LFC saddened by passing of Peter Robinson

Liverpool FC is deeply saddened by the passing of former club secretary and chief executive Peter Robinson, aged 86.

Robinson was a pivotal behind-the-scenes figure at Anfield throughout a 35-year spell, which began shortly after the Reds’ first FA Cup triumph in 1965, when he joined as club secretary following jobs at Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra, Scunthorpe United and Brighton & Hove Albion.

In close and constructive partnership with chairman John Smith, he oversaw a modernisation of the club’s administrative operations with the objective of freeing managers to focus on their top priority: winning on the pitch.

He and Smith were closely involved in player recruitment during an era when…