Bryan Robson is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of a generation.
Described by Sir Alex Ferguson as 'the best captain I ever had', Captain Marvel became synonymous with the revered No 7 shirt as he led Manchester United and England by example, having started his career at West Bromwich Albion.
He won two Premier League winners' medals, three FA Cups, one Football League Cup, two FA Charity Shields and a European Cup Winners' Cup at United and earned 90 caps for his country, captaining England 65 times. Only Bobby Moore and Billy Wright led England on more occasions.
As a new film about his life, Robbo: the Bryan Robson Story, premieres in Manchester on Thursday, he talks to Sportsmail about the seven games that meant the most to him throughout his colourful career as a player and manager.
Former Manchester United captain Bryan Robson has revealed his top seven games
A new film about his life, Robbo: the Bryan Robson Story, premiered in Manchester on Thursday, and the past and present of Manchester United were in attendance, including (left-right) current captain Harry Maguire, caretaker manager Michael Carrick, Robson, legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, and record goalscorer Wayne Rooney
Robson enjoyed a sparkling career as a player, winning two Premier League titles with United
England v Finland, Mini World Cup Final, 1975 (UEFA international youth tournament)
This was my first big success and a great two-and-a-half weeks' experience in Switzerland.
We had played a few games and done well prior to the tournament in Gran Canaria and in Switzerland the coach Ken Burton decided to play me at centre half alongside Steve Wicks of Chelsea because Dave Jones, the ex-Southampton manager, injured his knee.
We had Alan Curbishley, Ray Wilkins, Glenn Hoddle and Peter Barnes in midfield. We had beaten Spain to get there then topped the group by beating the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland and Northern Ireland. We then beat Hungary 3-1 with John Sparrow the Chelsea full-back scoring two free-kicks.
We played Finland in the final in Bern and it was 0-0 until Ray scored the winner, a 'golden goal' in extra time.
Robson had his first big success with the England youth team alongside Ray Wilkins (right)
Ray and I roomed together. We first met at the Lilleshall training centre. We had a week there to prove ourselves good enough to get in the squad. Ray was a talker and I liked to say a bit too. We got on really well, both just kids crazy about football and that bonded us for life.
I miss Ray a lot. His death was a real shock, he was a great lad. We had one of those friendships where we didn't see each other for months then when we met up it was like we'd never been apart.
Oldham v West Brom, Division Two, 1975-76
Johnny Giles was manager and being part of that squad was my first experience of winning promotion. We had taken thousands of supporters there and it felt as if we were the home team.
Tony 'Bomber' Brown scored the only goal, another cracker from him. What an unbelievable striker of the ball he was. I can remember us going up into the directors' box to celebrate afterwards and then getting the coach back to West Brom. All the fans were driving past beeping their horns giving us an escort back.
We always had a few crates of beer for the trip, but I could only drink a couple back then before the room would start spinning. I was sat next to Len Cantello. I sold my car to put a deposit on a flat and sometimes I'd get the bus to training but sometimes Len would pick me up, so we became close friends.
His first memory of winning promotion came with West Brom as they overcame Oldham in 76
Manchester United v Barcelona, European Cup Winners Cup, 1991
I consider this the best game I ever played for United. Brian McClair, who did a brilliant job of man-marking Ronald Koeman that night, later coached the academy kids and said he used to show them how I played that game as an example of how to play in midfield.
It was dashing down with rain and it suited us to keep pinging the ball over their defence to get Lee Sharpe, who was pretty quick, in behind. I remember Mark Hughes making hard work of what I thought was a great pass for his second goal but to be fair he smashed it in from a tough angle.
It was the first season English clubs were allowed back into European competition following a five-year ban and United's first European final since 1968 so to come back and lift the trophy against such a great side was fantastic. It was a great party as well into the night and the morning.
His favourite display in a Man United shirt was against Barcelona in the 1991 Cup Winners' Cup
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers, Premier League, 1993
My first league title and United's first for 26 years. We watched
