Robert Stanton (soccer)

Robert Stanton (born 15 April 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian football (soccer) player and current head coach of Newcastle Jets's A-league side. He primarily played as a defender.

Robbie Stanton

Personal information
Full name	Robert James Stanton
Date of birth	(1972-04-15) 15 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Newcastle Jets (Head Coach)
Youth career
1990	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1995	Sydney United	120	(3)
1995–1997	Marconi Stallions	57	(0)
1997–2003	Wollongong Wolves	152	(7)
2003–2006	APIA Leichhardt	?	(?)
International career
1990	Australian Schoolboy	?	(?)
1991	Australia U-20	?	(?)
Managerial career
2007	Sutherland Sharks
2008	Penrith Nepean United (assistant coach)
2009–2014	Sutherland Sharks
2015–2020	Sydney FC Youth
2020–2023	Sydney FC (assistant coach)
2023–	Newcastle Jets
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Stanton began his football career at the Australian Institute of Sport before signing with Sydney Croatia in the National Soccer League. He remained there until the close of the 1994–95 season before signing with Marconi-Fairfield. He enjoyed two seasons at Bossley Park before signing for Wollongong City FC, where he saw more regular starting appearances. Overall, his time at Wollongong was successful, playing 152 games for club and scoring seven goals. He was a part of two championship-winning squads, starting in the 1999–2000 NSL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval, Western Australia against Perth Glory. Stanton played the entire match but was one of only two Wolves players to not take a penalty in the 7–6 penalty shootout. The following year, Stanton made an appearance from the substitute bench in the 2000–01 winning grand final over South Melbourne at Parramatta Stadium, New South Wales. Stanton replaced goalscorer Sasho Petrovski in the 73rd minute with the Wolves leading, 2–0. The Wolves went on to win the championship, 2–1. He was also a part of the Oceania Club Championship-winning squad of the 2001 tournament. Stanton then dropped down to the NSW Premier League with the APIA Leichhardt Tigers for the 2003–04 season. He finished out his playing days at the Tigers before moving into coaching.^{[1] [2]}

International career

Stanton represented Australia at youth tournaments but never achieved full senior cap.^[1]

Managerial career

Stanton began his coaching career as an assistant to his former Wollongong Wolves coach Ron Corry in the 2007 NSW Premier League season with Sutherland Sharks. Corry would leave the club in May, leaving Stanton as the caretaker for the rest of the season.^[3] In 2008, Stanton would go on to be an assistant at Penrith Nepean United and work with the Australian Deaf side. By 2009, Stanton would return to the Sharks as the senior head coach.^[4] He would make an immediate impact in his tenure, winning the Waratah Cup, Challenge Cup and the 2009 NSW Premier League Grand Final.^[5] He would continue at the club until resigning at the end of 2014 to take a position as Sydney FC Youth head coach.^[6][7]

Career stats

Club

All-time club performance

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
Sydney United	1990–91	National Soccer League	13 (+6)	1	?	?	?	?	–		19	1
	1991–92		21 (+2)	0	?	?	?	?	–		23	1
	1992–93		23	0	?	?	?	?	–		23	0
	1993–94		28	0	?	?	?	?	–		28	0
	1994–95		27	1	?	?	?	?	–		27	1
	Total		112 (+8)	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	120	3
Marconi-Fairfield	1995–96	National Soccer League	21 (+12)	0	?	?	?	?	–		33	0
	1996–97		18 (+6)	0	?	?	?	?	–		24	0
	Total		39 (+18)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	57	0
Wollongong Wolves	1997–98	National Soccer League	25 (+1)	?	?	?	?	?	–		26	0
	1998–99		24	0	?	?	?	?	–		24	0
	1999–00		38	0	?	?	?	?	–		38	0
	2000–01		23	5	?	?	?	?	?	?	23	5
	2001–02		20	0	?	?	?	?	–		20	0
	2002–03		21	2	?	?	?	?	–		21	2
	Total		151 (+1)	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	152	7
APIA Leichhardt	2003–04	NSW Premier League	20 (+1)	1	?	?	3	1	–		24	2
	2004–05		?	?	?	?	?	?	–		0	0
	2006		?	?	?	?	?	?	–		0	0
	Total		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Career totals			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Managerial statistics

As of 11 December 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Newcastle Jets FC		26 June 2023	Present	9	3	2	4	16	19	−3	033.33
Total				9	3	2	4	16	19	−3	033.33

Honours

Player

With Wollongong Wolves:

• NSL Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–2001
• Oceania Club Championship: 2001

Manager

With Sutherland Sharks:

• Waratah Cup: 2009

References

1. "OzFootball Players ST". OzFootball. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
2. "Spence to Stefanovski". Aussie Footballers. OzFootball.
3. "Sutherland Sharks Manager History". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
4. "Robbie Stanton takes charge of the Sutherland Sharks". Football NSW. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
5. "Sutherland Sharks Our History". Sutherland Sharks. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. "Sharks farewell Robbie Stanton". 15 September 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
7. "Sydney FC appoint National Youth League Head Coach". 5 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links

• Oz Football profile