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'''Robert Arthur Hopkins''' (born 25 October 1961 in [[Hall Green]], [[Birmingham]]) is an English former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder|winger]]. He started his playing career at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] with whom he won the [[FA Youth Cup]] in 1980. He played more than 300 games in [[the Football League]] for Aston Villa, [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (in two spells), [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] and [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]. He also played in [[Hong Kong]] for [[Double Flower FC|Instant-Dict]] and for [[non-League football|non-League]] clubs [[Solihull Borough F.C.|Solihull Borough]] and [[Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.|Bromsgrove Rovers]]. While at Birmingham, the club he has supported since childhood, he helped the club to win promotion to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] in 1985 and the [[Associate Members Cup|Leyland DAF Cup]] in 1991, however he also scored the decisive own goal in an embarrassing [[FA Cup]] defeat at home to non-league [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]].