Bryan Robson Bryan Robson Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and a former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972 before moving to Manchester United in 1981 where he became the longest serving captain in the club's history. He managed Middlesbrough for seven years, guiding them to two promotions to the FA Premier League and to the first three cup finals of the club's history, later returning to West Bromwich Albion for a two-year spell as manager after a brief and unsuccessful spell in charge of Bradford City. He has also managed
FC Groningen At the end of the 2009–10 season, Ron Jans, who with eight years in charge had been the longest-serving head coach in FC Groningen's history, left the club to become head coach of rival SC Heerenveen. Former FC Groningen player Pieter Huistra was signed as his successor. Huistra set a new club record for gaining the most points in the first half of a season, when halfway through the 2010-11 season, FC Groningen sat 3rd in the table with 39 points. After an eventual 5th-place finish, FC Groningen qualified for the European competition play-offs. In the play-offs final, FC Groningen