Bobby Hope

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bobby Hope


fullname = Robert Hope
nickname =
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1943|9|28|df=y
cityofbirth = Bridge of Allan
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub =
position = Inside forward (retired)
youthyears = 1959–1960
youthclubs = West Bromwich Albion
years = 1960–1972
1972–1976
1975
1976
1976–1979
1977
1978
1979–1983
clubs = West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City
→ Philadelphia Atoms (loan)
→ Dallas Tornado (loan)
Sheffield Wednesday
→ Dallas Tornado (loan)
→ Dallas Tornado (loan)
Bromsgrove Rovers
Total
caps(goals) = 336 (33)
034 0(5)
020 0(4)
022 0(3)
042 0(7)
018 0(0)
018 0(0)
00? 0(?)
00? 0(?)
nationalyears = 1968
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(0)
manageryears = 1983–1988
1988
1989
managerclubs = Bromsgrove Rovers
Burton Albion
Bromsgrove Rovers

Robert "Bobby" Hope (born September 28 1943 in Bridge of Allan, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who made more than 400 appearances as a midfielder in the Football League. He played more than 300 league games for West Bromwich Albion where he spent most of his club career. He won two caps for Scotland.

Hope played for West Brom between 1959 and 1972. A cultured, scheming inside-forward, he was the general in the team's midfield throughout the 1960s. Together with Clive Clark on the wing, Hope provided the ammunition for players like Tony Brown and Jeff Astle. Hope enjoyed success during this period, winning the League Cup in 1966 and FA Cup in 1968. He scored Albion's first goal in European competition when he found the net against DOS Utrecht in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 2 November 1966. [Cite book
last = Matthews
first = Tony
coauthors=Mackenzie, Colin
title = Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879-1987
publisher = Breedon Books
date = 1987
pages = p182
isbn = 0-907969-23-2]

He moved to Birmingham City in 1972, spending time on loan in the NASL with Philadelphia Atoms and Dallas Tornado, and later played for Sheffield Wednesday and Bromsgrove Rovers. He went on to manage Bromsgrove and Burton Albion. He returned to West Brom as a scout in later years.

Hope won only two full caps for Scotland, perhaps due to the abundance of Scottish midfield talent in this period. Since 2000 he has been West Bromwich Albion's chief scout. [Cite news
title = Hope still on Albion duty
url = http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/03/hope-still-on-albion-duty/
publisher = Express & Star
date = 2008-04-03
accessdate = 2008-04-06]

References

External links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/bobbyhope.htm Career stats]
* [http://nasljerseys.com/Rosters/NASL_Rosters.htm NASL Team Rosters]