although arsenal were rumoured to be signing robinson at the beginning of the 2010–11 season, no move materialized. robinson was in goal during blackburn's 7–1 defeat away to manchester united on 27 november, with five of the goals being scored by dimitar berbatov. despite this result, blackburn reached as high as seventh position in the league in january, following a 2–0 victory over west bromwich albion. this resulted in robinson being yet again linked with a move away from blackburn, with aston villa, liverpool and former club tottenham all rumoured to be interested in signing him. following the win over west brom, however, blackburn's form dipped sharply, with the club eventually finishing in 15th, having won just 2 out of its last 14 matches. robinson kept 8 clean sheets in the 36 league matches he played in, while he also conceded the 500th league goal of his career towards the end of the season, becoming the fifth goalkeeper in premier league history to do so. he also was voted the 2011 player of the year by the blackburn rovers' supporters club.