The critically acclaimed documentary focusing on the life of legendary former Ipswich Town manager Sir Bobby Robson is now available on Netflix.

Described as an ‘intimate portrait of one of sport’s most inspirational and influential figures’, it stars an A-list cast including Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Ronaldo, Paul Gascoigne, Terry Butcher, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker and includes never-before-seen archive footage as well as emotional testimony from Lady Elsie Robson.

It also includes recollections of the late, great Sir Bobby himself on a career and life which included winning the FA Cup and UEFA Cup as Ipswich Town manager, guiding England to their greatest World Cup abroad, a Barcelona treble, battles with cancer and returning to his beloved Newcastle.

The film received race reviews when it was released in May and is now available to stream on Netflix.

East Anglian Daily Times: Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson holds aloft the UEFA Cup.Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson holds aloft the UEFA Cup. (Image: PA Archive/PA Images)

Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager... never was a statement more true

Review by Andy Warren: He was certainly more than a manager. He still is.

But then most of us already knew that.

Sir Bobby Robson put Ipswich Town back on the map, came close to glory with England, blazed a trail in Portugal, Spain and Holland and then returned to his beloved Newcastle and helped give his public their club back.

He battled cancer five times then established a foundation in his own name which, nearly 10 years after his death in 2009, has raised £12million to battle the disease.

He inspired Jose Mourinho, helped Pep Guardiola grow, nurtured the legend who is Ronaldo and kept his arm round Paul Gascoigne even through his most troubled times.

He also found himself battling a collision of internal politics and football in Barcelona, rejected his hometown Magpies in 1997 before having his heart broken by his sacking in 2004 and became the first football manager to be exposed to the full glare of the tabloid press during his time with England.

But he did it all with a smile on his face, with a sharp wit, a sharper tongue when it was required and equal measures of passion, compassion and wonder.

Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager, the superb documentary, tells his story. There are no great revelations, no new sides to the great man and no headline-grabbing scenes, but its 98 minutes remind you just how special a man he was. You know his story, but the emotions can still surprise you.

You know he is gone, but his soft, distinctive North East voice serves as something of a narrator throughout, making you feel as if he is still with us.

He means different things to different people and everyone seems to have a personal story of their relationship with to ‘Mr Robson’.

The all-star cast assembled by directors Gabriel Clarke and Torquil Jones, including Ronaldo, Gary Lineker, Sir Alex Ferguson, Terry Butcher Gazza, Mourinho, Guardiola and Alan Shearer, all share theirs. He touched all their lives, both on the pitch and away from football.

It’s beautifully shot, wonderfully paced and covers all bases. It is less about Robson the football manager than it is Robson the man. True legends of the game speak from the heart about a man they clearly care for deeply - nothing is forced, that is clear.

And if, somehow, you reach the end without an emotional understanding of just how special he was, you are reminded that Robson would much rather be remembered for his charity work than any of his glorious achievements on the football field.

I wasn’t born when his Ipswich side conquered Europe, was too young to understand the pain of the 1990 World Cup and was only mildly aware of his exploits on foreign shores at a time when European football was not accessible on TV.

To me he was the white-haired football gentleman who stopped to sign his name in my autograph book as am 11-year-old in 1997, a symbol of a glorious past, everthing that’s good, and the man everyone wanted to see succeed when he took the reins at St James’ Park.

I pass his bronzed perch on Portman Road most mornings, where he now watches over the football club where he truly made his name.

You could make a documentary on Sir Bobby’s time at Portman Road in its own right, but in the few minutes devoted to his 13 years in Suffolk you see just why he remains such an icon. Why there’s a statue, a stand, a suite, a bridge and a banner all dedicated to him around Portman Road.

There’s the football, of course, with the FA and UEFA Cup wins, but you see a young man finding his way, making his mark. You see him ordering tea, toast and jam for his team over the phone, telling Butcher just what he thought of his defending and hear his wife, Lady Elsie, tell us just what those years and the club meant to him.

There will never be another Sir Bobby Robson, but his values, approach and passion should inspire the next man to follow him in Suffolk.

As his favourite song, which until recently was played as the teams entered the pitch at Portman Road, declares - he did it his way.