By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Jose Mourinho’s Fifa World Coach of the Year 2010 trophy – the most significant individual silverware won by the maverick Portuguese coach to date – has sold for £26,000 this evening as a charity auction in memory of Mourinho’s mentor, Sir Bobby Robson, closed. Sportingintelligence can reveal the winning bidder […]
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Barcelona’s Guardiola, Madrid’s Mourinho and Ipswich’s Burley in race for Sir Bobby
By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Once in a lifetime, money can’t buy experiences featuring Barcelona and their manager Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid’s manager Jose Mourinho and George Burley, one-time star player and manager of Ipswich Town, are vying to raise the most money as the inaugural charity auction in honour of the late, great Sir […]
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Barcelona and Guardiola now join forces behind Real Madrid’s Mourinho for Sir Bobby
By Sportingintelligence 6 October 2011 Barcelona and their Champions League-winning coach Pep Guardiola have today confirmed they will offer exclusive ‘insider’ access to training, a signed shirt, a meet and greet with all their global stars – including Lionel Messi – plus match tickets to a Barca game in honour of Sir Bobby Robson, a […]
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Tottenham’s Redknapp and England’s Swann the latest to donate to Sir Bobby auction
By Sportingintelligence 1 October 2011 Harry Redknapp is the latest Premier League manager to pay tribute to the late England manager Sir Bobby Robson and donate a unique prize to the charity auction in Sir Bobby’s memory. Tottenham will donate a shirt signed by the all squad to be presented to the winning bidder by […]
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India’s Tendulkar and Co join England’s world No1 cricketers to go into bat for Sir Bobby
By Sportingintelligence 25 September 2011 SACHIN Tendulkar, India’s foremost candidate for the title of greatest batsman in the history of Test cricket, has joined the stars of the current India team and their world No1 England counterparts to sign a cricket bat that will make a unique auction to be sold in memory of Sir […]
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Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho donates most prestigious trophy in honour of Sir Bobby
By Sportingintelligence 18 September 2011 JOSE Mourinho has donated the most prestigious personal trophy of his glittering career to the charity auction in memory of Sir Bobby Robson, his mentor and boss at Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona. Real Madrid’s Portuguese manager, 48, was award Fifa’s Ballon D’Or World Coach of the Year award in […]
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Leicester’s Eriksson and Manchester United’s Ferguson offer prizes and praise in honour of Sir Bobby Robson
4 September 2011 Sven Goran Eriksson has become the latest big name in football to donate a ‘money can’t buy prize’ for the October auction to raise money for Sir Bobby Robson’s foundation, while Sir Alex Ferguson is the latest to pay tribute to Sir Bobby while donating his own prize. Eriksson, a former England […]
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As Chelsea’s Villas-Boas pays tribute to his mentor Sir Bobby Robson, the world of sport offers unique prizes for charity auction
7 August 2011 Chelsea’s new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, has paid tribute to his mentor and friend, Sir Bobby Robson, and offered his heartfelt support to the charity foundation established by the late, great England manager. The Portuguese coach has also donated a Chelsea shirt, signed by the whole squad, as well as match tickets (and […]
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In 2003, an illustrious panel of football men, including Sir Bobby Robson, picked Patrick Vieira as England’s greatest foreign player up to then. Here’s how…
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . While I was researching and writing my first book, ‘England, Their England’, a history of foreign players in the English game since 1888 (published in 2003), I’d amuse myself in times of writer’s block by toying with the idea of an […]
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Meet Messi and Neymar, visit Russia with AVB, own Fergie’s sketchbook or Jose Mourinho’s shirt, see Cristiano Ronaldo at the Ballon d’Or, watch 2016 CL final or Euros … and more
By Sportingintelligence 20 November 2015 Few figures in world football are as widely respected as the late England manager, Bobby Robson, and testament to his enduring popularity is the fact that so many stars of the modern game continue to contribute to fund-raising in his memory. This year’s edition of the Sir Bobby Auction provides […]
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