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In 1998, Sir Bobby Robson sat down for an interview with Jimmy Hill to discuss a number of topics including his careeer up until that point, the pressure of being England manager and how he felt the game of football had changed during his time in management.

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00:00 - Sir Bobby Robson on his time at Ipswich Town
04:30 - On managing England
06:30 - Is pressure on England managers' damaging to chances of success
07:14 - "No-one knew the England job better than me"
07:40 - Sir Bobby Robson on why he went to PSV
09:00 - Differences in the Netherlands
09:42 - Getting Ronaldo at PSV
10:30 - Less pressure abroad?
11:29 - Make a difference which country?
12:22 - Chairman of Ipswich
13:22 - Thoughts on retirement
15:42 - Rate of managers changing
17:25 - "I don't think refereeing has improved"
18:47 - Wishes for football in the future

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