 He played only fourteen games over three seasons before signing for West Ham United for £60,000 in 1974.He made his Hammers debut in a League Cup game against Tranmere Rovers on 18 September 1974.Robson was a member of the team that finished runners-up of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, scoring in the semi-final second leg game against Eintracht Frankfurt and in the final against Anderlecht.