after over a year without playing in a match, during which time he studied italian at bocconi university, robinson made his comeback in an under-21 match against middlesbrough on 16 december 2013. on 4 january 2014, robinson returned to the senior blackburn team, playing in the 1–1 fa cup draw with manchester city. on 11 january 2014, robinson started his first league match for blackburn in 13 months, starting against doncaster rovers at ewood park and keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 win, lifting rovers up to eighth in the championship table. he remained as first choice goalkeeper for the next few matches, and took back-to-back clean sheets against blackpool, middlesbrough and reading in february.