NAME: Craig Wilber Robinson
BIRTHPLACE: Dudley
PREVIOUS CLUBS: Bewdley Rowing Club, Broadway Football Club, Evesham Football Club, Ace Sauna Mens Club Soho, Wolverley Wanderers Football Club with my old mate Robert, Saint Davids University Clwb Pel Droed.
CHILDHOOD CRUSH: Maria Whitaker – great personality.
FAVOURITE PROFESSIONAL PLAYER OF ALL TIME: Shane Warne. I met him at Tom Moody’s testimonial. I used to know Tom Moody’s sister in law. I asked Warney to sign my menu card. For some reason he chose to sign it “Banker”….I think that’s what it said.
FAVOURITE BROWNS CLUB PLAYER AND WHY: The Polish Muscle Man. Piotr. A very generous man who has honed and toned his body through the use of Polish beer body supplements for the last 69 years. A great sense of humour and hilarious at padel, regularly kicking the ball and swearing in Polish.
MOST DIFFICULT BROWNS CLUB OPPONENT: Peter Dust. Constantly trying to nut meg all opponents. Is it any wonder that he is so successful when trying a similar trick with the ladies.
MOST MEMORABLE MATCH: 18 March 2015. When my old mate Jimmy was managing Burton Albion, as main sponsor I was invited to sit in the dug out v Southend. Burton needed 3 points to go top. Southend needed 1 point to get into 4th place. Southend scored in the 45th minute. Burton had a player sent off in the ensuing melay. Burton scored in the 56th minute and then again in the 89th minute. All 3,649 of the crowd went wild.
BIGGEST THRILL: Scoring a hat trick at Llandysul Football Club in 1980. At that time I weighed 11st 3lbs and I had my head shaved 2 days before the game for Rag Day. Little did I know that when we got to the game on Saturday our club captain told his opposite number to go easy on me as I was losing my hair from cancer treatment. Nobody came near me all game.
JOHN LENNON OR PAUL MCARTNEY?: Lennon – Yoko Ono – everybody loves a screamer.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing in the final of the Ceredigion Cup in 1983.
BEST COUNTRY VISITED: The Black Country.
FAVOURITE FOOD: Lasagne.
FAVOURITE PORTUGUESE FOOD: Lasagne.
FAVOURITE DRINK: Cider, red wine, rose wine, green wine, white wine, gin, mojito, daiquiri, Paloma, and just like my old mate Liam I love a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea.
MISCELLANEOUS LIKES: The Sugababes (second line up) – great singers, Lucrezia Millarini – great news reader, Darcy Bussell – great ballet dancer and best ever judge on Strictly come I’m a celebrity, Ashley Roberts – great modern dancer, Christina Trevanion – great presenter on Bargain Hunt.
MISCELLANEOUS DISLIKES: Reg Dwight – can’t sing, can’t dance and cant ski jump very well.
FAVOURITE TV SHOW: The Peaky Blinders.
FAVOURITE FILM: Love Actually – great sound track and fantastic performances from so many popular british actresses and CR7’s ex.
FAVOURITE SINGER: My old mate Richardo Astley. Great singer, great hair and a fantastic wakeboarder.
FAVOURITE ACTOR: Sandra Bollock – Lizzie has given me a free pass.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Paul Baxter – my first CEO at Morgan Sindall. When he interviewed me the job spec was: “qualified accountant with a personality and a sense of humour who likes sport.” Nobody else applied for the job.
BIGGEST DRAG IN SOCCER: Time wasting unless done by Emiliano Martinez.
WHAT ONE ITEM WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU TO A DESERT ISLAND: Breath freshener and a soft feather pillow for Sandra.
WHICH PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET: Jane Macdonald