Sarah Robson

{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{EngvarB|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| fullname = Sarah Cathryn Ann Robson

| image = Sarah Robson (footballer).jpg

| caption = Robson (6) playing for Durham in March 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|5|23}}

| birth_place = Bellaghy, Northern Ireland{{cite web |title=Meet Sarah McFadden |url=https://www.irishfa.com/news/2021/february/meet-sarah-mcfadden-the-versatile-veteran-who-hopes-to-inspire-the-next-generation |publisher=Irish FA}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| currentclub = Durham

| clubnumber = 6

| position = Centre back
Centre forward

| youthyears1 = 2005–2008

| youthclubs1 = Southern Miss Golden Eagles

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Moyola Park

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Ballymena United Allstars

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = Fylkir

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009–2011

| clubs4 = Grindavík

| caps4 = 35

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2010–2015

| clubs5 = Sunderland

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012

| clubs6 = FH

| caps6 = 9

| goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2017–

| clubs7 = Durham

| caps7 = 130

| goals7 = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2005–

| nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland

| nationalcaps1 = 102

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| ntupdate = 30 January 2025 (UTC)

}}

Sarah Cathryn Ann Robson (née McFadden; born 23 May 1987) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a defender or striker for Durham in the FA Women's Championship.

Magherafelt-born{{cite news|url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/3758/wylie-names-squad-to-face-england/|title=Wylie names squad to face England|accessdate=2012-07-01|publisher=Irish Football Association|date=2008-02-27|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205012411/http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/3758/wylie-names-squad-to-face-england/|url-status=dead}} Robson played in Northern Ireland for Moyola Park and Ballymena United Allstars. In 2005, she won a scholarship to University of Southern Mississippi and played varsity soccer for Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Following graduation she headed to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, where she played for Fylkir, then Grindavík.{{cite web|url=http://www2.ksi.is/asp/listar/leikmadur.asp?pLeikmadurNr=239646&pListi=5|title=Sarah Cathryn Ann McFadden|accessdate=2012-11-09|publisher=KSI.is|language=Icelandic}}

At the end of the 2010 Icelandic season, Robson and international teammate Rachel Furness left Grindavík for Sunderland.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In June 2012 The Belfast Telegraph newspaper reported that three Northern Ireland players including Robson had been selected in the 18-player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.{{cite web|title=Northern Ireland women will make history at Olympics |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/northern-ireland-women-will-make-history-at-olympics-16168393.html#ixzz1xiHzOXYA|publisher=The Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=2012-06-14|date=2012-06-06|first=Stuart|last=McKinley}} But Robson quickly denied the report: "I haven't received anything about being in final squad... Wish it was true but unfortunately not."{{cite web|title=Irish Trio Not Set for Olympics (yet)|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5503|publisher=She Kicks|accessdate=2012-06-14|date=2012-06-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302130633/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5503|archivedate=2014-03-02}} When the final squad was named, no Northern Irish or Welsh players were included.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18599652|title=Northern Ireland keeper Higgins named as GB squad reserve|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2012-06-26|accessdate=2012-07-01}}

On 13 January 2016, it was announced she was leaving Sunderland after five years serving the club and signing with Durham.{{cite web|url=http://sunderland.fawsl.com/news/mcfadden_departs_for_durham.html|title=McFadden departs for Durham|publisher=Sunderland AFC Ladies|accessdate=23 March 2016}}