robinson transferred to tottenham hotspur in may 2004, for a fee of £1.5 million; the club had initially attempted to sign him for £2.5 million in january, with the intention of robinson staying at leeds until the end of the season, only for this to fail as it violated the premier league's rules. he made his league debut for tottenham in a 1–1 draw against liverpool, going on to make 36 league appearances in total during the 2004–05 season. the following two seasons saw robinson play in all 76 of the club's league matches; the latter season was notable for robinson scoring the second goal of his professional career, in a premier league match against watford at white hart lane on 17 march 2007. he took a free-kick from from the opposition goal and the ball bounced over the head of watford goalkeeper ben foster and into the goal. he became the third goalkeeper of five in premier league history (excluding own goals) to score after peter schmeichel for aston villa in 2001, brad friedel for blackburn rovers in 2004, tim howard for everton in 2012 and asmir begović for stoke city in 2013. robinson captained the team in their 1–0 league cup quarter-final win over southend united, and in their 0–0 fa cup third round draw at cardiff city as ledley king and robbie keane were both injured.