Robson attended Langley Park Primary School and then Waterhouses secondary modern school, after failing his eleven-plus but the headmaster did not allow the school football team to join a league. Instead, he began to play for Langley Park Juniors on Saturday mornings at age 11, and by the time he was 15, he was representing the club at under-18 level. Robson played football whenever he possibly could but left school aged 15 to start work as an electrician's apprentice for the National Coal Board in the Langley Park colliery. In May 1950, Bill Dodgin, the manager of Fulham, made a personal visit to the Robson household to offer Bobby a professional contract. Despite being offered a contract by nearby Middlesbrough, the offer made by Dodgin was too attractive to turn down, so he signed for Fulham and moved to London, playing as a wing half and inside forward. Robson had also interested his beloved Newcastle, but he opted to join Fulham as, in his opinion, "Newcastle made no appreciable effort to secure [my] signature." He also thought he stood a better chance of breaking into the first team at Fulham. Robson had partial deafness in one ear, which rendered him ineligible to be called up for national service.
robson attended langley park primary school and then waterhouses secondary modern school after failing his eleven-plus but the headmaster did not allow the school football team to join a league instead he began to play for langley park juniors on saturday mornings at age 11 and by the time he was 15 he was representing the club at under-18 level robson played football whenever he possibly could but left school aged 15 to start work as an electrician's apprentice for the national coal board in the langley park colliery in may 1950 bill dodgin the manager of fulham made a personal visit to the robson household to offer bobby a professional contract despite being offered a contract by nearby middlesbrough the offer made by dodgin was too attractive to turn down so he signed for fulham and moved to london playing as a wing half and inside forward robson had also interested his beloved newcastle but he opted to join fulham as in his opinion "newcastle made no appreciable effort to secure [my] signature" he also thought he stood a better chance of breaking into the first team at fulham robson had partial deafness in one ear which rendered him ineligible to be called up for national service