{{Short description|Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use Irish English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paddy Robbins | image = | caption = | fullname = Patrick Robbins<ref name="Joyce 222">{{cite book | first = Michael | last = Joyce | title = Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 | year = 2004 | publisher = Tony Brown | isbn = 978-1-899468-67-6 | page = 222 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|18|df=y}}<ref name="Joyce 222"/> | birth_place = Birr, County Offaly, Ireland | death_date = {{Death year and age|1986|1914}} | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135">{{Cite book | first1 = Martin | last1 = Jarred | first2 = Dave | last2 = Windross | title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997 | year = 1997 | publisher = Citizen Publications | isbn = 978-0-9531005-0-7 | page = 135 }}</ref> | position = Inside forward / Outside forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = | years3 = 1933–1934 | years4 = 1934–1935 | years5 = 1935–1938 | years6 = 1938–1939 | years7 = 1939 | years8 = 1945–1946 | clubs1 = Thornaby St Patrick's | clubs2 = Stockton | clubs3 = Middlesbrough | clubs4 = Blackburn Rovers | clubs5 = Oldham Athletic | clubs6 = Hartlepool United | clubs7 = Accrington Stanley | clubs8 = York City | caps1 = ? | caps2 = ? | caps3 = 0 | caps4 = 0 | caps5 = 80 | caps6 = 24 | caps7 = 3 | caps8 = 0 | goals1 = ? | goals2 = ? | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 15 | goals6 = 5 | goals7 = 2 | goals8 = 0 | totalcaps = 107+ | totalgoals = 22+ }} '''Patrick Robbins''' (18 November 1914 – 1986) was an Irish footballer who played as an inside forward and an outside forward. He played for Oldham Athletic, Hartlepool United and Accrington Stanley in the Football League.<ref name="Joyce 222"/>
==Career== Born in Birr, Robbins started his career in the English non-League, playing for Thornaby St Patrick's and Stockton.<ref name="Joyce 222"/> He earned a Football League move by joining Middlesbrough in September 1933, before moving to Blackburn Rovers in February 1934.<ref name="Joyce 222"/><ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135"/> He did not make any league appearances for either side, and in May 1935 signed for Oldham Athletic.<ref name="Joyce 222"/><ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135"/> After making 85 league appearances and scoring 15 goals in the league for Oldham in three seasons, Robbins signed for Hartlepool United in June 1938.<ref name="Joyce 222"/><ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135"/> He spent the 1938–39 season with Hartlepool, making 29 appearances and scoring 5 goals before joining Accrington Stanley in July 1939.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135"/><ref name="Paddy Robbins' Appearances">{{Cite web | title = Paddy Robbins' Appearances | url = http://www.poolstats.co.uk/players/games/s0266.htm | publisher = POOLstats | accessdate = 12 November 2012}}</ref> Robbins scored two goals in three league appearances before the 1939–40 season was suspended with the outbreak of the Second World War.<ref name="Joyce 222"/> After competitive football resumed, Robbins signed for York City in January 1945, and played in their eight FA Cup matches in the 1945–46 season.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 135"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Paddy}} Category:1914 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Birr, County Offaly Category:Irish association footballers (before 1923) Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Stockton F.C. players Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Category:York City F.C. players Category:English Football League players