Linton Alexander (Robbie Gee) 2002

First Regular Appearance: 5.16 (#244) Please Release Me  Sunday 13th January 2002

Last Regular Appearance: 5.32 (#260) Forsaking All Others  Sunday 5th May 2002

Duration: EP: 244 - 260  |  SE: 5.16 – 5.32

Squad Number/Position: #10 (Striker) (2002)

Last Seen: On board the team coach travelling to the UEFA Cup Final in Amsterdam. Dies in the M1 crash.

Two years older than his brother Curtis, Linton Alexander didn't pass down footballing talent to his younger sibling, who it was evident would be the one going places. The Alexander's had always supported Charlton Athletic, the boys' father holding a dream that both his sons would play together at their club one day. When Linton secured a pro contract with the club, he took secret pleasure knowing he had achieved this over his more-in-demand little brother.

Curtis instead had his European ambitions realised, and by the time he left for Paris Saint-Germain in 1999 Linton was still with Charlton and married to Chantelle with three children. Though it was not a happy marriage. Linton's darkest chapter took hold when at second son Zak's birthday party, the abused Mrs Alexander fell into bed with his team mate Stevie Shaw, and Linton caught them. Chasing Stevie out of the house, the front door was left open, and Linton's nine-year-old son Michael was hit by a car and killed. Linton beat Stevie, holding him responsible for his son's death, and Stevie was forced out of Charlton. Linton however could not recover from this trauma, and was put out of the game for the next couple of years after having a breakdown.

Doing all he could for his brother, Curtis began to use his connections to find Linton a new club, with a struggling Linton hoping he could finish his playing days with Curtis at the same club. When Curtis hears his former PSG team mate and now Harchester United caretaker manager Monday Bandele wants to sign him, Curtis tells him he will only join if they take Linton as well. After seeing Linton is back on form, the club agrees he could be of use to them and sign Linton first, sure that Curtis will now follow suit. However Curtis would not sign, revealing it had all been a mission to get Linton back where he should be - a Premier League club.

A fiery history is set to be reignited with Linton's signing, as Stevie is at the club and also the team's captain. After Sports Psychologist Gemma McKenzie probes their past, Linton shows his aggressive side is still bubbling away underneath, and sets about destroying Stevie again. Knowing Stevie has feelings for team co-ordinator Nikki, Linton makes it his mission to turn Nikki against him, and it works. Nikki comes to see Stevie as the bad guy thanks to Linton's poison-dripping, and this is only confirmed further when Stevie hits out at Linton during half time at a match.

While it looks like Stevie himself is being driven to a breakdown, Linton begins to get irritated with Nikki now he has her to himself, and begins abusing her in the same way his ex-wife suffered. When Linton's two children visit their dad for Zak's birthday, Olivia wanders off and Linton harshly blames Nikki. It takes Linton burning Nikki's hand on the kettle before she knows she must finish with him. Linton gets the news he will be playing in the UEFA Cup Final against AC Milan. On the way to the airport however, the Harchester team coach is involved in a crash on the M1. Linton is killed along with Stevie, Danny Rawsthorne and Claudia Irving. Following his death, Curtis signs for Harchester at last.

In May 2020 Robbie appeared at the Dream Team cast reunion fundraiser Harchester Reunited