Ron Atkinson

Ron Atkinson
	Atkinson in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Frederick Atkinson
Date of birth	18 March 1939 (age 86)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956–1959	Aston Villa
1959–1971	Oxford United
Managerial career
1971–1974	Kettering Town
1974–1978	Cambridge United
1978–1981	West Bromwich Albion
1981–1986	Manchester United
1987–1988	West Bromwich Albion
1988–1989	Atlético Madrid
1989–1991	Sheffield Wednesday
1991–1994	Aston Villa
1995–1996	Coventry City
1997–1998	Sheffield Wednesday
1999	Nottingham Forest
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939), commonly known as Big Ron,^[2] is an English former football player and manager. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was one of Britain's best-known football pundits.

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He spent his playing career at Oxford United.^[3] As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Kettering Town	14 December 1971	22 November 1974
Cambridge United	22 November 1974	12 January 1978	146	68	36	42	046.6
West Bromwich Albion	12 January 1978	9 June 1981	159	70	36	53	044.0
Manchester United	9 June 1981	6 November 1986	292	146	67	79	050.0
West Bromwich Albion	3 September 1987	12 October 1988	53	15	23	15	028.3
Atlético Madrid	12 October 1988	16 January 1989	12	6	3	3	050.0
Sheffield Wednesday	14 February 1989	6 June 1991	118	49	34	35	041.5
Aston Villa	7 June 1991	10 November 1994	178	77	56	45	043.3
Coventry City	15 February 1995	5 November 1996	74	19	28	27	025.7
Sheffield Wednesday	14 November 1997	17 May 1998	27	9	11	7	033.3
Nottingham Forest	11 January 1999	16 May 1999	17	5	2	10	029.4
Total			1,078	464	306	308	043.0

Ron Atkinson

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