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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Robbins" title="Ted Robbins">Ted Robbins</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Robbins" title="Kate Robbins">Kate Robbins</a> (granddaughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Robbins" title="Amy Robbins">Amy Robbins</a> (granddaughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Atack" title="Emily Atack">Emily Atack</a> (great-granddaughter)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Frederick Robbins</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1877 – 16 January 1946) was a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> administrator who was the secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Football Association of Wales</a> from 1909 to his death in 1946. He remains the longest serving secretary in the organisation's history. </p><p>Robbins's role included being part of the selection committee for the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national football team</a>. In his role, he clashed frequently with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> due to its reluctance to release players for international duty. In 1930, Robbins and the committee were forced to select a team made up largely of amateur and lower division players when the Football League banned the release of Welsh international players. The team dubbed, "Keenor and the 10 unknowns" due to the presence of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Keenor" title="Fred Keenor">Fred Keenor</a>, earned a draw with a largely full strength <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> side. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Robbins_(football_administrator)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robbins was born in <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a>, Wales. His father was originally from <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> but had moved to Wrexham where he managed Wrexham Music Hall. Robbins played amateur <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> in his youth for local side Wrexham Ivanhoe.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving school, he took up a role at a local newspaper office before working as a clerk in a solicitor's office.<sup id="cite_ref-bna1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bna1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to become a prominent solicitor in his hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-gaz1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Robbins_(football_administrator)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1909, the secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Football Association of Wales</a> (FAW), A.E.V. Berkley left the role over accusations of "negligence and carelessness in regards to his duties". Robbins was appointed in his place on 24 November,<sup id="cite_ref-ww_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stead7679_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stead7679-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving an annual salary of £50.<sup id="cite_ref-bna1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bna1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had unsuccessfully applied for the role in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of his role, Robbins was part of the selection committee for the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national football team</a>. He clashed with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> early on during his tenure. Football League clubs were rarely accommodating toward releasing their players for international duty and Robbins complained that English clubs had been "antagonistic" when he had approached them in his first years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robbins led a 20-man squad for an FAW XI tour of Canada in 1929 along with FAW vice-president Arthur Thomas and trainer <a href="/wiki/George_Latham_(footballer)" title="George Latham (footballer)">George Latham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gaz1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-s110112_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s110112-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wales played 15 matches against regional teams in little over a month during the tour, winning each one, travelling more than 13,000 miles in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1930, the Football League introduced a new rule prohibiting clubs from releasing players for international fixtures that clashed with league games. The move was an attempt to force the governing bodies of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Nations" title="Home Nations">Home Nations</a> to switch to midweek fixtures. Wales' first match under the ruling was the opening game of the <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_British_Home_Championship" title="1930–31 British Home Championship">1930–31 British Home Championship</a> against Scotland which was largely unaffected by the ruling as it drew the majority of its players from its own leagues. Robbins was forced to call up a mixture of lower division and amateur players in order to field a side. Nine of Wales' eleven players made their international debut in the game, with only captain <a href="/wiki/Fred_Keenor" title="Fred Keenor">Fred Keenor</a> and goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Len_Evans_(footballer)" title="Len Evans (footballer)">Len Evans</a> having previous international experience. As a result, the team was dubbed "Keenor and the 10 unknowns". Wales took the lead after six minutes through <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bamford" title="Tommy Bamford">Tommy Bamford</a> and held on to earn a 1–1 draw against the Scots.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCunknowns_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCunknowns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-s116118_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s116118-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After four years, the rule was eventually scrapped, partly due to Robbins's campaigning.<sup id="cite_ref-Challenge_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Challenge-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robbins gained several nicknames during his career, including the "dictator of Welsh football", while the <i><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Echo" title="Liverpool Echo">Liverpool Echo</a></i> described him as possessing "a commanding figure, a smile that won't wear off, a disposition to be envied and a love for the game of football that is good for the game."<sup id="cite_ref-bna3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bna3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his autobiography, England international <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bastin" title="Cliff Bastin">Cliff Bastin</a> wrote that Robbins "inspired Welsh football. Indeed, I would go farther, and say he <i>was</i> Welsh football."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walley_Barnes" title="Walley Barnes">Walley Barnes</a>, a former captain of the Welsh national side echoed Bastin's remarks, describing Robbins as "the greatest man in Welsh football history."<sup id="cite_ref-stead7679_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stead7679-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1938, Robbins was hospitalised at the <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_and_East_Denbighshire_War_Memorial_Hospital" title="Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital">Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital</a> after contracting a bout of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bna2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bna2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to work but competitive football was postponed following the outbreak of the Second World War. Robbins continued to organise the national side for wartime matches and was described by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> as "carry(ing) on the affairs of football in Wales virtually alone".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robbins died at his home in Wrexham on 16 January 1946 at the age of 68 after suffering a seizure.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his death, he had served as secretary of the FAW for more than 35 years. He remains the longest serving secretary in the organisation's history.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A memorial tablet for Robbins was unveiled at the headquarters of the FAW in Wrexham in August 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Robbins_(football_administrator)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robbins had five children. His eldest son John later became his assistant at the FAW.<sup id="cite_ref-bna1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bna1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John's brother Mike went on to work as an actor. Several of Robbins's grandchildren also entered showbusiness, including grandson <a href="/wiki/Ted_Robbins" title="Ted Robbins">Ted Robbins</a> and granddaughters <a href="/wiki/Amy_Robbins" title="Amy Robbins">Amy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kate_Robbins" title="Kate Robbins">Kate Robbins</a>. He is also a great-grandfather of actress <a href="/wiki/Emily_Atack" title="Emily Atack">Emily Atack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Robbins_(football_administrator)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Specific</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ot5UXJ6EPEaGQEkVq3Pq2Q&scan=1">"Index entry"</a>. <i>FreeBMD</i>. 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