East Fife in October 2010. In September 2011, his East Fife…

Club

International

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Robertson goal.

Player

Heart of Midlothian

Scottish Premier Division runner–up: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1991–92 Scottish First Division promoted: 1982–83 Scottish Cup: 1997–98; runner–up 1985–86, 1995–96 Scottish League Cup runner–up: 1996–97 Tennents' Sixes: 1985, 1991; runner–up 1987 Livingston

Scottish Second Division: 1998–99 Scotland U16

Victory Shield: 1979–80 Dentyne Trophy: 1980 Individual

SPFA Young Player of the Year: 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division Top Scorer: 1989–90 Heart of Midlothian Hall of Fame inductee: 2006 Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2019

Manager

Livingston Reserves SFL Reserve West: 2000–01 SFL Reserve Cup: 1998–99, 2000–01 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scottish First Division: 2003–04; runner–up 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup: 2003–04, 2017–18, 2019–20 Derry City League of Ireland Cup: 2007 Individual

SFL First Division Manager of the Year: 2003–04 SFL Second Division Manager of Month: November 2010, October 2011 SPFL Championship Manager of Month: October 2017, March 2019