Robinson signed a one-year contract, with an option for a further year, ahead of the 2013–14 season, and was appointed both club and team captain for the 2013–14 season. He scored his first goal for the club – and his first goal for nearly five years – to open the scoring in a 3–0 defeat of Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup on 14 January 2014. In April 2014, with Birmingham battling relegation, he incurred a three-game suspension for receiving 15 bookings in the season, returning for the final day of the season as the Blues avoided relegation with a 2–2 draw at his former club Bolton. He won the club's Player of the Year award for that season. In May 2014, it was announced he had agreed a player/coaching role with Birmingham. Robinson was given a three-match ban after he was "seen to aim a kick" at Aston Villa captain James Chester in April 2017. The incident was missed by the match officials and dealt with using video evidence. In February 2018, Robinson announced that he would retire at the end of the 2017–18 season. He made a brief appearance in Birmingham's last game of the season, as a 91st-minute substitute in their 3–1 victory over Fulham. Coaching career After 175 first-team appearances at Birmingham City, he retired as a player in 2018 but remained with the club as assistant senior professional development coach working with the U23 team, and in June 2019 was appointed lead professional development coach, a post that included responsibility for the under-18s. He left the club in August 2020. On 1 July 2021, he was appointed as first-team coach at Millwall working alongside Gary Rowett, one of his former managers at Birmingham. Career statistics Honours Individual PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Football League Championship References External links Profile at Birmingham City F.C. website Stories relating to Paul Robinson in the Birmingham Mail 1978 births Living people Footballers from Hertfordshire Sportspeople from Watford English footballers England under-21 international footballers Association football defenders Watford F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff