robinson joined blackburn rovers on 25 july 2008 for a fee of £3.5 million on a five-year deal, making him paul ince's first signing at the club. he made his premier league debut for blackburn on 16 august, in a 3–2 victory over everton. he was named man of the match in a 1–0 win against wigan athletic. robinson helped blackburn to finish 15th in the league, keeping five clean sheets in his 35 premier league appearances. on 2 december 2009, in a league cup match against chelsea, robinson saved two penalties during the penalty shoot-out, with blackburn winning 4–3 on penalties as extra time ended with the score at 3–3. robinson ended the season with a total of 12 premier league clean sheets, as blackburn finished tenth in the league.