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Michael Robinson: Boyhood fan who lived Liverpool dream before starring on Spanish TV

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When Michael Robinson signed for Liverpool he was told by chairman John Smith: "We don't sign great footballers, we sign people who are great at football." Fifty-two appearances later the player could vouch for that with winners' medals for the European Cup, Division One title and the League Cup - an average of one trophy every 17 matches.

However, those people who were great at football meant his career at Anfield lasted less than 18 months after finding it difficult playing second fiddle to the brilliant Ian Rush-Kenny Dalglish partnership.

But Robinson, who has died aged 61 after a battle against cancer, was never bitter about his experience. The opposite in fact, having gone from young boy on the Kop in the 1960s watching his heroes

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