{"id":683539,"date":"2026-05-20T18:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683539\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:46:09","slug":"hes-one-of-us-liverpool-fans-say-goodbye-to-andy-robertson-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683539\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s one of us\u2019: Liverpool fans say goodbye to Andy Robertson | Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a bit of a surprise when we signed Andy Robertson from Hull \u2013 not because he wasn\u2019t a household name, but because all the focus had been on his teammate Harry Maguire. But, pound for pound, the \u00a38m we paid for Robbo in the summer of 2017<\/a> has got to be one of the best value transfer deals in Liverpool\u2019s history. Those peak J\u00fcrgen Klopp-years, when him and Trent Alexander-Arnold supplied cross after cross, assist after assist \u2026 it was an absolute joy to be there.<\/p>\n

All of those great memories will be cherished by Reds far and wide, but the moment that best illustrates and celebrates the player and the character was his destiny-changing last-gasp equaliser at Villa Park in 2019. It wasn\u2019t just the goal itself, it was Andy Robertson grabbing the ball and legging it back to the centre circle, eager to restart the game, knowing Manchester City were breathing down our neck, knowing there was still time to win it. And win it we did, with an unbelievable late, late leap from Sadio Man\u00e9<\/a>, preserving an unbeaten start to the season and setting up a title showdown \u2013 in November \u2013 with City.<\/p>\n

In those crazy days of Klopp v Pep, you could barely afford to drop a point. Robbo knew that. He fought for every ball, every minute, every point. We\u2019re going to miss the mad, brilliant bastard.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadio, I\u2019ll get him, don\u2019t worry\u201d. Andy Robertson, coming off the field at half-time of the final of the 2019 Club World Cup<\/a> after Man\u00e9 had been booked for an altercation with Flamengo\u2019s Rafinha. That\u2019s one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of Robbo. He had his team-mates\u2019 backs. What else comes to mind? Roughing up Lionel Messi, laughing at Jordan Pickford, running all over Manchester City, the \u2018wingmen\u2019 videos with Trent and judging biscuits with James Milner. I also think about Jos\u00e9 Mourinho saying: \u201cI am tired just from looking at Robertson. Absolutely incredible.\u201d Yep, he was.<\/p>\n

Robertson is the best left-back I\u2019ve seen at Liverpool<\/a>. He won everything with the Reds and soon he\u2019ll be Scotland\u2019s most-capped player. The relentless energy, ultra competitiveness and terrific delivery from wide areas also made him the best left-back in the Premier League for most of his time at Anfield. But it\u2019s his wicked sense of humour and larger-than-life personality that makes him so beloved by fans and team-mates alike.<\/p>\n

Footballers are generally not relatable anymore, but Robbo bucks that trend. He\u2019s normal. He\u2019s never acted like a star even though he very much is one. I challenge anyone to think of him without smiling. They just don\u2019t make them like Andy Robertson any more.<\/p>\n

Andy Robertson shares a laugh with his \u2018wingman\u2019 Trent Alexander-Arnold before a Liverpool training session in May 2019. Photograph: Peter Powell\/EPA<\/p>\n

The remnants of how it felt to support Liverpool during J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s tenure are leaving with Andy Robertson \u2013 one of the few remaining \u201cmentality monsters\u201d and the one who best exemplified the tenet. Robbo left so much on the field; Anfield\u2019s entire left touchline could be named after him. He set standards and lifted the collective in a way few have. His exit hurts so much because it tears away at a tapestry that\u2019s impossible to restitch. It means letting go of that era or being mired in endless yearning for it. Neither option is attractive.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a top-five Liverpool player for me. My mum\u2019s favourite ever. In March, we attended the FA Cup tie at Wolves together<\/a>. Andy\u2019s brilliant opening goal was as happy as I\u2019d ever seen her at the match. I asked why she\u2019d so taken him into her heart. \u201cHe gets stuck in, runs at the opposition and keeps hold of the ball in a tackle. He enjoys every minute, he\u2019s always trying his best and supports all the other players. He\u2019s pure joy,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cHe\u2019s got a lovely smile and more charisma than the new players we\u2019ve spent millions on. We are going to miss him for his personality as much as his skill, bless him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy Robertson leaves as the exemplification of everything we could ask for from a Liverpool player. And he\u2019s my mum\u2019s favourite. There\u2019s no replacing this favourite son.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo kid grows up wanting to be a full-back,\u201d Jamie Carragher once joked. But as a lifelong Red living in Glasgow, I know for a fact that\u2019s not true when it comes to Andy Robertson. I\u2019ve seen countless youngsters here wanting to be him. That\u2019s because, alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold, Robertson redefined the modern full-back, producing assists like a world-class playmaker, season after season.<\/p>\n

Mark Stevenson alongside Andy Robertson in Glasgow in November 2024. Photograph: Mark Stevenson<\/p>\n

In an era when many elite footballers seem utterly detached from reality, Robbo has always has carried himself like someone who understands exactly what it means to wear the shirt, and just how fortunate he is to do so. Nothing about his career was handed to him. Released by Celtic as a teenager for being too small, he fought his way through the lower leagues before reaching the top. Even the famous tweet from his Queen\u2019s Park days about having no money and life being rubbish reflects the honesty fans connect with. Robertson represents persistence more than perfection.<\/p>\n

I was recently debating Liverpool\u2019s greatest left-back with my brother, who leans towards Alan Kennedy<\/a>. It\u2019s close, but Robertson gets my vote. I\u2019m gutted he\u2019s leaving and I still think those legs have a couple more years left in them at the top level. But, nonetheless, I\u2019ll be on the Kop on Sunday belting out: \u201cOh Andy, Andy \u2026\u201d because if I was still a kid, I\u2019d absolutely want to be Andy Robertson.<\/p>\n

As a Scotsman living in Liverpool, Andy Robertson\u2019s career has always felt that wee bit more personal. The city has long embraced Scottish grit and character, from the old dockers that settled here through to the historic legends who have graced the pitches and dugouts of Anfield and Goodison Park. In that sense, I can understand why Liverpool supporters took to Robbo so quickly. There was a familiarity to him.<\/p>\n

Scotland is a small country, but time and again we produce athletes who punch above our weight as a nation. Andy Murray\u2019s Wimbledon triumphs, Chris Hoy powering to Olympic glory and Katie Archibald becoming one of the finest cyclists of her generation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andy Robertson belongs in that company. From his #needajob tweet during his time at Queen\u2019s Park, to his breakthrough season at Dundee United and his Premier League debut with Hull, before arriving at Liverpool, his rise was built entirely on hard work and determination. As he moves on to a new chapter, he leaves as Liverpool\u2019s greatest left-back and as another Scot who wrote his name into the history of this great football club.<\/p>\n

Robbo has given me a small glimpse of what it must feel like to be scouse and support Liverpool. I feel lucky to have watched someone from a place not so far from where I grew up achieve things most people only dream about.<\/p>\n

In November, Scotland qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998<\/a>, two years before I was born. A few days later, Andy Robertson\u2019s wife, Rachel, contacted me to ask for a piece commemorating the achievement, as a Christmas gift for him. I\u2019ve never felt so honoured.<\/p>\n

Abigail Rudkin with the painting she did of Andy Robertson, for Andy Robertson. Photograph: Abigail Rudkin<\/p>\n

The pressure was on to get the piece right. When I dropped it off, I was lucky enough to meet Andy. He was so kind, funny and welcoming. He gave me the time of day even though he had no idea who I was or why I was there. He was exactly who I expected him to be; a down-to-earth, kind human. He even made the effort to message me on Boxing Day to say how much he loved the piece. I was bouncing around the kitchen when the message came through. I\u2019m so grateful to Rachel for giving me that opportunity with my work and to Andy for being so kind. They\u2019ll be greatly missed in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The connection to Andy goes beyond his ability. I\u2019m sure I speak for the majority of Liverpool fans when I say he truly understands the club, our values and the city more than most modern footballers ever could. He even understood the importance of the derby like a true scouser. In this golden era for Liverpool, Andy Robbo stands out as one of my very favourite players.<\/p>\n

Robbo is up there as one of my favourites footballers to wear Liverpool red. Fiercely committed, he embodies everything I adore in a footballer, everything that makes us, us. From that press against Manchester City, to the Aston Villa goal and every laugh at Everton in between, Robbo left everything on the pitch for the badge \u2013 and that\u2019ll do for me.<\/p>\n

While many of the tributes to Robertson will centre around the determination \u2013 I have certainly been guilty of this \u2013 we mustn\u2019t forget that he was at one stage truly world-class. The heartbeat from left-back, he combined boundless energy with unbelievable quality<\/a>, lifting the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup, Super Cup, Community Shield and, perhaps most importantly, the spirits of every one of us. The word legend has rarely been more fitting.<\/p>\n

Andy Robertson did not simply play for Liverpool, he represented the club\u2019s values week after week. A leader on and off the pitch, his name is firmly etched into Anfield folklore. All that is left to do now is show our gratitude to a true modern-day, working-class hero.<\/p>\n

Andy Robertson salutes the Anfield crowd after scoring in style during Liverpool\u2019s 3-1 home victory over Crystal Palace last month. Photograph: Paul Ellis\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

A little under seven years ago, I was repeatedly sworn at by my favourite Liverpool player when I was a child. It was a horrible experience and proved to me that the old adage is right: never meet your heroes. Saying that, I\u2019d love to meet Andy Robertson, because Andy Robertson is definitely sound.<\/p>\n

Or maybe he\u2019s not. But that\u2019s not the point. The point is that he always came across as sound when playing for Liverpool and, because of that, forged a unique relationship with the fans. He was brilliant, and he won the lot, but he was also Robbo, the lad from Glasgow who sent that tweet about life being rubbish and rose to the top through hard work, humble dedication and a good dose of humour, traits that he never abandoned, traits that made him hugely relatable, traits that proved he was \u2013 is \u2013 one of us.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have lost a lot of games this season and, more devastating, lost some of their soul. It\u2019s hard to see how that gets any better after Robertson goes<\/a>, because he more than anyone during the past nine years has represented what the club is about: winning with a collective, defiant spirit. I\u2019d like to meet Andy Robertson so I could tell him that, and tell him how, over time, he became my new favourite Liverpool player, my hero. Thanks Robbo, for all of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a bit of a surprise when we signed Andy Robertson from Hull \u2013 not because he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-683539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}