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| 1933 | Birth |  |
| 18th Feb Sacriston Birth of "Bobby" Robert William Robson |
| 1950 | Debut | |
| Robson makes his debut for Fulham, recently promoted to the First Division, in a match against Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1956 | Transfer | |
| Signs for Vic Buckingham's West Bromwich Albion, the transfer fee of ś25,000 is a club record for Albion at the time |
| 1957 | Debut | |
| Nov Makes his international debut in a victory against France, scoring twice in a 4-0 victory, goes on to win 20 caps |
| 1962 | Transfer | |
| Returns to Fulham after a disagreement with Albion vice-chairman Jim Gaunt over his salary |
| 1967 | Manager | |
| Appointed player-manager in Vancouver's inaugural 1967-68 season in the North American Soccer League and believes it "...was a chance too good to miss" |
| 1967 | Transfer | |
| Leaves Fulham and accepts a three-year deal with Canada's Vancouver Royals |
| 1968 | Manager | |
| Appointed Manager at Fulham |
| 1969 | Manager | |
| Ipswich Moves on to Ipswich Town where he establishes his reputation as a successful manager |
| 1978 | FA Cup | |
| Ipswich win a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup Final |
| 1981 | UEFA Cup | |
| Ipswich win the UEFA Cup in 1981 with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Dutch side AZ 67 Alkmaar |
| 1982 | Manager | |
| Robson's first game in charge sees immediate controversy, as he drops Kevin Keegan for the match against Denmark; this leads to Robson being spat on by Newcastle United supporters |
| 7th July Bobby Robson is appointed coach of the English national football team and selects former West Bromwich Albion team-mate Don Howe as his chief coach |
| 1990 | Manager | |
| Eindhoven Before the 1990 World Cup, the FA told Robson that they would not renew his contract as England manager, so he moved on to the Netherlands to coach PSV Eindhoven |
| 1991 | Dutch League | |
| Eindhoven PSV win the Dutch league |
| 1992 | Dutch League | |
| 1992 | Manager | |
| July Lisbon Bobby Robson moves to Sporting Lisbon where his Portuguese interpreter is a young Jos‚ Mourinho, future F.C. Porto and Chelsea manager |
| 1994 | Manager | |
| Sporting Lisbon's rivals, F.C. Porto, hire Robson, with Mourinho appointed as his assistant manager |
| 1994 | Portuguese Cup | |
| Porto beat Robson's former club, Sporting Lisbon, in the Portuguese Cup final |
| 1995 | Portuguese League | |
| Porto win the Portuguese League |
| 1996 | Manager | |
| July Robson takes over at Barcelona, where once again his assistant is Mourinho, Robson had made Mourinho's move with him to Camp Nou a condition of his employment |
| 1996 | Portuguese League | |
| Porto win the Portuguese League |
| 1997 | European Cup Winners Cup | |
| Barcelona win the Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 1997 | European Manager of the Year | |
| Winner of the European Manager of the Year |
| 1997 | Spanish Cup | |
| Barcelona win the Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 1997 | Spanish Super Cup | |
| Barcelona win the Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 1998 | Manager | |
| Returns to manage PSV Eindhoven on a short-term deal for the 1998-99 season |
| Robson moves "upstairs" to the position of General Manager by Barcelona, with Louis van Gaal taking over the managerial reins |
| 1999 | Manager | |
| In his first home match in charge, Newcastle defeat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0, still the club record home victory |
| Sep Following the resignation of Ruud Gullit at Newcastle United, Robson moved to St James ' Park |
| 2002 | Knighthood | |
| Robson is knighted |
| 2004 | Manager | |
| 30th Aug Dismissed by Freddy Shepherd, after a poor start to the Premier League season and alleged discontent in the dressing room |
| 2006 | Honorary President | |
| 7th July Robson is named as honorary president of Ipswich Town Football Club |
| 2006 | Manager | |
| 13th Jan Steve Staunton is appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, with Robson named in a support role as International Football Consultant |
