Sir Bobby Robson's career in pictures

Born in County Durham on 18 February 1933, Robson, the son of a miner, spent 18 years as a professional footballer for Fulham, West Brom and Vancouver Royals Photograph: Don Morley/Empics

Playing as a deep forward, he had two spells at Fulham in which he made 344 appearances and scored 77 goals. For West Brom he made 257 appearances, scoring 61 goals Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

Robson is seen here with his wife Elsie and son Paul in 1958 Photograph: Daily Mail / Rex Features/Daily Mail / Rex Features

Robson earned 20 England caps and scored four international goals before hanging up his boots Photograph: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty

After a short-lived spell as manager of the Cottagers, Robson took charge of Ipswich Town where he stayed for 13 years. Such was the quality of the youth system at Portman Road, Robson brought in only 14 new players in that entire period Photograph: Sydney O'Meara/Express/Getty

Robson's team won the FA Cup in 1978 with a 1-0 victory over Arsenal. The goal scorer that day was Roger Osbourne (seen looking at the trophy, third from left) Photograph: Don Morley/Getty Images

Three years later Robson led Ipswich to European glory, winning the Uefa Cup final with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Dutch side AZ Alkmaar Photograph: PA/PA

Robson succeeded Ron Greenwood as manager of England in 1982 but failed to qualify for the European Championships in 1984 due to a loss to Denmark. It was his team's only defeat in the qualifying campaign. Photograph: Peter Robinson/EMPICS Sport

Robson's England side were knocked out of the 1986 World Cup in the quarter-final by Argentina following Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal Photograph: Bongarts/Getty Images

Four years later his team reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Italy. Robson is seen here preparing his players as the game against West Germany goes into extra-time and penalties Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/EMPICS Sport

But Robson, his coach Don Howe (left) and physiotherapist Norman Medhurst (right) were left shattered as Chris Waddle missed the vital penalty, sending the Germans through to the final Photograph: Peter Robinson/EMPICS Sport

Robson moved on to become manager at several European clubs. Amongst the honours he collected were two Dutch Championships with PSV Eindhoven, two Portuguese Championships with Porto and three cups with Barcelona including the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1997. His partnership with a certain Jose Mourinho, his interpreter and assistant (seen on the left), was fundamental to the latter triumphs Photograph: Christian Liewig/Corbis

Robson became manager of Newcastle United in 1999 and spent five years managing the Tyneside club. He guided them to third, fourth and fifth placed finishes in the league and to the qualifying rounds of the Champions League Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Robson was knighted in 2002 for his services to football Photograph: Michael Stephens/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

Sir Bobby, who had been fighting cancer for many years, is greeted by Alan Shearer and other ex-England players during an England v Germany charity match on Sunday July 26, 2009. The match, in aid of the Bobby Robson Foundation, was Robson's last public appearance before his death on Friday morning Photograph: Ian Horrocks/Newcastle Utd via Getty Images

Tributes are left at St James' Park today Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA