John Robertson - Manager Profile

Full Name: John Grant Robertson
Born: October 2nd, 1964 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Jun 14th, 2017 to Feb 23rd, 2021

Most Appearances Top Scorers
1. Mark Ridgers - 140
2. Brad Mckay - 125
3. Aaron Doran - 116
4. Coll Donaldson - 103
5. Joe Chalmers - 96
6. Liam Polworth - 96
7. Charlie Trafford - 96
8. Carl Tremarco - 94
9. Jordan White - 89
10. Shaun Rooney - 77
1. Aaron Doran - 27
2. Jordan White - 26
3. George Oakley - 17
4. Nathan Austin - 13
5. Tom Walsh - 13
6. James Keatings - 10
7. Nikolay Todorov - 10
8. Shaun Rooney - 9
9. Liam Polworth - 8
10. Iain Vigurs - 8

First Match In Charge: Saturday, July 15th, 2017 vs. Brechin City (3-0)

Last Match In Charge: Saturday, February 20th, 2021 vs. Ayr United (2-0)

Total Players Used: 55 (70 including unused subs)

Biggest Win(s)
Aug 30th, 2019 5 - 0 vs. Morton, League
Dec 4th, 2018 6 - 1 vs. Edinburgh City, Scottish Cup (Rd 3 replay)

Heaviest Defeat(s)
Jul 29th, 2018 0 - 5 vs. Hearts, League Cup

Overall Record

Games Won Drawn Lost For Against GD
154 70 41 43 235 178 +57
(45.5%) (26.6%) (27.9%)

At Home

Games Won Drawn Lost For Against GD
79 39 22 18 133 83 +50
(49.4%) (27.8%) (22.8%)

Dec 26th, 2002 to Nov 3rd, 2004

Most Appearances Top Scorers
1. Mark Brown - 82
2. Ross Tokely - 79
3. Stuart Golabek - 78
4. Stuart McCaffrey - 77
5. Roy McBain - 77
6. Russell Duncan - 65
7. Paul Ritchie - 64
8. Liam Keogh - 62
9. Bobby Mann - 60
10. Richie Hart - 56
1. Paul Ritchie - 32
2. Barry Wilson - 19
3. David Bingham - 17
4. Steven Hislop - 16
5. Dennis Wyness - 9
6. Ross Tokely - 7
7. Richie Hart - 6
8. Stuart McCaffrey - 6
9. Barry Robson - 6
10. Roy McBain - 5

First Match In Charge: Saturday, December 28th, 2002 vs. St. Mirren (4-1)

Last Match In Charge: Saturday, October 30th, 2004 vs. Livingston (2-0)

Total Players Used: 35 (37 including unused subs)

Biggest Win(s)
Nov 29th, 2003 5 - 0 vs. Brechin City, League
Aug 2nd, 2003 5 - 0 vs. Gretna, Challenge Cup

Heaviest Defeat(s)
Feb 25th, 2003 1 - 5 vs. Ross County, League

Overall Record

Games Won Drawn Lost For Against GD
82 44 11 27 146 93 +53
(53.7%) (13.4%) (32.9%)

At Home

Games Won Drawn Lost For Against GD
41 24 5 12 76 47 +29
(58.5%) (12.2%) (29.3%)

Robbo was a Hearts legend as a player and has pretty much the same status as an ICT manager having served two spells at the club and being forever embedded in club history as the man who led us to our first promotion to the Premiership in 2004.

Whilst playing for Livingston, Robertson became involved the coaching side of the game. He left the club in season 2002–03 to come to ICT where he guided us to the SPL for the first time in our history. He was very vocal in pushing both the club and the football authorities to change the 10,000 all-seater rule that would have prevented our elevation to the topflight but left the club in November 2004 to take up the vacant manager job at Hearts. His time at Hearts came to an abrupt end during the turbulent times that saw Vladimir Romanov take control of the club and he later managed Ross County, Livingston, Derry City and East Fife.

After 5 years out of football management he returned to the club for his second spell in June 2017. The aim is to get the club back up to the Premiership of course, and so far he has won the Challenge Cup in 2018 and qualified for the promotion playoffs the same year. In 2019, the club were sitting in second spot when the season was ended due to the Coronavirus and would have - at worst - qualified again for the playoffs.

In 2021, Robbo took a temporary leave of absence to deal with a family bereavement and Neil McCann took over.