Dale Roberts

Dale Roberts (8 October 1956 – 5 February 2003), was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town Roberts was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He was on the Ipswich team at the same time as other centre-half players such as Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher and he eventually moved on to Hull City In 1995, he returned to Ipswich as George Burley's assistant. Many Ipswich supporters share th... more

Dale Roberts (8 October 1956 – 5 February 2003), was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town Roberts was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He was on the Ipswich team at the same time as other centre-half players such as Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher and he eventually moved on to Hull City In 1995, he returned to Ipswich as George Burley's assistant. Many Ipswich supporters share the memory of Dale and George dancing on the Wembley pitch just after Martijn Reuser had scored the fourth goal in the Play-Off Final. Dale went onto lead the reserves to the FA Premier Reserve League (South) Championship title in the 2001/02 season. He died in February 2003, at Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, aged 46, after a two-year battle against cancer. less