A Manchester United club statement has today revealed that former captain and current ambassador, Bryan Robson, has throat cancer.
“Bryan Robson underwent an operation to remove a tumour from his throat on March 3, 2011 in a hospital in Bangkok. The laboratory report revealed a cancerous tumour, which will need further treatment. The oncologist is confident that the condition is treatable.”
Robson is currently in Thailand as coach of the national team.
Gary Pallister, standing in for Robbo in his column, said our former captain is famed for going into challenges head on and he’ll be no different here.
Robson was recently at the Masters Asia tour with David May and others from MUTV. He played for the United Legends team and was also commentating. He appeared fit and healthy and hadn’t let on to anyone about his condition.
Get well soon Captain Marvel.
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- get well soon Robbo – fingers crossed
All the best to Bryan. Hope he gets better soon. Him and Eric Abidal are on my prayers.
All my best wishes to Captain Marvel, if any man can beat this he can!
Get well Captain Fantastic, all the bet Robbo…
Thoughts are with you Captain Fantastic.
get well soon!
Robbo is hard as they come so will batter cancer no problem.
He is probably pleased it wasnt a dislocated shoulder again.
Get well soon Robbo – Captain Marvel Forever
Oh god. Gutted. Loved Robbo as a kid and was boyhood idol. Get well soon Bryan.
fuckin hell didn’t even know anything about that, what a shock.
all the best robbo your a fuckin legend mate, captain fantastic and the original number 7 superstar.
Get well soon Robbo.
I didnt see him play, but pray for his speedy recovery.
Cancer has no chance on this one. Robbo is tough as hell.
Get well!
Get well soon BR7. Still my all time favourite player. You can beat this.
Get well soon Captain Marvel you legend.
God bless your health.. get well soon Robbo!
best wishes Robbo.
i think cancer has will meet its match here though.
Knock it’s fucking balls in Robbo!!
My fav player.
All the best Captain Marvel.
(my Dad had same cancer a couple of years back, got past it)
Just read Abidal (Barca defender) has been diagnosed with Liver cancer. )unfortunately my Dad has that now) all the best to all 3, especially my Dad.
Devastated..how serious can throat cancer be!!!get better soon captain marvel we r all behind u big man…
Get well soon Robbo, if anyone can beat this you can…….. Most courageous United captain in my opinion…..
Seriously, the cancer is afraid it has got Robbo. get well soon Capt.
……….and we all remember March 21st 1984 – my best night ever at OT – still fresh in the memory – get in there Robbo
Little Red Ant
I was also there that magical night mate
Kill the cancer Robbo. Get well soon!
Get well soon robbo, they seemed to catch the tumor early so thats encouraging news courageus as a player courageus as a man. them sentiments to abidal to thoughts are with you. Robbo hope your dads well to m8
Robbo was one of the greatest players United have ever had, possibly under-rated because he was at his peak when United were not a great side. He could lift the team through sheer guts, determination and will-to-win, tremendous qualities in a skipper. I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about him and he’ll always be one of my all-time favourite players. All my very best wishes go to him now, especially as I have cancer myself. Being generally fit and healthy will certainly help him enormously now. Rock on Robbo!
Fckin ell , i’;m sick of that C… word. Remember Robbo, Sparky and the team in the 80.s training on Heaton Park and joining in with us on the Pitch and Putt. Then years later being breathalysed and having to appear in our local court lol Sincerely hope and pray he beats the bastard
Get well soon Captain Marvel…all prayers with you
A true United great, get well soon Robbo, if you fight this terrible illness like
you fought for United, you will beat this.
Shocked to hear about Eric Abidal , i hope he gets through his operation
as well.
Giles Oakley
Nicely written and I wish you a speedy recovery as well. I remember worrying when Robbo missed a game, we were never the same team with out him
Giles same to you m8 hope your ok
@Giles Oakley,get well soon. xx
Get well soon Robbo. and the same for Abidal and you Giles!
GET WELL SOON ROBBO!!! LEGEND
A true legend of the game. Get well soon Captain Marvel.
Get well soon captain marvel.
get well soon captain marvel
Get well soon Robbo.
all the best, Bryan!
kick its arse like an opposition midfielder Sir Robson!
Shocked to hear this. A legend at this club and a truly world class footballer. Get well soon Bryan.
Get well soon..Robbo
Bryan Robson is my all time favourite player……I remember watching him score twice vs Barca in the Cup Winners Cup in 1983 (I think), I was 6 years old and that was the night I fell in love with football…….the man was (and is) a Titan, the cancer doesn’t stand a chance………long live Captain Marvel!
Best wishes to Eric Abidal and to Giles……..one of the more sensible and level headed commentators on this site.
Good luck to Eric and our Robbo. I watched a United, Liverpool game on espn classic the other day. It was at Maine Road. We won the game and our fans flooded the pitch and picked Robbo up and carried him all over the pitch. He loved It. Beat that putrid disease Robbo!
All the best Bryan..Cancer will be beaten no problem when its tackles you!!!!!!
Get well soon, Robbo!
GET WELL SOON
get well soon my hero captain marvel. united all over the world will pray for you.
get well soon robbo,
it picked on the wrong man in you!
God almighty be with him in this hour of need !
i wasi n shock when i woke up this morning to this news. Robbo get well soon. God will be with you and you will not die. you will recover and you will recover RAPIDLY in Jesus Name.
Shit day today. Robson gets cancer Best Wishes go out to him. Get well soon Captain Marvel. Also R.I.P Nate Dogg.
NRD – Nate Dogg? The rapper?
Yes willierednut. Died this morning. Absolutely gutted.
God bless Robbo.
NRD – Another one in hip hop heaven. Nate had some of the best hooks out there. RIP Nate Dogg
Good luck Robbo,proper plater!!
Hopefully it has been caught early and successfully,here’s to a long healthy life.
Wishing Robson all the best, get the docs to show you the tumour, spit on it, roast it over a bonfire and hear those f’ing cancer cells scream as they die!
Aside from our win yesterday its been a shit week does anyone agree, with Japan, Eric Abidal and now Bryan “Captain Marvel” Robson now diagnosed with throat cancer I’m having a hard time being cheerful. Hope Abidal and Robbo pull through and also R.I.P Nate Dogg got loads of updates on my blackberry this morning.
Good afternoon Fellow Reds.
Get well soon Robbo & God bless
Legend. All the best in the world Mate.
All the best to Robbo. Wish him well. I only caught the tail end of his career but its obvious to all that hes a legend as a player and as a man.
Get well soon mate, you have our support!
All the best. Phew
Get well soon Robbo and you too Giles.
Bryan Robson, get well soon.
A fearful time, even for a brave man. Our prayers are with you.
Our Captain Marvel carried United to victory time after time. He never let us down.
This guy actually signed for United on the pitch (new perm and all) such was the aura surrounding the pretender to being the best midfield player of his generation and his joining United.
As a then British transfer record of c.£1.5M – Uniteds manager Ron Atkinson famously said “this is not even a gamble, he is pure gold” – how right was he?
You cannot pick another player in United’s squad today who, if was unavailable to play, had such a demoralising effect on the crowd – he simply was that good!
In my view, possibly the only ever player who was deserving of the title “The King” alongside Denis and Eric – perhaps this title remains exclusive to strikers.
One point of note – Bryan did have his head turned by the Italian league when at his prime, he did later admit to almost leaving United but opted to stay and sign an improved contract – Rooney bashers take note – agents and sky TV were not invented then to manipulate players minds and what they say to the public so Bryan was forever worshipped.
“there’s only one Bryan Robson” – Pure Gold
It’s a lot to ask sometimes for people to stand by you when you need them most
In this family we stand by everyone
To Giles as always – to Captain Marvel and to everyone else who suffers in whatever way – we won’t forget.
If you ever need us we are here.
The true measure of anyone is knowing that their is a hand behind your shoulder and many hands behind that.
For United.
I hope he gets well soon.
@Giles Oakley I hope you get better too. I didn’t know you had cancer, so was somewhat shocked. Get better Giles and write some more of you great posts.
My absolute fave United player & my footballing hero – totally dragged United through the 80′s almost single handedly. He gave me so many happy memories when I was a kid.
Get well soon Robbo.
Get well robbo and giles this man played in a time when if he wasnt plying I used to think “shit robbo aint playing”he was the complete player not like most of theses modern players who are godd at this or that get well Robbo all the best
As sad as it may be for some for Nate Dog to have passed away do we have to pollute a Robbo thread with it?
Get well Robbo.
What can you lads do? Neck cancers are dramatically promoted by smoking and second hand smoke. As are virtually every other cancer (Lung, Colon, Breast, Prostate).
All reds should stop supporting that morally bankrupt industry and join anti smoking campaigns. It is only March and there are already over 200,000 smoking associated deaths combining European statistics. The final tally for 2011 will top 1 million. I know it is virtually impossible to quit, but just tell yourself you refuse to support an industry that has killed over 1 billion fathers since the 1950s. Sobering that.
I feel sorry for this Cancer guy
All my very best wishes to Captain Marvel.
FletchTHEMAN
Well done on finding that out – spot on mate
kEEP ON FIGHTING rOBBO
so sad- just started reading his autobiography on the weekend and seeing those pics of him in his prime brought a ton of warm boyhood memories flooding back. remember when i was a nine year old, i sent him a letter and thought he might like some pictures of himself in action I had torn out from soccer annuals, so I incuded those as well! My boyhood hero- I was utterly in awe of him and even as a young teenage would get all excited when he would appear on its a question of all sport.
luv the guy to bits and rer,ally hoping he pulls through. Come on Robbo- you have millions of adoring fans rooting for you.
A poignant comment from bryanrobson’s my hereo, wow. Moving and meaningful.
Your fear of loss is felt by us all, we stand United for Robbo.
Anyone know any Bryan Robson chants other than Only One Bryan Robson. Get it going on Saturday.
legend get well soon robbo!
Like on the pitch, never give up. Beat that bastard cancer, best wishes
Graeme souness said of Robbo “Hes was Man utds best attacker,and best defender” He must have been murder to play against…he`ll beat this!
Get well soon Captain Marvel top man
C’mon Robbo win it for us. Legend.
Best wishes Robbo and Giles
Notorious. I hope there is a chorus mate of “there’s only one bryan robson” on saturday. It will give me goosebumps.
Get well soon Captain Marvel
It may be all a bit misleading this. Andy cole was saying tonight he was out in the emirates or somewhere playing masters football with robbo only a couple of days ago “following treatment“. May not be as grave as we think. Great news.
Get better soon Robbo……..my life wouldnt be the same without you mate!
A goalscoring, fearless midfielder second to none … get well soon Robbo!
Robbo’s a proper battler, he’ll be fine, I hope. Met him a couple of years ago when his autobiography was out, I was last in line and got to speak with him for ages, he was an absolute gentleman and happy to listen to me babbling on and on on about how much I wanted to be like him was I was a young lad.
Captain Marvel indeed.
Get well soon Captain Marvel
We have been loving you Captain Marvel since that day in October 81. You will get well soon and you’ ll be at Wembley in May to chher up the 4th Captain