With a career spanning nearly 25 years, Bryan Robson pretty much saw and experienced everything there was to experience on a football pitch. Throughout spells with West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United and Middlesbrough, the former midfielder played over 600 games in English football and came up against some very, very good teams as a result.
Football fans in Britain are known for being incredibly passionate and Robson experienced some intense and electric atmospheres during his time on the pitch. Still, there was one venue and atmosphere in particular that stood out to the former United captain, and it was one from outside the British Isles during the Red Devils’ first campaign back in the Champions League after almost three decades away from the competition. Nearly 30 years later, he still remembers it very well and spoke in depth about his experience.
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Robson Named Galatasaray the ‘Most Intimidating Atmosphere’
He played there in 1993
Following Sir Alex Ferguson’s appointment as United manager in 1986, the Scot slowly began to turn things around for the Manchester club and guide them towards the top of English football once again after a barren run. He completed the transformation when he guided the Red Devils to the first-ever Premier League title in the 1992/93 campaign.
As a result, the club returned to the Champions League for the first time in nearly 30 years and after overcoming Hungarian team Honved, they came up against Galatasaray in a two-legged qualifier with a place in the group stages on the line. It was the second leg of the contest in Turkey that left a lasting impression on one of United’s greatest-ever midfielders in Robson, though. Speaking to United and shared via the club’s website, the midfielder shared his experience and said: