Robbie Earle

<h2 id="club-career">Club career</h2>
<h3>Port Vale</h3>
An attacking midfielder, Earle was a junior player at <a href="/facts/Stoke_City_F.C./ktQs24hy">Stoke City</a> whilst he attended <a href="/facts/Longton_High_School/2DGtLnwx">Longton High School</a>. However, after suffering from a <a href="/facts/Bone_fracture/faEv3Ve5">broken</a> leg, he was released from the <a href="/facts/Victoria_Ground/NAF7sIPM">Victoria Ground</a>. He was snapped up by Stoke's <a href="/facts/Potteries_derby/uFzReQDt">local rivals</a> <a href="/facts/Port_Vale_F.C./akLIv2bb">Port Vale</a>, where he turned professional in 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> He had been scouted by <a href="/facts/Ray_Williams_(footballer,_born_1946)/7RYCAyKQ">Ray Williams</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
Earle made his Port Vale debut under <a href="/facts/John_McGrath_(footballer,_born_1938)/ElQUgy5C">John McGrath</a> in a 1–0 defeat by <a href="/facts/Swindon_Town_F.C./gntoLCSR">Swindon Town</a> at the <a href="/facts/County_Ground,_Swindon/7do13EUp">County Ground</a> on 28 August 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> He scored his first goal in his next appearance, in a 4–1 win over <a href="/facts/Aldershot_F.C./kR5NGQv9">Aldershot</a> at the <a href="/facts/Recreation_Ground_(Aldershot)/N00WMQSd">Recreation Ground</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> He finished the <a href="/facts/1982%E2%80%9383_Port_Vale_F.C._season/HMUUeDwf">1982–83</a> campaign with one goal in nine appearances, as the "Valiants" won <a href="/facts/Promotion_and_relegation/G8dKPD13">promotion</a> out of the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">Fourth Division</a>. He made 13 appearances in <a href="/facts/1983%E2%80%9384_Port_Vale_F.C._season/Qq3TmeWs">1983–84</a>; <a href="/facts/John_Rudge/g1Yq6Cyp">John Rudge</a> replaced McGrath as <a href="/facts/Manager_(association_football)/IwMQyx0e">manager</a> in December, but could not stop the club from sliding straight back out of the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Third_Division/x3GKMWrY">Third Division</a>.
Earle won a regular first-team place in August 1984. He hit 19 goals in 56 games in <a href="/facts/1984%E2%80%9385_Port_Vale_F.C._season/lbp9whM1">1984–85</a>, including a <a href="/facts/Hat-trick/x98zNkBb">hat-trick</a> against <a href="/facts/Hereford_United_F.C./WpyXpMll">Hereford United</a> at <a href="/facts/Vale_Park/K2GYmICm">Vale Park</a> on 2 February; Earle and <a href="/facts/Alistair_Brown_(footballer,_born_1951)/flXo45Iv">Alistair Brown</a>'s partnership got the club a combined total of 40 goals. An ever-present in the <a href="/facts/1985%E2%80%9386_Port_Vale_F.C._season/phLQSKwn">1985–86</a> Fourth Division promotion squad, he scored 17 goals in 58 games; he and strike partner <a href="/facts/Andy_Jones_(footballer,_born_1963)/lvhdzeca">Andy Jones</a> bagged a total of 35 goals for the club. Earle made 142 consecutive appearances between September 1984 and January 1987, the run coming to an end due to a <a href="/facts/Groin/49jqnbc3">groin</a> <a href="/facts/Strain_(injury)/wnAWmHWb">strain</a>. The strain led to a <a href="/facts/Hernia/ffJnB19e">hernia</a> operation in the autumn of 1987, but he returned to first-team action in January 1988. He scored seven goals in 35 games in <a href="/facts/1986%E2%80%9387_Port_Vale_F.C._season/YGQCpMTv">1986–87</a> and scored four goals in 11 games in <a href="/facts/1987%E2%80%9388_Port_Vale_F.C._season/tIFySUav">1987–88</a>. That season, he played in the <a href="/facts/FA_Cup/nq1hRAUw">FA Cup</a> upset when Vale knocked out <a href="/facts/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C./8JxnePaT">Tottenham Hotspur</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> A regular in the <a href="/facts/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season/5PDH9ua5">1988–89</a> season, Rudge claimed that Earle and <a href="/facts/Ray_Walker_(footballer,_born_1963)/bLp857hV">Ray Walker</a> was one of the best-ever midfield partnerships at the Vale.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> He scored both goals past <a href="/facts/Bristol_Rovers_F.C./1YAY0epx">Bristol Rovers</a> in the two-legged <a href="/facts/1989_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final/VVPHctxz">1989 play-off final</a> that took Vale through to the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Second_Division/NE249NXz">Second Division</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> After the match Earle wept in the tunnel, such was his emotions to have taken his local team to victory in the play-off final. Throughout the 1988–89 campaign, he scored 19 goals in 57 appearances.
He scored 12 goals in 52 games in <a href="/facts/1989%E2%80%9390_Port_Vale_F.C._season/IC3xWGwl">1989–90</a>, including one in a 1–1 draw with Stoke City at the Victoria Ground on 23 September. He remained a vital player in <a href="/facts/1990%E2%80%9391_Port_Vale_F.C._season/tAdYrP9c">1990–91</a>, hitting the net 11 times in 37 appearances. As he was affectionately known, 'The Black Pearl' played 357 times for the "Valiants" and scored 90 goals. A cult hero,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> he is considered one of the best midfielders ever to play for the club.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> In July 1991 he was <a href="/facts/Transfer_(association_football)/uPwlP6qj">transferred</a> to <a href="/facts/Wimbledon_F.C./NgJhJJst">Wimbledon</a> for a fee of £775,000 (and 30% of any future transfer fee above that figure).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> It was later reported that Wimbledon chairman <a href="/facts/Sam_Hammam/hG3CchVk">Sam Hammam</a> had locked Earle in a room during transfer negotiations and only let him out when he agreed to sign for Wimbledon.

<h3>Wimbledon</h3>
Earle played an important part in the South London club's success during the nineties, and in particular, the club's '<a href="/facts/Crazy_Gang_(football)/QImbVDzF">Crazy Gang</a>' mentality, which fostered team spirit and intimidated opposing players. He played alongside cult figures such as <a href="/facts/Aidan_Newhouse/mASmo1UK">Aidan Newhouse</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Fashanu/yVm9gRk8">John Fashanu</a>, <a href="/facts/Vinnie_Jones/yahcUTTP">Vinnie Jones</a>, <a href="/facts/Lawrie_Sanchez/hMCM8MJ7">Lawrie Sanchez</a>, <a href="/facts/Jason_Euell/0QhITrvf">Jason Euell</a>, <a href="/facts/Dean_Holdsworth/gozrH0x9">Dean Holdsworth</a>, <a href="/facts/Marcus_Gayle/DSVvSvfe">Marcus Gayle</a>, <a href="/facts/Andy_Clarke_(footballer)/R80Xaf2Y">Andy Clarke</a> and <a href="/facts/Efan_Ekoku/HBVUGj30">Efan Ekoku</a>. Earle was known for his late runs into the box, his ability to finish, and his agility at <a href="/facts/Header_(association_football)/bkqJBnMv">heading</a> the ball.
His <a href="/facts/1991%E2%80%9392_Wimbledon_F.C._season/8KdXVaoP">first season</a> at the club was turbulent, as manager <a href="/facts/Ray_Harford/GPlnJbSU">Ray Harford</a> was replaced by <a href="/facts/Peter_Withe/57GxLDRA">Peter Withe</a>, who in turn was replaced by <a href="/facts/Joe_Kinnear/bGCbo8ME">Joe Kinnear</a>; nevertheless, Earle scored 14 league goals to help the "Dons" to maintain to their top-flight status. He scored seven goals in the newly formed <a href="/facts/Premier_League/nfXVuAYa">Premier League</a> in the <a href="/facts/1992%E2%80%9393_Wimbledon_F.C._season/9u3J7nnV">1992–93</a> season, including two in a 3–2 win over <a href="/facts/Liverpool_F.C./uzPanAVJ">Liverpool</a> at <a href="/facts/Anfield/mPfKNu96">Anfield</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> and nine goals in <a href="/facts/1993%E2%80%9394_Wimbledon_F.C._season/SURdbqty">1993–94</a> – when Wimbledon finished a club best sixth in the final table.
After injury limited him to nine goalless appearances in <a href="/facts/1994%E2%80%9395_Wimbledon_F.C._season/zfoF2puD">1994–95</a> (when Wimbledon still finished ninth), he regained his fitness for the <a href="/facts/1995%E2%80%9396_Wimbledon_F.C._season/gEEeu2GU">following season</a>. He was appointed club <a href="/facts/Captain_(association_football)/AjsKfxbJ">captain</a>. His 11 goals in 1995–96 went some way towards securing Wimbledon's survival in 15th place; he scored against <a href="/facts/Manchester_United_F.C./wmNVnVtQ">Manchester United</a>, <a href="/facts/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C./8JxnePaT">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, <a href="/facts/Chelsea_F.C./A3uY71YN">Chelsea</a>, <a href="/facts/Arsenal_F.C./pubabvB0">Arsenal</a>, <a href="/facts/Manchester_City_F.C./wtCrlIju">Manchester City</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C./IHkcX4RL">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/facts/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C./AT8pCXnj">Bolton Wanderers</a>. Under his captaincy in <a href="/facts/1996%E2%80%9397_Wimbledon_F.C._season/a0C0oaBG">1996–97</a>, the <a href="/facts/Selhurst_Park/JRmm1kt5">Selhurst Park</a> side reached the semi-finals of both the <a href="/facts/FA_Cup/nq1hRAUw">FA Cup</a> and <a href="/facts/EFL_Cup/So1N23yy">League Cup</a>, where they were beaten by eventual winners <a href="/facts/Chelsea_F.C./A3uY71YN">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/facts/Leicester_City_F.C./IHuWtSof">Leicester City</a> respectively. In February 1997, he was handed the <a href="/facts/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month/Jknzo169">Premier League Player of the Month</a> award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
The club survived again in <a href="/facts/1997%E2%80%9398_Wimbledon_F.C._season/FTFQ5Blf">1997–98</a>, though dropped from fourth in December to 15th by the season's end. He scored seven goals in all competitions in <a href="/facts/1998%E2%80%9399_Wimbledon_F.C._season/gnbq4yt2">1998–99</a> as Wimbledon again reached the semi-finals of the League Cup; however, they finished just two places and six points above the Premier League <a href="/facts/Promotion_and_relegation/G8dKPD13">relegation</a> zone. The "Dons" then struggled under new manager <a href="/facts/Egil_Olsen/QNwwlHBL">Egil Olsen</a>, and were relegated on the final day of the <a href="/facts/1999%E2%80%932000_Wimbledon_F.C._season/b4mGBRlr">1999–2000</a> season after losing 2–0 to <a href="/facts/Southampton_F.C./UJyRR4Ql">Southampton</a> at <a href="/facts/The_Dell_(Southampton)/fFb5ytSt">The Dell</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a>
During a <a href="/facts/Reserve_team/FMRsJ7WY">reserve team</a> game for Wimbledon in 2000, Earle sustained a heavy blow to the stomach and became seriously ill with a ruptured <a href="/facts/Pancreas/r0WPGjAq">pancreas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a> At the age of 35 he was forced to give up playing in <a href="/facts/2000%E2%80%9301_Wimbledon_F.C._season/5aQPaVPR">November 2000</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a> His retirement coincided with the end of the 'Crazy Gang'. In nine years as a Wimbledon player, he made 244 league appearances for the <a href="/facts/South_London/LGevz0L6">South London</a> club, scoring 59 goals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a> Towards his end of his time at the club he began coaching the reserve team.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a>

<blockquote>"One afternoon in hospital I was told that I had picked up an infection again. By this time I had lost 4 stone (56 lb; 25 kg). My breathing was irregular, I was in agony. If somebody had told me that death was the best choice, I'd have accepted it – anything to take away the pain."— The stomach injury that ended his career was intensely painful.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a></blockquote>
<h2 id="international-career">International career</h2>
Though English-born, Earle was eligible to play for Jamaica at <a href="/facts/Jamaica_national_football_team/hdD9pRfm">international level</a> because of his Jamaican parents. He hoped to be called up to the <a href="/facts/England_national_football_team/N71IuE3t">England</a> squad, before he accepted the call-up from Jamaica at the age of 32.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a> Earle was the scorer of Jamaica's first ever <a href="/facts/FIFA_World_Cup/pGI0SF7r">World Cup</a> goal, in a 3–1 defeat by <a href="/facts/Croatia_national_football_team/tdxQlPSD">Croatia</a> at the <a href="/facts/Stade_Bollaert-Delelis/3RvmJmxC">Stade Félix-Bollaert</a>, at the <a href="/facts/1998_FIFA_World_Cup/red67NvM">1998 World Cup</a> in France.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a> He played in all three of the <a href="/facts/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_H/WUUYsu9K">Group H</a> games, as Jamaica lost 5–0 to <a href="/facts/Argentina_national_football_team/wBNzXqUL">Argentina</a> at <a href="/facts/Parc_des_Princes/6KP52a1E">Parc des Princes</a> and beat <a href="/facts/Japan_national_football_team/gYpyIxA2">Japan</a> 2–1 at <a href="/facts/Stade_de_Gerland/6dh0CDoS">Stade de Gerland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a>

<h2 id="media-work">Media work</h2>
Since his retirement, Earle has moved into sports journalism. He has worked for <a href="/facts/GCap_Media/ov5q57yh">Capital Radio</a>, <a href="/facts/BBC_Radio_5_Live/rveJ2X5B">Radio 5 Live</a>, <a href="/facts/BBC_Sport/PUhfwSmC">BBC</a>, <a href="/facts/ESPN/1FeLYofR">ESPN</a>, <a href="/facts/ITV_(TV_network)/pIlD3oza">ITV</a>, <a href="/facts/Sky_Sports/FAstt7gL">Sky Sports</a> and <a href="/facts/ITV_Digital/YDVtraus">OnDigital</a>. Earle was a regular pundit on <a href="/facts/ITV_Sport/LwGELjoo">ITV</a>'s football coverage, as well as World Football Daily, and occasionally joins the team on <a href="/facts/PressPass/W3yzW18p">ESPN PressPass</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a> He has also written columns for the London <a href="/facts/Evening_Standard/TwlctNtm">Evening Standard</a> and for the <a href="/facts/Stoke-on-Trent/h5p04uev">Stoke-on-Trent</a> <a href="/facts/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)/qHSv83A6">Evening Sentinel</a>.
In 2005, he took part in BBC's <a href="/facts/Strictly_Come_Dancing/LbWD5clQ">Strictly African Dancing</a> as part of Africa Lives season; he scored 33 and won the competition. He also appeared in the 2007 edition of <a href="/facts/MasterChef_(UK_TV_series)/Sf6vTzjh">MasterChef</a>.
In June 2010, he had his £150,000 a year <a href="/facts/Association_football_contracts/J3fjKPrs">contract</a> with ITV cancelled for giving away <a href="/facts/FIFA_World_Cup/pGI0SF7r">World Cup</a> tickets for the <a href="/facts/Netherlands_national_football_team/eqI4UYlE">Netherlands</a> v <a href="/facts/Denmark_national_football_team/cUdDd4Qf">Denmark</a> match. Meant for family and friends, he passed them on to a friend who then sold them to <a href="/facts/Swinkels_Family_Brewers/q1Ky5Nxh">Bavaria Brewery</a>. The Brewery company orchestrated an <a href="/facts/Ambush_marketing/lTxH0fQV">ambush marketing</a> event in breach of <a href="/facts/FIFA/wC2aqLnn">FIFA</a> rules.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> The incident also led to him losing his role as an ambassador for England's 2018 World Cup bid.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a> Earle described his actions as "naive" and insisted that he had "not profited in any way".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a> It later emerged that ITV had given Earle 400 free tickets for the tournament, including 40 for <a href="/facts/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_final/XGExJp2l">the final</a> itself. This allocation had a RRP of around £70,000. Not permitted to sell the tickets, Earle had freely given them out to friends and family, unaware that a 'close friend' would then sell a significant number on to the Dutch company.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a>
In March 2011, he became a broadcasting analyst at US <a href="/facts/Major_League_Soccer/LAwJ4VLr">Major League Soccer</a> side <a href="/facts/Portland_Timbers/fGJVUJqj">Portland Timbers</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a> In 2004, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of <a href="/facts/Show_Racism_the_Red_Card/MgUtkrNw">Show Racism the Red Card</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a> He has also appeared in television commercials promoting <a href="/facts/Blood_donation/PIvGgUSW">blood donation</a>.
In 2013, he became one of the lead studio analysts for <a href="/facts/NBC_Sports/6ndBIfVR">NBC Sports</a>' coverage of the Premier League and a co-commentator on their <a href="/facts/Match_of_the_Day_(American_TV_series)/s4Rgs1MA">Match of the Day</a> and Premier League Download programmes.

<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2>
Earle attended <a href="/facts/Longton_High_School/2DGtLnwx">Longton High School</a> in <a href="/facts/Longton,_Staffordshire/pdWuLupS">Longton</a>, <a href="/facts/Stoke-on-Trent/h5p04uev">Stoke-on-Trent</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a> UK magazine The Vegetarian Society stated that Earle is a <a href="/facts/Vegetarianism/ryP05yWa">vegetarian</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a>
He got married in the summer of 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a> His son, <a href="/facts/Otis_Earle/IIbP337z">Otis</a>, is also a footballer and was drafted by <a href="/facts/FC_Dallas/PXfTMjAv">FC Dallas</a> at the <a href="/facts/2015_MLS_SuperDraft/s5cILBpf">2015 MLS SuperDraft</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a>

<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
Earle was appointed an <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">MBE</a> in 1999 for his services to <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a> In 2007, he was voted as Port Vale's <a href="/facts/PFA_Fans%27_Favourites/A1pfqQTm">PFA Fans' Favourites</a>. In 2009, he was inducted into the <a href="/facts/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame/jlrhSgev">English Football Hall of Fame</a> as 'Football Foundation Community Champion'. He was inducted into the Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame in May 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a> In May 2019, he was voted into the "Ultimate Port Vale XI" by members of the OneValeFan supporter website.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a>

<h2 id="career-statistics">Career statistics</h2>
<h3>Club</h3>
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a><table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Club</th><th rowspan="2">Season</th><th colspan="3">League</th><th colspan="2">FA Cup</th><th colspan="2">Other</th><th colspan="2">Total</th></tr><tr><th>Division</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><a href="/facts/Port_Vale_F.C./akLIv2bb">Port Vale</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1982%E2%80%9383_Port_Vale_F.C._season/HMUUeDwf">1982–83</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">Fourth Division</a></td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1983%E2%80%9384_Port_Vale_F.C._season/Qq3TmeWs">1983–84</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Football_League_Third_Division/x3GKMWrY">Third Division</a></td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>14</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1984%E2%80%9385_Port_Vale_F.C._season/lbp9whM1">1984–85</a></td><td>Fourth Division</td><td>46</td><td>15</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>56</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1985%E2%80%9386_Port_Vale_F.C._season/phLQSKwn">1985–86</a></td><td>Fourth Division</td><td>46</td><td>15</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>58</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1986%E2%80%9387_Port_Vale_F.C._season/YGQCpMTv">1986–87</a></td><td>Third Division</td><td>35</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>44</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1987%E2%80%9388_Port_Vale_F.C._season/tIFySUav">1987–88</a></td><td>Third Division</td><td>25</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>30</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season/5PDH9ua5">1988–89</a></td><td>Third Division</td><td>44</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>57</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1989%E2%80%9390_Port_Vale_F.C._season/IC3xWGwl">1989–90</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Football_League_Second_Division/NE249NXz">Second Division</a></td><td>43</td><td>12</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>49</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1990%E2%80%9391_Port_Vale_F.C._season/tAdYrP9c">1990–91</a></td><td>Second Division</td><td>35</td><td>11</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>37</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>294</th><th>77</th><th>21</th><th>4</th><th>42</th><th>9</th><th>357</th><th>90</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><a href="/facts/Wimbledon_F.C./NgJhJJst">Wimbledon</a></td><td><a href="/facts/1991%E2%80%9392_Wimbledon_F.C._season/8KdXVaoP">1991–92</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Football_League_First_Division/lP5G0Noa">First Division</a></td><td>40</td><td>14</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>45</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1992%E2%80%9393_Wimbledon_F.C._season/9u3J7nnV">1992–93</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Premier_League/nfXVuAYa">Premier League</a></td><td>42</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>51</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1993%E2%80%9394_Wimbledon_F.C._season/SURdbqty">1993–94</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>42</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>51</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1994%E2%80%9395_Wimbledon_F.C._season/zfoF2puD">1994–95</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>13</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1995%E2%80%9396_Wimbledon_F.C._season/gEEeu2GU">1995–96</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>37</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>46</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1996%E2%80%9397_Wimbledon_F.C._season/a0C0oaBG">1996–97</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>32</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>45</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1997%E2%80%9398_Wimbledon_F.C._season/FTFQ5Blf">1997–98</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>22</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>26</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1998%E2%80%9399_Wimbledon_F.C._season/gnbq4yt2">1998–99</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>35</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>43</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1999%E2%80%932000_Wimbledon_F.C._season/b4mGBRlr">1999–00</a></td><td>Premier League</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>30</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>284</th><th>59</th><th>35</th><th>8</th><th>31</th><th>9</th><th>350</th><th>76</th></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Career total</th><th>578</th><th>136</th><th>56</th><th>12</th><th>73</th><th>18</th><th>707</th><th>166</th></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>International</h3>
Appearances and goals by national team and year<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40">40</a><table><tbody><tr><th>National team</th><th>Year</th><th>Apps</th><th>Goals</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Jamaica_national_football_team/hdD9pRfm">Jamaica</a></td><td>1997</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>4</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>8</th><th>1</th></tr></tbody></table>
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Earle goal.
List of international goals scored by Robbie Earle<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41">41</a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Date</th><th scope="col">Venue</th><th scope="col">Opponent</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">Result</th><th scope="col">Competition</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>14 June 1998</td><td><a href="/facts/Stade_F%C3%A9lix-Bollaert/3RvmJmxC">Stade Félix-Bollaert</a>, <a href="/facts/Lens,_Pas-de-Calais/eCIlt2D3">Lens</a>, France</td><td> <a href="/facts/Croatia_national_football_team/tdxQlPSD">Croatia</a></td><td>1–1</td><td>1–3</td><td><a href="/facts/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_H/WUUYsu9K">1998 FIFA World Cup</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="honours">Honours</h2>
Port Vale

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">Football League Fourth Division</a> third-place promotion: <a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">1982–83</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42">42</a></li>
<li>Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: <a href="/facts/Football_League_Fourth_Division/MKyjFztL">1985–86</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43">43</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/EFL_League_One_play-offs/qyljf7G5">Football League Third Division play-offs</a>: <a href="/facts/1989_Football_League_play-offs/pg4glndF">1989</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44">44</a></li></ul>
Individual

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month/Jknzo169">Premier League Player of the Month</a>: <a href="/facts/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League/9R41IjKp">February 1997</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45">45</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/PFA_Fans%27_Favourites/A1pfqQTm">PFA Fans' Favourites</a> player (Port Vale): 2007</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2254">Robbie Earle</a> at Soccerbase </li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078538/">Robbie Earle</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090606151958/http://www.mtc-uk.com/talent/robbie-earle">Profile</a> at MTC Talent Management</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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