Robert Ward (footballer)

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playername = Robert Ward
fullname = Robert Ward
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|10|21
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
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position = Striker

Robert 'Bobby' Ward (born 21 October 1958 in Castlemilk, Glasgow) is a former Glasgow Celtic and Newport County football player.

Ward was considered a hot prospect at Celtic until a managerial change forced him to try his luck down south at Newport County, where he played alongside legends such as John Aldridge and Tommy Tynan. While at Newport County, Ward contributed to the County team that won the Welsh Cup, entitling them to play in the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season. The cup run turned out to be quite eventful — the first round against Crusaders of Northern Ireland was won 4-0 on aggregate (4-0 at home and 0-0 away). The second round against Haugar F.C. of Norway was even more convincing, after a 0-0 draw away, the home leg was won 6-0, taking the club into the quarter finals against Carl Zeiss Jena F.C. of East Germany. The quarter final away leg was drawn 2-2, with Tommy Tynan scoring both goals, the equaliser being in the 90th minute. However despite dominating the home leg, Newport lost 0-1 in front of 18,000 fans. Carl Zeiss Jena went on to be the eventual runners up.