Ron Atkinson

Ronald Franklin "Ron" Atkinson called Big Ron ( born March 18, 1939 in Liverpool) is an English football player, football coach and football expert on television.

Career

Playing career

Atkinson was never a big football player. He was taken as a 17-year contract at Aston Villa, but there was never used. 1959 Atkinson was sold to Oxford United. The Englishman made ​​over 500 games for the U 's and was captain in three different English leagues.

Coaching career

After Atkinson ended his playing career, he became manager of Kettering Town in 1971. In 1974 he joined Cambridge United. With Cambridge he got within four years from the fourth English top flight in the second highest on. In 1978, Atkinson his first first division club, West Bromwich Albion. In the season 1978/1979 he was with the Baggies at once third in the league. In June 1981, Atkinson was manager of Manchester United. His first success with the Red Devils he took in the season 1982/1983 with the English Cup victory. 1985 again the Cup title was fetched. After a bad season for Atkinson in Manchester, he took over in the fall of 1987 again West Bromwich Albion. After only one year in his first big club, the Englishman went to Spain. There he was a year coach of Atletico Madrid. In 1989, the return to the home country. From 1989 to 1991 he was manager of Sheffield Wednesday. With Sheffield he won the League Cup in 1990/91. From 1991 to 1994 he was back in Birmingham at Aston Villa. The Villans he was again League Cup winner. Despite the success he was fired in 1994 and came to Coventry City for a year. His last coaching job so far made ​​Atkinson at Nottingham Forest 1999. 2006 he returned to the coaching profession and worked as interim coach at Peterborough United.

More career

After his career he was a football expert on English TV channels. There was his "new language " that " Ronglish " invented. There were really only phrases in terms of football, the comparisons with normal life do. He was often portrayed as the loving prankster of the English media through his witty demeanor and his striking jewelry. This changed on April 21, 2004, when Atkinson Racist Remarks against Marcel Desailly made ​​- without knowing that he was on the air. His slogan during the World Cup 2002 on the Italian footballer Francesco Totti was known about the English borders. Atkinson said of Totti's new hairstyle: "He looks like a little whore ." He further said that Chinese women are the ugliest in the world. Currently he is an advisor to the International Football Academy IFA Kastler.

Achievements

All as a coach

• Twice English Cup with Manchester United (1983, 1985)
• Twice the English League Cup winner with Sheffield Wednesday (1991) and Aston Villa ( 1994)