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=== Posthumous honours === In December 2009, Robson was posthumously awarded the [[FIFA Fair Play Award]], for the "gentlemanly qualities he showed throughout his career as a player and coach".<ref name=FIFA21Dec2009>{{cite press release |url = https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=1149850.html |title = Fair Play Award honours Robson |publisher = FIFA |date = 21 December 2009 |access-date = 29 March 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111230210922/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=1149850.html |archive-date = 30 December 2011 |url-status = dead |df = dmy }}</ref> All English football league matches held a [[one minute's applause]] in his memory at the beginning of the 2009β10 season.<ref name="ODNB"/> [[The Football League]] gave Newcastle United and Ipswich Town special dispensation to wear special commemorative kits for their [[EFL Championship|Championship]] match on 26 September 2009 at Portman Road, in aid of Sir Bobby's Foundation. At half-time during this match, the North Stand of Portman Road was renamed the Sir Bobby Robson Stand.<ref name=BBC18Sep09>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8263229.stm |title=League allows Robson tribute kits |work=BBC Sport |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=20 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923193718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8263229.stm |archive-date=23 September 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BBC2Nov2009Shirts>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8337473.stm |title=Sir Bobby shirts raise thousands |work=BBC News |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref><ref name=BBC13Jan2010ShirtSales>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8456703.stm |title=Sir Bobby Newcastle shirt sales aid teenage cancer unit |work=BBC News |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref> The first anniversary of Robson's death on 31 July 2010 was marked with a ceremony and pre-season [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] at Newcastle's St James' Park, between two of his former clubs Newcastle United and PSV Eindhoven, involving Robson's PSV captain [[Stan Valckx]] presenting a PSV shirt to the club.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10826983 |title=Sir Bobby remembered one year on since his death |work=BBC News |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref> In July 2010, plans were unveiled for a memorial garden to Robson to be built in Newcastle. It was to be created by the city council in partnership with the regeneration company NE1Ltd, and located on [[Newcastle upon Tyne City Centre#Gallowgate|Gallowgate]] street close to the Newcastle United stadium St James' Park. Work began on the site in November 2010, which was completed by Spring 2011. The garden covers 400 square meters, and features a tiered seating area and sculpted stone plinths reflecting aspects of his life and work. The area also hosts 400 square metre memorial garden to Sir Bobby Robson.<ref name=BBC26Jul2010GardenPlans>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10764591 |title=Sir Bobby Robson's Tyneside garden tribute |work=BBC News |date=26 July 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref><ref name=BBC22Nov2010GardenCommences>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11810343 |title=Work starts on a memorial garden to Sir Bobby Robson |work=BBC News |date=22 November 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref> With a keen interest in cricket as well as football, Robson was to have replaced [[Mike Gatting]] as president of the [[Lord's Taverners]] charity and cricket club in 2007, but this was prevented by his ill-health. After his death, the club held a dinner in his honour, as "The best President we never had".<ref name=SBRFoundationBlog30Mar2010Dinner>{{cite web |url=http://sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/03/tribute-to-best-president-we-never-had.html |title=Tribute To 'The Best President We Never Had' |date=30 March 2010 |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827082800/http://sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/03/tribute-to-best-president-we-never-had.html |archive-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2011, the [[East Coast (train operating company)|East Coast train operating company]] [[nameplate|named]] one of its [[British Rail Class 91|Class 91]] electric locomotives ''Sir Bobby Robson'', unveiled at [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle station]] by his widow Elsie and Alan Shearer.<ref name=BBC29Mar2011Train>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12890755 |title=Sir Bobby Robson name given to train |work=BBC News |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011 }}</ref><ref name=EastCoastTrains29Mar2011>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/about-us/Press-Release/2011/EAST-COAST-NAMES-TRAIN-SIR-BOBBY-ROBSON/ |title=East Coast Names Train Sir Bobby Robson |publisher=East Coast Main Line Company |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527024214/http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/about-us/Press-Release/2011/EAST-COAST-NAMES-TRAIN-SIR-BOBBY-ROBSON/ |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, in December 2011, the [[Port of Tyne]] Authority named its new work boat the ''Sir Bobby Robson''.<ref name=portoftyne>{{cite press release |url=http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/news/port-of-tyne/new-boat-and-new-jobs-at-the-port-of-tyne/ |title=New Boat and New Jobs at the Port of Tyne |publisher=Port of Tyne |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=1 March 2012 }}</ref> On 6 May 2012, a statue of Robson created by sculptor [[Tom Maley (sculptor)|Tom Maley]] was unveiled at St James' Park before a 2β0 defeat to eventual champions Manchester City.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9228429/Bobby-Robson-statue-to-be-unveiled-by-Newcastle-United-at-St-James-Park.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | access-date =6 May 2012 | date = 26 April 2012 | title = Bobby Robson statue to be unveiled by Newcastle United at St James' Park |location=London}}</ref> On 16 July 2013, marking the 150th anniversary celebrations of the FA, the FA designated 10 August as the Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day, celebrated as a day to celebrate the national game.<ref name=sirBobby20130713>{{cite web| title = National Football Day | quote = The Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day will take place on 10 August 2013 |publisher=The Football Association | date = 16 July 2013 | url = http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/jan/fa-150-national-football-day| access-date = 16 July 2013}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager]]'', a feature-length British film about Robson's career and cancer diagnosis, was released to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news|author=Pulver, Andrew|title=Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager review β portrait of an England icon|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/01/bobby-robson-more-than-a-manager-review|date=1 June 2018|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> In September 2020, the Sir Bobby Robson School opened in Ipswich. The school will serve children aged 8β16 with social, emotional and mental health needs.<ref>{{cite news|author=Paper, Andrew|title=New Ipswich school named after Sir Bobby Robson opens - despite coronavirus delay|work=[[Ipswich Star]]|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/sir-bobby-robson-school-ipswich-suffolk-opening-3392464|date=1 September 2020|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
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