Lyle has risen to prominence since founding AFTV in 2012, a YouTube channel that follows and airs the views of passionate Arsenal fans throughout the club's season.

                                                                                                  Lyle has risen to prominence since founding AFTV in 2012, a YouTube channel that follows and airs the views of passionate Arsenal fans throughout the club's season. The channel has more than 800 million views on YouTube.
The 48-year-old was formerly a radio DJ and an underground reggae star, known as Crucial Robbie. ITV cameras spent time with Lyle to learn of his experiences as a black football fan in Robbie Lyle: Football Fans Under Their Skin, which airs tonight at 10.45pm.