Karl Robinson

Robinson was born in Liverpool, Merseyside. He played mostly non-league football, for Bamber Bridge, Marine, Oswestry Town, Kidsgrove Athletic, Prescot Cables, St Helens Town, Alsager Town and Warrington Town, though also played in the League of Wales for Caernarfon Town and Rhyl.

Robinson played as a striker, being described as a "big, powerful centre forward", and later in his career played as a midfielder.

Robinson coached at the Liverpool youth academy and later worked as a coach at Blackburn Rovers.

Milton Keynes Dons

He was appointed manager of League One club Milton Keynes Dons on 10 May 2010, having previously been the club's assistant manager under previous boss Paul Ince. At 29 years of age, he was the youngest manager at the time in the Football League and former England coach John Gorman was named his number two. In the 2010–11 season, his first season in charge, Robinson guided MK Dons to 5th place in League One. This was regarded as a good achievement, improving on the Dons' points total over the previous season. The team lost in the play-offs to Peterborough United over two legs. In the 2011–12 season, he continued making impressive strides, attracting big-name players and guiding his side to another 5th-place finish and was again in the play-offs. During the season, he signed a three-year contract extension. In 2014–15, Robinson managed arguably MK Dons' greatest victory, a 4–0 League Cup win over Manchester United, as well as leading the Dons to promotion to the Championship when they finished as runners-up in League One. On 20 July 2015, Robinson signed a contract extension alongside the club's Head of Coaching, Richie Barker, though MK Dons did not publicise the length of either deal. Robinson's MK Dons suffered relegation from the Championship during the 2015–16 season, finishing in 23rd position. On 23 May 2016, it was revealed that Robinson had…

Robinson was born in Liverpool and grew up with his parents and younger brother and sister. He joined Everton's academy as a 10-year-old before moving to Swindon Town at 16, where he started to suffer from back problems. Whilst playing in non-league at 22, a chance meeting with Steve Highway and Bill Bygroves turned Robinson's career to coaching, and since he has only spent eight months out of the game having worked with multiple age groups from Under-9s to Under-18s, and coached from League Two up to the Premier League. At 29 years old, Robinson became the youngest person to obtain a UEFA Pro Licence, and at the time became the youngest manager in the Football League when he took over at MK Dons in May 2010. Robinson has one daughter, who was born in 2006. In 2010, he married actress Ann-Marie Davies who was in Brookside, and the pair divorced in 2024 with Robinson having endured personal challenges while managing at Oxford which contributed to his departure. Robinson has appeared as a regular pundit on TalkSPORT and Sky Sports.